Monthly Archives: September 2011

A couple of filmmakers have been hard at work putting together a film on the typewriter and how it fits into our modern world.  Apparently there is a wave of support as younger people (re)discover the typewriter and all of its gloriousness.  I don’t think my daughter ever put her fingers on one and probably has no idea how cool they once were. Some writers still...

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Thanks to our pal iggy for tipping us to Spain’s official Oscar submission, Pa Negre (Black Bread) which he summarizes thusly: a terrific (but not your typical) coming of age movie during Spanish Civil Post-War with an amazing female ensemble and dealing with sexual repression and homosexuality in times of oppression among other issues. For our Spanish-speaking...

[press release] – Monday, October 3, is the deadline to submit entries in the Live Action Short Film, Animated Short Film and Foreign Language Film categories to be considered for the 84th Academy AwardsŽ. Complete entries must arrive at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences by 5 p.m. PT that day. In the short film categories, filmmakers must submit an entry...