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The 50 greatest matte paintings of all time
27 May 2012 5:35 AM, PDT | Shadowlocked | See recent Shadowlocked news »
The art of the glass shot or matte painting is one which originated very much in the early ‘teens’ of the silent era. Pioneer film maker, director, cameraman and visual effects inventor Norman Dawn is generally acknowledged as the father of the painted matte composite, with other visionary film makers such as Ferdinand Pinney Earle, Walter Hall and Walter Percy Day being heralded as making vast contributions to the trick process in the early 1920’s.
Boiled down, the matte process is one whereby a limited film set may be extended to whatever, or wherever the director’s imagination dictates with the employment of a matte artist. In it’s most pure form, the artist would set up a large plate of clear glass in front of the motion picture camera upon which he would carefully paint in new scenery an ornate period ceiling, snow capped mountains, a Gothic castle or even an alien world. »
Best Shot: "Pariah"
2 May 2012 7:30 PM, PDT | FilmExperience | See recent FilmExperience news »
On this season of Hit Me With Your Best Shot we've looked at 80s fantasy (Ladyhawke), 60s zeitgeist drama (Bonnie & Clyde), 40s musical (Easter Parade), 30s gamechanger (Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs), 00s science fiction western (Serenity), and a 90s Asian masterpiece (Raise the Red Lantern). For this week's film, I chose something up to the minute, Dee Rees' Pariah (2011) just out on DVD.
I found this film so moving late last year that I cursed Focus Features for letting it be crushed in the December glut where it had no business being in the first place. The coming out story of a shy Brooklyn lesbian was far too small and ethnic and gay and feminine an indie to hook Oscar voters so why make it compete for that attention? This selection was my excuse to promote the film as it enters its second and hopefully warmly embraced »
- NATHANIEL R
Coming Soon to "Hit Me..."
16 April 2012 6:58 PM, PDT | FilmExperience | See recent FilmExperience news »
Have you been following along with season three of "Hit Me With Your Best Shot"? This series thrives on your comments and/or visual participation and dies without them. So don't leave us in solitary confinement staring at the movies obsessively. In season three we've already covered Snow White (30s Disney), Easter Parade (40s musical), Bonnie & Clyde (60s landmark) and Ladyhawke (80s fantasy). Because we aim for a true variety of genre and time periods in this series, here's the next six weeks of the movie schedule.
Please consider joining the fun.
Apr 18th Serenity (2007) and/or Firefly (2005)
Joss Whedon is having a huge film year (Avengers, Cabin in the Woods, Much Ado About Nothing) so we're looking back at his directorial (feature) debut. Or if you have never seen the TV series on which Serenity is based for this episode only of the cinematic series you can do "best shot" with a television pilot. »
- NATHANIEL R
‘Hop’ Bounds into DVD
7 April 2012 9:00 AM, PDT | Speakeasy/Wall Street Journal | See recent Speakeasy/Wall Street Journal news »
Everett James Marsden in “Hop”
Joining the canon of Easter-themed films like “Here Comes Peter Cottontail” and “Easter Parade,” “Hop” tells the story of Fred O’Hare (played by James Marsden), a out-of-work man whose life is forever changed when he nearly runs over E.B. (voiced by Russell Brand), the Easter Bunny’s teenage son who escaped Easter Island and his fate to try and make it as a drummer in Hollywood.
“I wanted to do a movie I »
- Alexandra Cheney
Hit Me With Your Best Shot: "Easter Parade"
4 April 2012 9:23 PM, PDT | FilmExperience | See recent FilmExperience news »
If you have yet to join in the "Hit Me With Your Best Shot" series we urge you to participate next week on April 11th when we look at a movie you've surely seen: Snow White and the Seven Dwarves (1937). Last time we did an animated film we had a super turnout. All you have to do is 1) choose your favorite shot 2) post it on your blog, tumblr, site or pinterest page before next Wednesday night and 3) let me know. Presto, The Film Experience links up. The first step, choosing your best shot, is the only hard part.
This week's film is Easter Parade (1948).
I love a perfect title. Easter Parade promises exactly what it delivers. The Judy Garland / Fred Astaire musical features two actual easter parades which form a through line on which the film can hang its gowns and musical numbers. In the first Nadine (Ann Miller), Don »
- NATHANIEL R
Springtime for Homos: Our Nine Essential Springtime Movies
2 April 2012 10:46 AM, PDT | AfterElton.com | See recent AfterElton.com news »
I'm going to shock you with my findings here, but I believe spring is the most underrepresented season in movies. "Summer" is practically its own genre, fall gets plenty of Halloween-themed flicks, and winter films are downright ubiquitous. Problem is, spring is the time of year when the worst movies come out, so it's difficult to pinpoint the season's best finds. Lo and behold, we've done it: Here are our nine favorite movies that remind us spring's sassy freshness. There's even baseball! I can't believe it either.
9. Ghost World
If you're like me, spring means one thing. Say it with me! A Strange, Isolating Weariness!
Yeah, it means other things too, but spring routinely brings me back to high school when graduation was near, motivation was far, and you couldn't escape that pervading languor. In Ghost World, Thora Birch played a disillusioned teenager named Enid Coleslaw whose cynicism gives way to a realistic, »
- virtel
March. It's a Wrap
31 March 2012 7:00 PM, PDT | FilmExperience | See recent FilmExperience news »
March happened at me. I hope yours was better. The blog has been a bit more tepid than usual in the post Oscar malaise and all around off-blog madness. But here were ten highlights from the month in case you also were caught between rocks and hard places or entire boulders and cliff faces.
