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5 Favorite Amnesia Movies

June 4, 2008 – 3:30 pm

A neuroscientist claims the amnesia in the Bourne movies is accurately portrayed. But I argue that amnesia is always merely a device in movies, and accuracy is insignificant.

By Christopher Campbell | Posted in Lists | Comments (1)

Michel Gondry Wins a Webby

May 6, 2008 – 12:00 pm

Michel Gondry has won the Webby Film and Video Award for Person of the Year, for inventing the concept of Sweding, which took the internet by storm for seven minutes in February. Yay for him! Because I don’t care about Sweding at all, let’s use this as an excuse to watch 10 minutes of Eternal [...]

By Karina Longworth | Posted in Awards, Indies | Comments (1)

Trailer of the Day: Be Kind Rewind (Sweded)

January 31, 2008 – 1:33 pm

Michel Gondry gives us the latest in meta marketing. Take that, Judd Apatow.

By Christopher Campbell | Posted in Film marketing and distribution, Hollywood, Video | Comments (1)

Lynch’s INLAND EMPIRE: an Insider’s Look at Psychosis

November 2, 2007 – 12:10 pm

Yesterday BoingBoing pointed to an article on The Psychologist Online by Huw Green that argues that David Lynch’s work, particularly Inland Empire, is an accurate depiction of what it’s like for someone with a psychotic illness to encounter reality.
I immediately thought of last week’s episode of FilmCouch, in which I used Lynch, a new documentary [...]

By Kevin Buist | Posted in Culture/art, Documentary, Editorial, Film watching, Indies | Comments (0)