Compiled by Noah Mallin
In an ongoing cultural project here at POSAS I’m delving into the past to bring flashbacks from pop culture’s musty byways. We’re starting 40 years ago with 1968 and the best movies of that year. They are in no order except the arbitrary whims of yours truly. I have of course called [...]
Tag Archives: Film
Film: Flashback! The Best Movies of 1968 Part One
Tuesday, May 6, 2008
Film: An Alternate Universe Far Far Away, Where Saul Bass and George Lucas Team Up
Tuesday, March 4, 2008
Saul Bass is one of the greatest graphic artists of the twentieth century, designing iconic credit sequences for such films as The Man With The Golden Arm. Now some smarty, arty pants has imagined what the Star Wars credit sequence would have looked like a la Bass:
Here’s the actual factual Bass’ sequence for It’s a [...]
Film: New Line Gets the Axe From WB
Friday, February 29, 2008
New Line, the former independent film studio founded 40 years ago by Bob Shaye, is being shuttered by corporate parent Warner Bros. The New Line label will still be used and its current slate of films will be released but it will no longer function as a separate entity.
New Line started off distributing off the [...]
Film: Oscars are Spoiled For Choice — as are the Soundies!
Friday, February 22, 2008
This year’s Oscar picks are the toughest I can remember in a number of categories. Still, blogging is all about making the tough choices — that is when it’s not about carpal tunnel syndrome. The following are my picks in several major categories. I would toss my hat into the increasingly crowded prognostication ring but [...]
Film: Oscars — What Goes Into Good Editing?
Thursday, February 21, 2008
Slate.com has a great feature on the Oscar nominated films in the editing category. Mark Helfrich, Academy member and film editor and director explains what makes each clip interesting from an editing standpoint. He does make the inference that Sean Penn’s Into The Wild is something of an “editor’s movie”, but he steers clear of [...]