Monthly Archives: June 2011
(created two years after the Korean War, this cute scene looks a lot uglier 5 decades later with its casual racism aimed at the ‘Red Chinese.’ Never mind that the ‘Siamese’ should represent our Thai allies. At this point in American history it was convenient — even expedient — to paint all Southeast Asians as devious communists.) TIME’s...
Photos and captions from Entertainment Weekly PETER JACKSON WITH MARTIN FREEMAN ”There’s no way you can pace yourself for shoots like these,” Jackson says. ”When we were going through the schedule for The Hobbit, I felt a terrible drop in my stomach when I saw that we’d be shooting for 254 days. We’re only 12 days short of The Lord...
Is Oscar Listening? Provincetown Film Festival Wrap-Up 2011 by Stephen Holt Film Festivals are often most succinctly defined by their locations, and nothing is more distinctive than the glorious locale of the Provincetown International Film Festival, now in its’ 13th year. And growing in importance and prestige every year. This year’s honorees included Oscar Nominees...