It’s been a busy week, and I’ve been falling behind in my posting duties (as you can tell from the lack of stuff on the site over the past few days). Here are the various stories, posts and whatnot that I’ve been following, that I thought you might also find interesting. Enjoy!
April 1st:
- From Hammer to Nail: What We Lose When We Lose Video Stores | Filmmakers, Film Industry, Film Festivals, Awards & Movie Reviews | Indiewire
- MovieMorlocks.com ‘“ Remaking Ichikawa
- Excerpts from Martin Scorsese’s storyboards for… | Old Hollywood
- TAG Blog: Mega “Lady and the Tramp”
- Quay Brothers Retrospective Coming to MoMA | Cartoon Brew
- Orson Welles’ Last Interview and Final Moments Captured on Film | Open Culture
- Academy Acquires More Hollywood History, From D.W. Griffith to Orson Welles (Slideshow)
- Warner Licenses 74 From Goldwyn | Home Media Magazine
- Movie Lovers We Love: David Bordwell & Kristin Thompson Are Rock-Star Film Scholars | Filmmakers, Film Industry, Film Festivals, Awards & Movie Reviews | Indiewire
- 10 Things I Learned: The War Room – From the Current – The Criterion Collection
- Netflix not killing DVD after all? Buys DVD.com just in case ‘” Online Video News
- 39 Step Programme « shadowplay
- fLOG: At Long Last Love
- Red Desert: Antonioni’s Vision of a Terrible, Technicolor Reality ‘“ Newsroom
March 29th:
- Director Whit Stillman on His Upcoming Damsels in Distress, Influencing Wes Anderson, and the Healing Power of Soap – Hollywood Prospectus Blog – Grantland
- Criterion Corner: Reviews of Criterion’s March Releases Take Us From Jesus Christ To Bill Clinton In 8 Easy Steps | Movie News | Movies.com
- Image Entertainment Up for Sale? | Home Media Magazine
- The Most Boobs Ever: Lena Dunham and Judd Apatow in Conversation | Heeb
- CRITERION COLLECTED: Monty Cristo Reviews Five Recent Releases, including THE WAR ROOM and LETTER NEVER SENT.
- Bob Johnson In Talks to Buy Image Entertainment (Exclusive) | The Wrap Media
- Holbrook eyes ‘Promised Land’ – Entertainment News, Film News, Media – Variety
- MovieMorlocks.com ‘“ The Children Are Watching
- Cinema Styles: Opening Credits I Love: The Blob
- seanax.com » Cult Watch: ‘˜Corman’s World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel’
- Ronald Neame on Brief Encounter’s Ending – From the Current – The Criterion Collection
- ‘The Turin Horse’ Blu-ray Announced | High-Def Digest
- Repertory Pick: Silver Foxes in Madison – From the Current – The Criterion Collection
- Image Entertainment Up for Sale? | Home Media Magazine
- Netflix is following through on those Qwikster plans after all | VentureBeat
- Wim Wenders and Celebrated Directors Talk About the Future of Cinema (1982) | Open Culture
- A Night to Remember | DVD Review | Slant Magazine
- seanax.com » Special Edition: ‘˜Casablanca’ at 70
- Restored ‘Napoleon’ reveals many layers – Entertainment News, Film News, Media – Variety
- Festival de Cannes – From 16 to 27 may 2012
- Bela Tarr’s The Turin Horse Gets U.S. Release Date
- The War Room | DVD | DVD | The A.V. Club
March 27th:
- The Films Of Billy Wilder: A Retrospective | The Playlist
- fLOG: Medium Cool
- Three Reasons: Late Spring – From the Current – The Criterion Collection
- Twilight Time Blu-rays for May and June
- ‘Riskiest Thing I Ever Did’: Notes on Brief Encounter – From the Current – The Criterion Collection
- Blithe Spirit: Present Magic – From the Current – The Criterion Collection
- This Happy Breed: Home Truths – From the Current – The Criterion Collection
- In Which We Serve: Battle Stations – From the Current – The Criterion Collection
- When Noël Met David . . . – From the Current – The Criterion Collection
- IN WHICH WE SERVE:… | Facebook
- New Images From Abbas Kiarostami’s ‘Like Someone In Love’ | The Playlist
- Flavorwire » See the Foreign Film Syllabus Martin Scorsese Sent an Aspiring Filmmaker
- Criticizing Everything – the candler blog
- fLOG: “This is the story of a ship.”
- What’s Happening on Hulu – From the Current – The Criterion Collection
- In Which We Serve: Behind the Scenes with Noël Coward – From the Current – The Criterion Collection
- A Night to Remember: Nearer, My Titanic to Thee – From the Current – The Criterion Collection
- A NIGHT TO… | Facebook
- Exclusive Interview: Filmmaker Peter Bogdanovich
- 10 Nerdtastic DVD & Blu-ray Exclusives That You May Have Missed – Topless Robot
- Some Came Running: The war for cliché
- Ferdy on Films
- Review: Jiro Dreams of Sushi | Slackerwood
- Daily Briefing. Jordan Mintzer’s “James Gray” on Notebook | MUBI
- Rentals of DVD/Blu-ray Disc movies topped $5.6 Billion in 2011 | Home Media Magazine
- David Lean Directs Noel Coward: BD Review | DVDFile
- Daily Viewing. Teaser for Kiarostami’s “Like Someone in Love” on Notebook | MUBI
- Watch: Endearing Teaser Trailer For Abbas Kiarostami’s Japanese Romantic Drama ‘Like Someone In Love’ | The Playlist
- Betting on UltraViolet | Home Media Magazine
- UltraViolet White Paper | Home Media Magazine
- The War Room Blu-ray DVD Review | Home Media Magazine
- Veneration and Its Discontents on Notebook | MUBI
- Criterion Reflections: Léon Morin, Priest (1961) – #572
- Criterion Confessions: A NIGHT TO REMEMBER (Blu-Ray) – #7
- Poster Lab: Cosmopolis | The House Next Door
- sam’s myth: BRESSON