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Ten Documentaries About Men That Will Change Your Life
Crumb – Dir: Terry Zwigoff This is the film that first made me hyper-conscious of self-imposed, voluntary corporate branding as illustrator Robert Crumb observes that “these days” everyone is walking around wearing t-shirts and clothing advertising one company or another. But the effects of this film cast a far wider net than mere corporate aversion.…
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The Celebration of Light and 2008 in Review
I can see the little beacons of humanity set out on those front lawns, reminding us that someone is still home. They are displaying those strings of little hopes that say, its alright, the world may be at its darkest, but we have been here a long time, as substantiated by our traditions, and we…
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Top SAG Actors Oppose Guild’s Bid to Strike
Recent stories from the Associated Press are relaying strong opposition from the very actors the guild represents to the proposed vote to strike as negotiations continue between the powerful American actors’ guild and the AMPTA that represents the producers. The actors feel that the already bleak production landscape created by the ongoing struggle would be…
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The Culturepin Gets a Facelift
If you haven’t been to the main site for a while, or have been following along on my rants via an RSS feed, I invite you to come back and take a look at the new layout which also features a new comprehensive archive page with collapsible thumbnails by month. Now you can explore two…
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Sony blocks content on Xbox 360 – The fallout of HD-DVD vs. Blu-Ray persists
I have now mentioned in two posts that the exclusive arrangement between Microsoft’s Xbox 360 and Netflix which affords the viewer realtime HD video on demand streaming of over ten thousand titles, would pose a real threat to Sony and overpriced Blu-Ray. Well Sony has demonstrated this to be true by blocking its (Columbia) catalog…
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