BSI vs The 11th Doctor

Adam and I discuss The Time Of The Doctor.

Adam enjoyed it. I had issues with it.

Today's Reading: Velvet by Ed Brubaker & Steve Epting

Louis Armstrong Arrested 101 Years Ago Today

The Raid 2: Berandal

 This trailer proves violence and action can be beautiful. I would be happy if the whole thing had minimum dialogue and was set to classical music:

The Raid 2: Berandal (Indonesian Trailer) from Merantau Films on Vimeo.

Orson Welles on Film

A film is a ribbon of dreams. The camera is much more than a recording apparatus; it is a medium via which messages reach us from another world that is not ours and that brings us to the heart of a great secret. Here magic begins.

- Orson Welles

Invisible Woman Cinematographer Rob Hardy

Invisible Woman from BSC on Vimeo.

King Vidor

Movies in 2013

1. Young Adult
2. Jeff, Who Lives At Home
3. Gosford Park
4. The Guard
5. Battle Beyond the Stars
6. Almost Famous
7. Ice Age: Continental Drift
8. G.I. Joe The Movie
9. The Rundown
10. Beasts of the Southern Wild
11. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
12. Oz, the Great and Powerful
13. The Avengers
14. Captain America: The First Avenger
15. Argo
16. The Hobbit
17. Stick
18. Heat
19. The Goonies
20. The Bay
21. Jurassic Park 3D
22. Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang
23. Iron Man Three
24. Zero Dark Thirty
25. Django Unchained
26. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
27. White Lightning  
28. Prince of the City  
29. 2012  
30. Dredd  
31. Man of Steel  
32. The American  
33. Pitch Perfect  
34. Monsters University  
35. Black Rain  
36. Gator
37. Centurion  
38. Down Terrace  
39. Kill List 
40.  The Thieves
41. The Puffy Chair 
42. The Do-Deca-Pentathalon 
43. Godzilla, King of the Monsters! 
44. Godzilla Raids Again
45. Godzilla vs The Thing aka Mothra Vs. Godzilla
46. Ted
47. Peter Pan
48. Pacific Rim
49. Ghidorah The Three-Headed Monster
50. Godzilla vs Monster Zero aka Invasion of Astro-Monster
51. Chronicle
52. Moonrise Kingdom
53. The Spanish Prisoner
54. Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief
55. Gangster Squad
56. Seven Psychopaths
57. The Sweeney
58. Remember the Titans
59. X2
60. Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
61. Smurfs 2
62. Killing Them Softly
63. Parker
64. The Lavender Hill Mob
65. Lincoln
66. X-Men
67. 42 
68. Percy Jackson: Sea Of Monsters
69. Batman: The Movie (1966) 
70. Ali 
71. The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the Eight Dimension
72. Skyfall 
73. In The Loop 
74. Safe House 
75. Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978) 
76. Thor 
77. The Wizard of Oz (Imax - 3D) 
78. Dr. No 
79. The Last Stand 
80. Raffles 
81. It Came From Outer Space 
82. Horror of Dracula 
83. Smokey & The Bandit 
84. Ghostbusters 
85. Thor: The Dark World 
86. Thunderbolt & Lightfoot 
87. Ocean's 11 (1960)
88. Spider-Man 3
89. X-Men: Last Stand
90. Sleeping Beauty 
91. War Of The Worlds (2005) 
92. Taken 2 
93. The Gambler (1974) 
94. Thief
95. Days Of Heaven 
96. Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
97. Charley Varrick 
98. Juan Of The Dead
99. Fast and The Furious 
100. The Saint Louis Bank Robbery 
101. Becket 
102. The Lion In Winter 
103. The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug 
104. Drug War 
105. 3:10 To Yuma (1957) 
106. Wichita 
107. Ghostbusters 2 
108. Frankenstein & The Monster From Hell 
109. The Chronicles of Riddick
110. The Bells of St. Mary's
111. White Christmas
112. The Lost World: Jurassic Park
113. The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty (1947) 
114. Saving Mr. Banks
115. Frozen

Birth Of Soviet Cinema

 Found through Cinephilia & Beyond's YouTube Channel:

Variety Directors Roundtable Highlights

A Message From Akira Kurosawa

 From Cinephilia & Beyond:

Hawkeye: My Life As A Weapon

A great comic and a great read.

The Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden

From our walk today around the Sculpture Garden at NOMA:

