Check out these retro post-modern movie posters designed by Patrick Concepcion. These are so good. Concepcion’s graphic design manages to re-frame how we might perceive the film while preserving some essential quality and spirit of the film. The movie posters include such classic films as “Contact,” “The Truman Show,” “StarContinue Reading
Here it is, folks! A brief run-down of our current media diet: Some of the TV shows and movies we’ve been watching, books we’ve been reading, and podcasts we’ve been listening to and more. We usually only list things that we’d recommend and highly rate. Occasionally we’ll list something that’sContinue Reading
The United States Postal Service has announced that this spring they will be issuing a new series of stamps featuring the androids from the Star Wars films, including C3PO and R2D2. It’s a big nod to one of the greatest and longest-running cinematic franchises in motion picture history, one thatContinue Reading
British novelist John le Carré passed away this past weekend at the age of 89. As the Guardian newspaper reported he died of pneumonia Saturday night at a hospital in Cornwall, England. A master of the espionage novel and literary storytelling, le Carré made a life for himself as aContinue Reading
In a new installment of “media Diet” here we’re sharing some of what we’ve been consuming across the cultural landscape. These are books, podcasts, TV shows, movies, music, and print that have kept us entertained and inspired in our free time while stuck at home during the COVID pandemic. FirstContinue Reading
Scottish actor Sean Connery passed away this past weekend at the age of 90. Connery was a bona fide movie star best known in his early career for playing James Bond in the 007 spy-thriller film franchise. Looking back at 1960s archival photos from his Bond-film era, it’s clear thatContinue Reading
Our friend, and Brazilian fixture of the Los Angeles coffee scene, Mr. Lu recently has been frequently wearing these super lit graphic tees with prints of vintage Japanese movie posters of American films, from “2001: A Space Odyssey” (above) to “Gremlins,” from “Scanners” (below) to “Little Monsters (also below).” TheContinue Reading
A classic example of Los Angeles movie-theater architecture from the early days of cinema, the Vista on Sunset Boulevard in Los Feliz is a landmark. Built in 1923, it has been a part of the LA urban landscape for nearly a century, from the silent-film era through to the recentContinue Reading
Acclaimed director Steven Soderbergh (“Ocean’s 11,” “Solaris,” “Sex, Lies & Videotape”) has released a full-length black-and-white version of Steven Spielberg’s action-adventure classic “Raiders of the Lost Ark” in HD. Soderbergh also removed the original soundtrack and dialogue and matched the film to Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross’s soundtrack music fromContinue Reading
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