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Short Attention Span Theatre: Noon

Another interesting sci-fi short that packs a high concept set-up into 12 mins. Noon is by writer/director Kasra Farahini. More at io9.com

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18th Jan 2013 - Add Comment - Tweet

Short Attention Span Theatre: R'ha

V accomplished SFX in an intriguing alien v robot showcase from Kaleb Lechowski - a 22-year old animation student according to this interview

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18th Jan 2013 - Add Comment - Tweet

Board To Death: Montreal Urban Snowboarding

Pretty sure I played this level in SSX Tricky years ago... Seb Toots takes advantage of a heavy Montreal winter in this short, shot with a Red Scarlet. Via @mashkulture

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7th Jan 2013 - Add Comment - Tweet

12 For 2012

In alphabetical order, here's 12 things I enjoyed in 2012...

Argo
Ben Affleck turns in another great actor/director turn as a CIA agent heading to Iran to rescue hostages during the 1979 revolution with the flimsiest of bad cover stories: a fake Hollywood studio looking to shoot a Star Wars ripoff. Great beards, trenchcoats, 70s soundtrack - and it's all (pretty much) true. 

Breaking Bad S5
Magnetic, bitches! Can't wait for the second half. S4 was possibly tighter, but watching Walt's turn to the baaaad side was pretty compelling. 

Frank Ocean - Channel Orange
Fresh take on modern R&B, adding Sly Stone psych jams to the digital mix.

Game Of Thrones S2
Adding more families, more magic, more dastardly plots and more blood/guts/sexposition to an ever-expanding world.

Girls S1
Cue a stream of "new Sex And The City" / "they're so shocking" / "why is their NY so white?" articles - all interesting points, but it's easy to get sucked up in the phenomenon and lose sight of just how well written this is. Makes up for HBO canning How To Make It In America. Kind of.

Fables
Bill Willingham's ongoing Vertigo series is like Game Of Thrones for fairytales. A great graphic novel drama/thriller/comedy/soap opera.

The Killing III
Focused finale for Forbrydelsen, with Sarah Lund finding love in a hopeless place (another dark room in Denmark where the lights don't work but it's OK because she's got her torch. And Borch).

Lincoln
Total Oscar-bait, will be v surprised if anything manages to beat this when they're dishing them out. Spielberg back to his epic best, showing the mechanics of US government during the Civil War as Lincoln (Daniel Day Lewis) charms, cajoles and tricks his way to the abolition of slavery.

Tame Impala - Lonerism
Aussie psychedelia with bags of personality and tunes.

Toy - Toy
Two tracks pushing beyond the 7 min mark, tight Krautrock beats and Chameleons-style riffing - a promising, solid debut in a post-Horrors space that had multiple repeats at Chimp Towers.

The Walking Dead S3
Zombie action ramped up, more plots, more characters, less time to think "hey, what about..?"

Also CONSUMED & ENJOYED
Modern Family S4, Boardwalk Empire S3, Homeland S2, The Fear, Fresh Meat, Flying Lotus - Until The Quiet Comes, The US Office, Nurse Jackie S4 (another standout performance from Bobby Cannavale - almost as crazy as Gyp Rossetti), Skyfall.

THE STUPIDO DAMN YOU WHY WHY pile
Prometheus, The Dark Knight Rises

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17th Dec 2012 - Add Comment - Tweet

Short Attention Span Theatre: Ton Eighty

Nice short after a year of sporting glory. Dir Sam Huntley @zoomerfilm

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14th Dec 2012 - Add Comment - Tweet

It's A Bad Brains Christmas, Charlie Brown

a moment of sanity from Tad Was Here before you get bogged down in "12/12/12 mic check day" jokes... via Shepherd Fairey:

think yule dig this. This video uses “Pay To Cum” the first Bad Brains song I ever heard in late 1983. The song rules and so does this Peanuts mash-up. This video provided more sheer joy than I’ve felt in a while. Now that I have kids who love Sponge Bob and The Ramones this kind of thing makes me very happy. Watch it and forget that you’re a cynical asshole for a minute or two(literally). Peace together, not a piece apart. Happy holidaze.

-Shepard Fairey

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12th Dec 2012 - Add Comment - Tweet

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Short Attention Span Theatre: Eugene

New short up from Hesher director Spencer Susser. Warning, paid for by The Man. More here.

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10th Dec 2012 - Add Comment - Tweet

Short Attention Span Theatre: Table 7

tight short from Marko Slavnic

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7th Dec 2012 - Add Comment - Tweet

Wally Pfister On Camera Placement

Interesting piece looking at cinematographer Wally (Dark Knight, Inception) Pfister's arguments about camera placement and the idea of "cheating space" in rival blockbusters like Avengers.

"What's really important is storytelling. None of it matters if it doesn't support the story. I thought "The Avengers" was an appalling film. They'd shoot from some odd angle and I'd think, why is the camera there? Oh, I see, because they spent half a million on the set and they have to show it off. It took me completely out of the movie. I was driven bonkers by that illogical form of storytelling."

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30th Oct 2012 - Add Comment - Tweet

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Do Kids Like Radiohead?

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24th Oct 2012 - Add Comment - Tweet

Short Attention Span Theatre: Plot Device

beware snap online purchasing decisions... Magic Bullet promo from Red Giant

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22nd Oct 2012 - Add Comment - Tweet

Short Attention Span Theatre: True Skin

Bangkok-set sci-fi short that's drawn big studio attention for director Stephan Zlotescu. Shot on Canon 5D Mark II, good use of on-location detail to make a convincing calling card. More details at Wired: 

Six months after a trailer appeared on Vimeo, aspiring feature filmmaker Stephan Zlotescu‘s six-minute short achieved viral lift-off last week after the director’s manager spread the word about the work. “Industry response has been insane,” said manager Scott Glassgold in an e-mail to Wired, citing 230,000 views in five days for the True Skin video (embedded above). “Within hours of release, we were receiving calls from major studios and financiers.”

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19th Oct 2012 - Add Comment - Tweet

Happy!

After directing The Man With The Iron Fists, RZA is lining up to adapt Grant Morrison's graphic novel Happy! according to THR:

Happy! centers on Nick Sax, a scummy corrupt ex-cop and hit man. After a hit goes bad and Sax is left gravely injured, he is suddenly able to see Happy, a cheerful little blue horse who won’t give in to adversity, no matter what unpleasant obstacles are in the way. Days before Christmas, Sax teams up with the saccharine horse to save the life of a troubled kid and maybe find redemption amid the squalor of his city.

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10th Oct 2012 - Add Comment - Tweet

Short Attention Span Theatre: Payload

Enjoyed Payload, a decent outback sci-fi short. Just under 18 mins, shot on RED cameras. Follow at @payloadfilm, more details over at Short Of The Week

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2nd Oct 2012 - Add Comment - Tweet