film & television

Milk at the Castro Theatre

In film & television, politics, queer, san francisco on 27 November 2008 with no comments

Milk at the Castro Theatre, originally uploaded by katerw.
You can see the film at various theaters, but it was extra special to see it in Harvey’s neighborhood.
The atmosphere in the theater was electric… the organist played while photographs from the Castro in the 70s flashed on screen. There was so much cheering and audience response [...]

why we drink

In design, film & television, inspiration on 31 October 2008 with no comments

I’ve recently become obsessed with infographics. Here’s a real pretty animated narrative utilizing pie charts and graphs. (Thanks Mattia for the link.)

The University of Evil-Doing

In film & television, net culture on 25 August 2008 with no comments

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The University of Evil-Doing, originally uploaded by tubefilter.
“And sometimes there’s a third, even deeper level, and that one is the same as the top surface one. Like with [...]

the best show you (probably) aren’t watching

In film & television on 2 August 2008 with no comments

As usual, thanks to jetgirl for catching this first…
The season two trailer for Pushing Daises.

And just in case you don’t believe me, the show was nominated for more Emmy’s than it produced episodes. (Nominated for 11 categories, aired 9 episodes of Season 1 … due to the WGA strike.)

the origins of campaign ads…

In business, film & television, politics on 30 July 2008 with 1 comment

One of the joys of the Mad Men’s first season is watching the brewing relationship between ad agencies and politics, as Sterling Cooper wrestles with marketing for Nixon.
Interestingly, the first presidential ad was made by Disney in 1952 for Eisenhower. From the “Sociological Images” blog by way of Rob Walker:

Eisenhower was skeptical about using television [...]

the early WALL•E reviews…

In film & television on 4 June 2008 tagged pixar, WALL•E with 1 comment

Now that the crew (and guests) have seen WALL•E, a few unofficial reviews have been posted. Since I have absolutely no ability to judge the film, it is encouraging to read such glowing appraisals.
Reading them also led to me to several vignettes were new to me… and had me laughing out loud. I love our [...]