I had no idea this existed until Rob Legato (Visual Effects Supervisor, Director of Photography and Second Unit Director for HUGO) showed it as part of his presentation at the Museum of the Moving Image last night.

http://www.scorsesefilmfreixenet.com/video_eng.htm

Ooo, turns out that for the next few Tuesdays Film Forum is playing Fred Astaire/Ginger Rogers double features! (Alas, I am on night shift this week and must skip Flying Down to Rio.)

A second trailer for Tron Legacy debuted at Comic Con and has made its way online.

Not as cool as the previous trailer, but there are some hints about what's up with Flynn/Clu, and we get to hear two female characters speak.

Also, you can stream six tracks from Daft Punk's score here.

Seen last night at Film Forum, the prologue to the 1934 Hecht-MacArthur film Crime Without Passion:

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Beware the Furies!

Behold! My plans.

Tonight: Dances of Vice “Enchanted Menagerie” at Desire: A Masquerade, hosted by Capitale

Saturday: The Bubble Battle in Times Square and after party in Brooklyn

Sunday: The Doctor Who New York Series 5 Finale Party1

...and somewhere in there I'm hoping to see Toy Story 3 in IMAX ( Read more... )

Ever heard of the Charlie Chaplin short "Zepped"? Neither had anyone else, until Morris Park bought a vintage film tin on eBay for £3.20 and examined its contents, laconically described as "old film" in the listing.
The film, just under seven minutes long, is a mixture of footage of Chaplin and exuberant animation that reminded Park of Monty ( Read more... )