A Sazerac

Movies in 2013

1. Young Adult
2. Jeff, Who Lives At Home
3. Gosford Park
4. The Guard
5. Battle Beyond the Stars
6. Almost Famous
7. Ice Age: Continental Drift
8. G.I. Joe The Movie
9. The Rundown
10. Beasts of the Southern Wild
11. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
12. Oz, the Great and Powerful
13. The Avengers
14. Captain America: The First Avenger
15. Argo
16. The Hobbit
17. Stick
18. Heat
19. The Goonies
20. The Bay
21. Jurassic Park 3D
22. Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang
23. Iron Man Three
24. Zero Dark Thirty
25. Django Unchained
26. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
27. White Lightning  
28. Prince of the City  
29. 2012  
30. Dredd  
31. Man of Steel  
32. The American  
33. Pitch Perfect  
34. Monsters University  
35. Black Rain  
36. Gator
37. Centurion  
38. Down Terrace  
39. Kill List 
40.  The Thieves
41. The Puffy Chair 
42. The Do-Deca-Pentathalon 
43. Godzilla, King of the Monsters! 
44. Godzilla Raids Again
45. Godzilla vs The Thing aka Mothra Vs. Godzilla
46. Ted
47. Peter Pan
48. Pacific Rim
49. Ghidorah The Three-Headed Monster
50. Godzilla vs Monster Zero aka Invasion of Astro-Monster
51. Chronicle
52. Moonrise Kingdom
53. The Spanish Prisoner
54. Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief
55. Gangster Squad
56. Seven Psychopaths
57. The Sweeney
58. Remember the Titans
59. X2
60. Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
61. Smurfs 2
62. Killing Them Softly
63. Parker
64. The Lavender Hill Mob
65. Lincoln
66. X-Men
67. 42 
68. Percy Jackson: Sea Of Monsters
69. Batman: The Movie (1966) 
70. Ali 
71. The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the Eight Dimension
72. Skyfall 
73. In The Loop 
74. Safe House 
75. Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978) 
76. Thor 
77. The Wizard of Oz (Imax - 3D) 
78. Dr. No 
79. The Last Stand 
80. Raffles 
81. It Came From Outer Space 
82. Horror of Dracula 
83. Smokey & The Bandit 
84. Ghostbusters 
85. Thor: The Dark World 
86. Thunderbolt & Lightfoot 
87. Ocean's 11 (1960)
88. Spider-Man 3
89. X-Men: Last Stand
90. Sleeping Beauty 
91. War Of The Worlds (2005) 
92. Taken 2 
93. The Gambler (1974) 
94. Thief
95. Days Of Heaven 
96. Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
97. Charley Varrick 
98. Juan Of The Dead
99. Fast and The Furious 
100. The Saint Louis Bank Robbery 
101. Becket 
102. The Lion In Winter 
103. The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug 
104. Drug War 
105. 3:10 To Yuma (1957) 
106. Wichita 
107. Ghostbusters 2 
108. Frankenstein & The Monster From Hell 
109. The Chronicles of Riddick
110. The Bells of St. Mary's
111. White Christmas
112. The Lost World: Jurassic Park

Michael Mann On Filmmaking

From Film School Thru Commentaries:

Variety Screenwriters Roundtable Highlights

Variety Producers Roundtable Highlights

Hopefully they will put the whole thing online one day:

Robert Bresson

Robert Bresson's book Notes On Cinematography.

All of Cinephilia & Beyond's posts on Robert Bresson.

Movies in 2013

1. Young Adult
2. Jeff, Who Lives At Home
3. Gosford Park
4. The Guard
5. Battle Beyond the Stars
6. Almost Famous
7. Ice Age: Continental Drift
8. G.I. Joe The Movie
9. The Rundown
10. Beasts of the Southern Wild
11. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
12. Oz, the Great and Powerful
13. The Avengers
14. Captain America: The First Avenger
15. Argo
16. The Hobbit
17. Stick
18. Heat
19. The Goonies
20. The Bay
21. Jurassic Park 3D
22. Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang
23. Iron Man Three
24. Zero Dark Thirty
25. Django Unchained
26. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
27. White Lightning  
28. Prince of the City  
29. 2012  
30. Dredd  
31. Man of Steel  
32. The American  
33. Pitch Perfect  
34. Monsters University  
35. Black Rain  
36. Gator
37. Centurion  
38. Down Terrace  
39. Kill List 
40.  The Thieves
41. The Puffy Chair 
42. The Do-Deca-Pentathalon 
43. Godzilla, King of the Monsters! 
44. Godzilla Raids Again
45. Godzilla vs The Thing aka Mothra Vs. Godzilla
46. Ted
47. Peter Pan
48. Pacific Rim
49. Ghidorah The Three-Headed Monster
50. Godzilla vs Monster Zero aka Invasion of Astro-Monster
51. Chronicle
52. Moonrise Kingdom
53. The Spanish Prisoner
54. Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief
55. Gangster Squad
56. Seven Psychopaths
57. The Sweeney
58. Remember the Titans
59. X2
60. Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
61. Smurfs 2
62. Killing Them Softly
63. Parker
64. The Lavender Hill Mob
65. Lincoln
66. X-Men
67. 42 
68. Percy Jackson: Sea Of Monsters
69. Batman: The Movie (1966) 
70. Ali 
71. The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the Eight Dimension
72. Skyfall 
73. In The Loop 
74. Safe House 
75. Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978) 
76. Thor 
77. The Wizard of Oz (Imax - 3D) 
78. Dr. No 
79. The Last Stand 
80. Raffles 
81. It Came From Outer Space 
82. Horror of Dracula 
83. Smokey & The Bandit 
84. Ghostbusters 
85. Thor: The Dark World 
86. Thunderbolt & Lightfoot 
87. Ocean's 11 (1960)
88. Spider-Man 3
89. X-Men: Last Stand
90. Sleeping Beauty 
91. War Of The Worlds (2005) 
92. Taken 2 
93. The Gambler (1974) 
94. Thief
95. Days Of Heaven 
96. Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
97. Charley Varrick 
98. Juan Of The Dead
99. Fast and The Furious 
100. The Saint Louis Bank Robbery 
101. Becket 
102. The Lion In Winter 
103. The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug 
104. Drug War 
105. 3:10 To Yuma (1957) 
106. Wichita 
107. Ghostbusters 2 
108. Frankenstein & The Monster From Hell