Tartan Films, RIP- June 29, 2008 It was at this year's European Film Market in Berlin (a wonderful source for industry gossip) that I first learned of the troubles brewing over at Tartan Films. Jane Giles, head of acquisitions, and Sam Dunn, of the home entertainment...http://www.filmbrain.com/filmbrain/2008/06/tartan-films-ri.html Filmbrain's Screen Capture Quiz: Round 16, Week 12- June 25, 2008 It appears that Donald Sutherland's hinder is a once-seen-never-forgotten object, for there were an overwhelming number of correct submissions to last week's quiz. That's a pre-Indiana Jones Karen Allen (in her screen debut) sizing up her literature professor in John...http://www.filmbrain.com/filmbrain/2008/06/quiz-round-12.html Technology 1, Filmbrain 0- June 20, 2008 Without even the slightest hint that it was ill, or even depressed, the hard drive on the most important computer in my world has gone and shuffled off this mortal coil. The nearly two-month old backup I have (somewhere) will...http://www.filmbrain.com/filmbrain/2008/06/technology-1-fi.html Filmbrain's Screen Capture Quiz: Round 16, Week 11- June 18, 2008 That's Lord of the Ring Ringo Starr's gardener trimming the grass carpet with a pair of chattering teeth in last week quiz, which of course comes from Richard Lester's overly silly but wonderful Help. While perhaps not as anarchic or...http://www.filmbrain.com/filmbrain/2008/06/filmbrains-scre.html Mamoulian and Montage: City Streets- June 14, 2008 As a fan of Rouben Mamoulian's films (someone once referred to me as an apologist), I was obviously thrilled to finally get my hands on a DVD of his second film, City Streets. Released in 1931, this pre-code gangsterromance flick...http://www.filmbrain.com/filmbrain/2008/06/mamoulian-and-m.html Filmbrain's Screen Capture Quiz: Round 16, Week 10- June 11, 2008 As Hotspur noted in a comment, last week's screen capture, from Kevin Smith's Clerks, is truly a wonderful snapshot of the era -- the final throes of VHS, when we still went to video stores to rent bad movies (Class...http://www.filmbrain.com/filmbrain/2008/06/as-hotspur-note.html Filmbrain's Screen Capture Quiz: Round 16, Week 9- June 4, 2008 Judging by the submissions, it appears that many of you made tremendous, time consuming efforts to figure out the source of last week's quiz. The "box office poison" line led many to assume it was either Ms. Hepburn or Ms....http://www.filmbrain.com/filmbrain/2008/06/sss.html |