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FilmCouch 80 - Wholphin 6 and Dark Knight Indigestion

WHOLPHIN 6 is a must see DVD and listeners unpack THE DARK KNIGHT (now that they’ve seen it).

 
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Elvis Mitchell on TCM: BlogNosh 04/23/08

Turner Classic Movies has hired Elvis Mitchell to host a new interview series called TCM: Under the Influence. Lou Lumenick reports, via Movie City News.
In an interview with Stream, Wholphin’s Brent Hoff gives props to the programmers of some of our favorite film festivals: SXSW, Cinevegas and True/False. Of the latter’s Paul Sturtz and David [...]

FilmCouch #65 Indiewood mashup

If you’re visiting a theater and tired of the same old movie clichés, conventional wisdom would point you to the independent movie selection. However, a string on indiewood flicks–most recently The Visitor (opening tonight)–are caving in on their own “indie” clichés. Like rogue environmentalists tracking an invasive species in an Appalachian creek bed, we digest [...]

 
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FilmCouch #64

Is “Iraq fatigue” a disgusting phenomenon or a natural dance between real life and movie life? The new WHOLPHIN quarterly DVD magazine is out and needs to be talked about.

 
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GLORY AT SEA Trailer. Clip of the Day.

A glimpse at Benh Zeitlin’s epic short, GLORY AT SEA.

Olivo Barbieri’s ‘Site Specific’

I’ve recently been enjoying Wholphin DVD magazine issue four. It’s a great collection of short films that would otherwise be pretty hard to see. My favorite so far is Olivo Barbieri’s site specific_LAS VEGAS 05. The film features a montage of partially blurry aerial footage of Las Vegas, with only the center of the image [...]