Archive for May, 2013

What Are You Missing?: Cannes Film Festival Edition

May 31, 2013
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What Are You Missing?: Cannes Film Festival Edition

From prix winners to distribution deals, here are 10 Cannes-related items you may have missed over the past two weeks.
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Steven Soderbergh’s Spectacular Un-Retirement

May 30, 2013
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Steven Soderbergh’s Spectacular Un-Retirement

Although prolific filmmaker Steven Soderbergh claims the new HBO hit, Behind the Candelabra will be his last, the director has been busy at work setting the stage for his second act as a TV/stage director-painter-novelist-t-shirt entrepreneur and headphone designer-hyphenate.
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The Post-Closet Politics of Smash

May 29, 2013
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The Post-Closet Politics of <em>Smash</em>

Love-hated by many Smash fans though he was, the character of Ellis disrupted hegemonic thinking about sexuality by remaining undefined and uninterested in defining -- something unfortunately "corrected" in the second and final season.
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Teach Hacks: How to Capture and Save Broadcast

May 27, 2013
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Teach Hacks: How to Capture and Save Broadcast

The question I’m often asked by people afraid of the ephemerality of broadcast is: How do I record television? And how do I save what I’ve recorded for posterity? Here are my practical steps with relevant hardware suggestions.
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What Are You Missing? May 12 – May 25

May 26, 2013
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What Are You Missing? May 12 – May 25

Ten (or more) media industry news items you might have missed recently.
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Phones Coming to a Theater Near You?

May 23, 2013
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Phones Coming to a Theater Near You?

Some influential figures of the cinema world are tentatively exploring a loosening of bans on cell phones during select screenings, refueling the ever-controversial debate of movie theater etiquette.
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Superman IV: The Quest for Peace and the Low-Budget Superhero Film

May 22, 2013
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<i>Superman IV: The Quest for Peace</i> and the Low-Budget Superhero Film

The imminent release of Man of Steel on June 14 begs a reflection of 1987's overlooked installment, Superman IV: The Quest for Peace.
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In the Beginning Was the Word

May 14, 2013
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In the Beginning Was the Word

Recent episodes of Doctor Who and Supernatural take up the narrative of storyteller as God, raising questions about our fascination with the auteur.
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Letterman’s “Stooge of the Night” and Late Night Politics

May 11, 2013
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Letterman’s “Stooge of the Night” and Late Night Politics

Within the context of network late night television, David Letterman's shaming of senators opposed to gun control is startlingly bold.
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The Deanna Durbin Cult

May 7, 2013
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The Deanna Durbin Cult

The figure of the recently passed Deanna Durbin (1921-2013) is fascinating today because of how it embodies a sensibility within stardom: the cult of the child star.
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Creating is Collecting

May 2, 2013
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Creating is Collecting

The culture of contemporary baseball card collecting is an excellent example of how creativity can serve as a satisfying replacement for traditional economic incentives.
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