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2011-07-29T15:11:00.006+01:00

filmtalker has moved address and changed its title to pause»rewind»play. The old blog will remain online for a while but will no longer be updated. Find the new blog here: pause»rewind»play

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Film Moments

2010-12-15T12:16:00.006Z

An interesting new book from BFI/Palgrave focusing on key moments in film: Film Moments: Criticism, History, Theory edited by Tom Brown and James Walters

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New blog on fashion and film

2010-12-07T13:54:00.024Z

Rapsodia satanica 1915 I've set up a new blog exploring the fascinating relationship between fashion and film: fashion>film

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Sofia Coppola article now online

2010-11-09T14:25:00.046Z

Sofia Coppola's Marie Antoinette p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 18.0px Trebuchet MS} Pam Cook, 'Portrait of a Lady: Sofia Coppola', Sight and Sound 16 (11), November 2006, pp....

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Update on Cooks Source 'plagiarism' debacle

2010-11-09T11:27:00.004Z

A useful discussion posted on Plagiarism Today on 8 November 2010 clarifies the issues at stake in the Cooks Source incident, including the differences between plagiarism and copyright violation: The...

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Hollywood Reporter actress roundtable

2010-11-07T12:32:00.003Z

On 3 November 2010, the new Hollywood Reporter featured an hour-long roundtable discussion between Oscar-hopefuls Nicole Kidman, Annette Bening, Hilary Swank, Amy Adams, Natalie Portman and Helena...

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Plagiarism, Cooks Source and the power of the Internet

2010-11-05T11:59:00.014Z

Following the Internet storm that followed the publication of an article in Cooks Source magazine without permission, and the assertion by the magazine's editor that the Internet is 'public domain',...

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New Nicole Kidman book

2010-10-19T13:58:00.009+01:00

I am researching a book about Nicole Kidman for a new BFI/Palgrave series on film stars, and would like to canvass opinions, positive or negative, from the global online community. All opinions will...

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Long live the Phoenix cinema

2010-10-01T12:51:00.012+01:00

East Finchley's Phoenix cinema, built in 1910, re-opened last month after a major refurbishment programme. Take the video tour here: BBC News - Tour inside the UK's oldest continually-running cinema

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'Sita Sings the Blues' Distribution Project

2010-07-27T18:02:00.005+01:00

Sita Sings the Blues was released world-wide under a free license in 2009, enabling audiences anywhere to access it completely free. The film is a test case in the QuestionCopyright project --...

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Archive of the Month (July)

2010-07-27T17:27:00.007+01:00

Sita Sings the Blues is available to download from the open-access Internet Archive: Download & Streaming : Moving Image Archive : Internet Archive

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Sita Sings the Blues

2010-07-27T17:24:00.002+01:00

Nina Paley's fabulous animated feature Sita Sings the Blues

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Unexplained Cinema

2010-07-27T13:30:00.010+01:00

From Cinemastyles YouTube channel (see Video Bar on left) with thanks to FilmStudiesForFree:

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New Spike Lee film on post-Katrina, post-BP New Orleans

2010-07-07T15:26:00.009+01:00

From the South Florida Times today: SPIKE LEE TALKS NEW ORLEANS, FIVE YEARS AFTER KATRINA Written by KIMBERLY GRANT During the 14th Annual American Black Film Festival in Miami Beach last weekend,...

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Another excellent fan site

2010-06-15T14:45:00.012+01:00

Baz the Great! is a long-running, regularly updated and reliable site dedicated to keeping fans of Baz Luhrmann's films informed about his life and work. From the home page: Baz the Great! is an...

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The Guggenheim and YouTube

2010-06-15T14:37:00.004+01:00

From the Guardian yesterday: From the bedroom to the Guggenheim: search is on for a YouTube masterpiece New York museum reaches out to the masses to find the next generation of video artists Jemima...

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Today is Cheer Up Keanu day

2010-06-15T11:43:00.004+01:00

From Time magazine today: THAT VIRAL THING Help Cheer Up Keanu Reeves By Claire Suddath Tuesday, Jun. 15, 2010 Eleven thousand people think Keanu Reeves might be depressed. And with reason — the...

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Sofia Coppola's 'Somewhere' trailer

2010-06-15T11:13:00.002+01:00

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Sofia Coppola's 'Marie Antoinette'

2010-06-07T12:24:00.017+01:00

Sofia Coppola's Marie Antoinette: A Fashionable History 2008 Lecture and Slideshow

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Archive favourites (7)

2010-06-06T16:35:00.003+01:00

A summertime gem from the 1990s:

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Nazimova in 'Salome'

2010-06-06T16:12:00.009+01:00

Re: filmtalker: Archive favourites (5) More delights from Salome (1923):

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David Foster Wallace and The Cinema Book

2010-05-28T14:12:00.018+01:00

In a recent post on the Cultural Compass blog at the Harry Ransom Center, University of Texas at Austin, Molly Schwartzburg traced some unexpected connections between the first edition of The Cinema...

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New book about Baz Luhrmann

2010-05-14T14:19:00.018+01:00

A new in-depth study of Baz Luhrmann's work and career is published today by BFI/Palgrave in the World Directors series. ContentsIntroduction1. Once Upon a Time in Australia2. Strictly Ballroom...

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New journal from Intellect

2010-02-04T10:12:00.021Z

The first issue of an exciting new journal published by Intellect has just appeared: Transnational Cinemas Volume 1 Issue 1 Cover Date: January 2010 Contents Editorial-Introducing...

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Spike Lee on Newsnight

2009-09-22T17:37:00.004+01:00

Spike Lee and Jeremy Paxman on BBC2's Newsnight discuss race and politics in the US as Do the Right Thing plays behind them. BBC NEWS | Programmes | Newsnight | Spike Lee on racism, Obama and America

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