http://librarinth.net/letterboxed the language of film is universal Fri, 12 Mar 2010 22:58:52 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I'm a bit of a sucker for the Bourne movies (they're basically the only American action films I find interesting) so I was pretty stoked when the screening for Green Zone opened up. I mean, this is a movie I was seriously considering paying for. Shocking, right? It's a satisfying popcorn ... http://librarinth.net/letterboxed/2010/03/12/green-zone/ Perhaps, dear reader, you are a little something like me. Perhaps you enjoy the occasional (or even frequent) bad movie. Perhaps you have a deep-rooted fondness for John Cusack & cheesy 80s movies. Perhaps you generally avoid trailers, which could have warned you off. Perhaps. Lucky for you, in addition to ... http://librarinth.net/letterboxed/2010/03/11/just-say-no/ Now that no one cares, let's react a bit to the Oscar Nominated Short Films. Animated: French Roast (France): The coolest thing about this short is that about half of the action takes place in the mirror behind a customer in a café. The second coolest thing is what it has to ... http://librarinth.net/letterboxed/2010/03/08/oscar-shorts-2/ Before I could even begin writing about Alice in Wonderland, I had to dig through eleven pages of a friend's Facebook links to find this open letter to Pixar. It's a great piece in general, and you should all read it, but what stuck with me was the desire for ... http://librarinth.net/letterboxed/2010/03/03/alice-in-wonderland/ I snagged a pass to Youth In Revolt after hearing a rumor that Michael Cera actually bothers to act in it. I am more than a little appalled that it was my first movie of 2010. Cera basically blew all the affection I had for him from "Arrested Development" and Superbad ... http://librarinth.net/letterboxed/2010/01/24/youth-in-revolt/ I can't bear to let Legion sit at the top of that page, great fun though it is, so let's finish this post up. A week ago Friday, for all of 6 bucks, I got to see Rebel Without a Cause in a sold-out theater, bookended with remarks by screenwriter Stewart ... http://librarinth.net/letterboxed/2010/01/23/rebel-without-a-cause/ Now we know why Tyra is not rocking Dillon TX these days. She found herself pregnant, fled town, got a job working for Dennis Quaid, of all people, as a waitress in a last-stop diner in the middle of the desert. What desert? Who cares? She's hooked up with Quaid's ... http://librarinth.net/letterboxed/2010/01/23/legion/ Roger Ebert twittered/tweeted/whatever this addictive Netflix interactive map over the weekend. It's kind of fantastic, in the way anything that validates your choices is fantastic. Because I know you all are fascinated, the top ten in my zip code, and more, after the jump: http://librarinth.net/letterboxed/2010/01/10/netflix-top-tens/ Total: 108 (it would have been 110, but I was v sick during SIFF and missed two films I had tickets for. Boo.) 69 series: 21 Other revival: 13 Other festivals: 29 Free: 15 What remains: 30 (though even those 30 are a largely esoteric lot, including things like the Oscar shorts & the 4+ ... http://librarinth.net/letterboxed/2009/12/31/year-in-film-2009-roundup/ Guys, the 69 Series at the Northwest Film Forum was basically the cheapest intro to film class ever. I bought the series pass thinking, well. $69 is about seven movies. There would definitely be that many I wanted to see, and there would probably be more I would see if ... http://librarinth.net/letterboxed/2009/12/30/69-series/