ย ย ย Every female director who's been nominated for an Oscar for direction: Katherine Bigelow,ย Lina Wertmรผller, Jane Campion, and Sofia Coppola On 31 January, The Guardianย published an article titled โWhy are there so few female filmmakers?โ Less than a month later, Kathryn Bigelowย became the first woman to win the directorโs prize at the 62nd Directors' Guild … Continue reading Celluloid Heroines – Fearless Filmmaking Females
Month: March 2010
Flossin’ Season – Leprechaun Movies, Music, &c
Everyone knows a couple of things about leprechauns (aka lurachmain, lurican, leprechawn, lepracaun, leprechaun, lubberkin and lurgadhan). Theyโre small, tricky gingers that, if caught, will show you the money. One theory about the wordโs origin is that it comes from luacharma'n (or luchorpรกn), the Irish word for โpygmy.โ Another theory is that the word is … Continue reading Flossin’ Season – Leprechaun Movies, Music, &c
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Films and Video Games — Video Game Films
With Tron โ Legacy, the sequel to a movie about video games, scheduled to open in theaters this coming December and Tron โ Evolution, a video game based on a sequel of a movie about a video game scheduled for release in November, now seems like a perfect time to look at the Ouroboros-like nature … Continue reading Films and Video Games — Video Game Films
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The Vietnamese New Wave Revival
Last November, Keep on Music threw a New Wave + โ80s Reunion atย Bleu inย Westminster. This isnโt new wave in the sense that a lot of people use the term, but rather a mix of Italo, Euro disco andย other โ80s dance musicย that notably found considerable popularity withย Asian-Americans in the 1980s but is pretty much unknown by … Continue reading The Vietnamese New Wave Revival
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California Fool’s Gold — Exploring Chinatown (ๆดๆ็ฃฏๅไบบ่ก)
FORGET ABOUT IT, JAKE Rooftops of Chinatown Cathay Manor (where I've wanted to party since moving to Los Angeles A quiet street in Chinatown Chinatown (ๆดๆ็ฃฏๅไบบ่ก) is Los Angeles neighborhood located in Downtown's northern end. To vote for other Southern California communities to be the focus of future explorations, let me know which in the … Continue reading California Fool’s Gold — Exploring Chinatown (ๆดๆ็ฃฏๅไบบ่ก)
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The freaks come out at night – Bounce Queen Big Freedia visits L.A. and the sissies’ strange path to the spotlight
Tashi Condelee takes the stage whilst Big Freedia does her thang Wednesday night I was mulling my options about what exciting way to spend my evening. Since my brother won't let me come to his house to play Battlefield 2 - Bad Company, I was weighing whether or not to go to the Support Your … Continue reading The freaks come out at night – Bounce Queen Big Freedia visits L.A. and the sissies’ strange path to the spotlight
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Korean film festival of Los Angeles – KOFFLA 2010
Iโm kind of embarrassed to admit it, but up until three months ago, the only Korean films and dramas Iโd seen wereย ๋ น์ ์์ (Green Chair), ๋ฏธ๋ ๋ ๊ดด๋ก์ (200 Pound Beauty) and ์์ธ๋ฉ์ดํธ (Soulmate). Iโd been given a grip of dramas by the good folks at MBC but Iโd dutifully passed them along to my own … Continue reading Korean film festival of Los Angeles – KOFFLA 2010
Eric Brightwell 