The Day the Movies Died

Mark Harris wrote an insightful and depressing article on the state of Hollywood movies. (via @njudah)

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The Criterion Collection Joins Hulu Plus

After fifteen hours in three libraries over two days, I have nothing to say to this announcement but YAY.

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Atlas Shrugged, Part One: The Movie

I did not think it was possible to make a movie trailer more tediously obscure than the book. (via Luce) For reasons I have yet to discern, I have read “Atlas Shrugged” twice, once in my teens when I thought objectivism was pretty cool, and once in my twenties when I didn’t. I cannot imagine sitting through a movie version.

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winter is coming

George R. R. Martin‘s “A Song of Ice and Fire” is my favorite contemporary fantasy series, so I am both thrilled and concerned about the upcoming HBO adaptation. A friend pointed out the “Winter is Coming” news and rumors blog and now I am well and truly excited.

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