Alienated in Vancouver

Bumped into a great quote from Fassbinder in a Senses of Cinema article -- I've never seen a director so concisely sum up his project: ...

One of those trivial amusements I sometimes report. (...at a convenience store where I was working, I once had a customer microwave a butt...

A worthwhile article on terminator genes that produce sterile seeds in GM crops... and a list of organizations petitioning to ban terminato...

A fellow named Russell Hunt has come to my attention. Check out Island Universes , in particular -- it's very friendly to altered states...

Peter Watkins, British born media critic and filmmaker whose Punishment Park was by far the most interesting DVD release of last year -- t...

Like it says -- Mudede is reacting to the Kenneth Pinyan case of last year. Somehow I find the link he's provided to a picture of Sam th...

PROVINCIAL (ADJECTIVE): 1. Of or relating to a province. 2. Of or characteristic of people from the provinces; not fashionable or sophistica...

Music fans might be excited to note that there'll be documentaries on Townes van Zandt , Shane MacGowan , and Daniel Johnston screening ...

Film editor and sound designer Walter Murch spoke at the Vancouver International Film Centre, also known as the Vancity Theatre , last nigh...

The Australian news report, including images from Abu Ghraib that I have not yet seen, has been posted online (it takes awhile for the strea...

Everyone should go to the Vancity Theatre , also known as the Vancouver International Film Centre, at least once a week. In fact, there is n...

Michael Durham, AKA Johnny Grunge -- don't ask me -- died at age 39 this week from complications from sleep apnea, which I also have. (...

I agree.

Notice anything?: After stumbling upon a screening in Stanley Park of the 1933 version of King Kong last summer, as part of the Monsters i...

You can read my reactions to the sympathetic portrayal of Palestinian suicide bombers, Paradise Now , by clicking here . The film has resurf...

Ooh... spooky .

I don't think I can be there for this evening's performance, but anyone who wants to see various sound-producing toys -- Speak and S...

I've been occupied by other projects and not posting much on the blog lately. I skipped writing about How to Destroy the Universe 5 at R...

A scary little article for the paranoid mind; Stephanie McMillan, one of the Znet roster of leftist cartoonists, comments here .

Cryptid alert! Coo l photos online of a sea serpent that sure start to look like a whale after you do your homework (click on the links in ...