Burning Questions: To Read or Not To Read in this age of adaptations, Michael wonders whether it's better to read the book first or see the film.
Cosmopolis + Cronenberg nine favorite images from the f'ed up teaser.
Ladyhawke the third season of "hit me with your best shot" kicked off with a bird-like Pfeiffer and the wolfen Rutger Hauer
The Hunger Games reviewed
Carrie Off Broadway the 70s horror classic is a thing again
Stupid News: Chloe as Carrie a terrible casting idea. They're all going to laugh at you, Moretz!
Divas & Heroes more Film »
- NATHANIEL R
Hit Me With Your Best Shot: "Bonnie & Clyde"
28 March 2012 9:31 PM, PDT | FilmExperience | See recent FilmExperience news »
This week's episode of 'Best Shot' features one of my all time favorite films Bonnie & Clyde (1967). Even if you just want to look at one scene and stop you're pulled in, right into the cramped cars and you're along for the whole ride. It never stops until it's so bullet-riddled it can't get back up again. Few films have ever felt as alive as this classic. The most impressive thing about Bonnie & Clyde nearly a half century later is that it still feels electric. Is it the way it fuses 30s and 60s and in so doing transcends anything to do with "dates" of production? Is it how completely adult it is in tone despite the youthful abandon?
Bonnie (Faye Dunaway) meets Clyde (Warren Beatty) in the first scene and by the eight minute mark she's lept in his car for good. Because the movie moves so quickly we're doing the same. »
- NATHANIEL R
'Hit Me' Baby One More Time
14 March 2012 5:00 AM, PDT | FilmExperience | See recent FilmExperience news »
Are you flesh or are you spirit?"
I am sorrow."
Oh cheer up, 'Chelle. "Hit Me With Your Best Shot" returns in exactly one week here at The Film Experience.
Join in on the Ladyhawke (1985) fun by selecting your favorite shot from this 80s fantasy by Wednesday March 21st at 10 Pm when we post ours. The movie is filled with beautiful shots with the great cinematographer Vittorio Storaro behind the camera and Rutger Hauer & Lapfeiffer in front of it. We'll link up to all participating entries.
03/21 Ladyhawke (1985)
03/28 Bonnie & Clyde (1967)
04/04 Easter Parade (1948)
... and more to come provided y'all participate. »
- NATHANIEL R
"Hit Me With Your Best Shot" Season 3
6 March 2012 10:24 AM, PST | FilmExperience | See recent FilmExperience news »
Ready for Season 3 of "Hit Me With Your Best Shot"?
Newbies take note: each week we pick a movie and we all pick our favorite shots. Consider it a mini blog-a-thon. If you've seen the movie you might already have an idea of the image if you'd choose. If you've never seen it, here's a nudge to do so! Your "best shot" might be the image that most reminds you of the film, the one you think of as the most beautiful, the shot that's the most resonant in terms of the movies theme... anything really since "Best" is in the eye of the beholder. You can post yours and why you chose it on any of your web homes and let me know and we'll link up when we publish on Wednesday evenings at 10 Pm.
Films we've already covered in this series
1920s The Circus (1928), Pandora's Box (1929); 1930s Tarzan the Ape Man »
- NATHANIEL R
The history of MGM: the golden era
24 January 2012 3:12 AM, PST | Den of Geek | See recent Den of Geek news »
Zoe’s continues her journey through the turbulent history of one of Hollywood’s most influential studios, as we arrive at MGM's post-war golden era. Plus, a bit of 3D, too...
As the end of World War II approached, a new world dawned for MGM – a world which had changed dramatically. Attitudes and lifestyles had changed, but most importantly audiences had changed. Here was an opportunity: MGM’s chance to start afresh. And so in 1944, MGM embarked on what would become the most successful period in its history. After the war, the slate was wiped clean.
Gone were the tired, tried-and-tested formulas, and gone were the aging names and stars, as a new unit was established at MGM. It was up to this unit, anchored by an experienced producer and made up of bright young talent, to transform MGM’s signature high-production style into something new and modern in order »
Nora Zelevansky: 'Project Runway All Stars' Recap: This Little Piggy Went To Mood
19 January 2012 9:57 PM, PST | Aol TV. | See recent Aol TV. news »
Note: Do not read on if you have not seen Episode 3 of Lifetime's "Project Runway All Stars."
In this body-conscious fashion world, there's not generally much room for pigs. But that all changed on this week's trough-breaking episode of "Project Runway All Stars."
As the 11 remaining designers gaze up from their folding chairs beside the runway, host Angela Lindvall explains that they'll be creating "flamboyant cocktail dresses" for "one of the most famous fashionistas in the world." (I wish someone would just erase that "f" word from the world's vocabulary.)
Who could it be? Well, Miss Piggy, of course. And apparently, she's had powerhouses like Burberry and Prada custom design for her in the past. Big hooves to fill.
Austin exclaims, "Miss Piggy!" April is thrilled. Kenley's nieces are gonna flip. But I'm confused: The diva Muppet is supposedly looking for a dress in which to promote her new movie »
- Nora Zelevansky
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