Posts Tagged ‘Films’

George Heymont: Films of Rare and Exquisite Beauty

Monday, August 16th, 2010
One of the great blessings of cinema is that it transports us to worlds we might never be able to reach on our own.

Foreign Objects: Shinjuku Incident

Wednesday, September 9th, 2009
Foreign Objects travels the world of international cinema each week to look for films worth visiting. So renew your passport, get your shots, and brush up on the local age of legal consent , this week we’re heading to… Hong Kong! Living in the United States it’s easy to forget that we’re not the only country to offer a better alternative to the lives people are born into. The US/Mexican border is a revolving door where thousands of “tourists” come through on a daily basis. Some come for th

Trailer Park: $50,000 For Me And 15 Movies For You.

Friday, July 17th, 2009
By Christopher Stipp The Archives, Right Here I was able to sit down for a couple of years and pump out a book. It’s got little to do with movies. Download and read “Thank You, Goodnight” right HERE for free. McCafe MY Day How often have I asked anything of you? Not much, not many, not very often. I need something from many of you: votes . What’s in it for you is lots and lots and lots of movies and, if I actually win this thing, 15 films. What happened was

The Motion Picture Production Code of 1930

Tuesday, March 24th, 2009
Because I’m going to be talking about “pre-code” films quite a bit, I thought it would be nice & handy (and important) to have a copy of The Motion Picture Production Code of 1930 here to refer to. The Motion Picture Production Code of 1930 First Section GENERAL PRINCIPLES I. Theatrical motion pictures, that is, pictures intended for the theatre as distinct from pictures intended for churches, schools, lecture halls, educational movements, social reform movements, etc., are primari