http://metaphilm.com/index.php/ See Through Cinema en read@cleave.com Copyright 2012 2012-01-23T17:35:00-05:00 http://metaphilm.com/index.php/comments/ill-take-my-clothes-off-and-it-will-be-shameless/ http://metaphilm.com/index.php/comments/ill-take-my-clothes-off-and-it-will-be-shameless/#When:17:35:00Z ...Cuz everyone knows, that’s how you get famous. ...Cuz everyone knows, that’s how you get famous.

]]> phlog 2012-01-23T17:35:00-05:00 publisher http://metaphilm.com/index.php/comments/the-descendants-on-the-couch/ http://metaphilm.com/index.php/comments/the-descendants-on-the-couch/#When:04:07:00Z ... of The Last Psychiatrist.  You may not be a terrible person, but you may be better able to understand why you liked American Beauty and Indecent Proposal so much.  ... of The Last Psychiatrist.  You may not be a terrible person, but you may be better able to understand why you liked American Beauty and Indecent Proposal so much. 

]]> phlog 2012-01-18T04:07:00-05:00 publisher http://metaphilm.com/index.php/comments/cinemetrics/ http://metaphilm.com/index.php/comments/cinemetrics/#When:23:31:01Z This is what movies look like in one vibrating, colorized, sliced and diced symbolic image:  interesting. This is what movies look like in one vibrating, colorized, sliced and diced symbolic image:  interesting.

]]> phlog 2012-01-12T23:31:01-05:00 publisher http://metaphilm.com/index.php/comments/nuked-the-fridge-is-the-new-jumped-the-shark/ http://metaphilm.com/index.php/comments/nuked-the-fridge-is-the-new-jumped-the-shark/#When:00:27:01Z Straight from the horse’s mouth. Straight from the horse’s mouth.

]]> phlog 2011-11-16T00:27:01-05:00 publisher http://metaphilm.com/index.php/comments/you-cant-judge-a-book-by-its-cover-but-you-can-judge-a-movie-by-its-poster/ http://metaphilm.com/index.php/comments/you-cant-judge-a-book-by-its-cover-but-you-can-judge-a-movie-by-its-poster/#When:18:01:00Z 13 Movie poster patterns and what they tell us about the likelihood of what’s in the film.  Unless of course, the film has Tilda Swinton… 13 Movie poster patterns and what they tell us about the likelihood of what’s in the film.  Unless of course, the film has Tilda Swinton…

]]> phlog 2011-11-08T18:01:00-05:00 publisher http://metaphilm.com/index.php/comments/these-are-the-movies-of-the-moviegoer/ http://metaphilm.com/index.php/comments/these-are-the-movies-of-the-moviegoer/#When:16:22:00Z In order of their appearance in Walker Percy’s 1961 novel:  Stage Coach, The Third Man, Panic in the Streets, It Happened One Night, Red River, Holiday, The Oxbow Incident, All Quiet On the Western Front, Fort Dobbs, Dark Waters, The Young Philadelphians.  And this is the conference celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of its publication.  In order of their appearance in Walker Percy’s 1961 novel:  Stage Coach, The Third Man, Panic in the Streets, It Happened One Night, Red River, Holiday, The Oxbow Incident, All Quiet On the Western Front, Fort Dobbs, Dark Waters, The Young Philadelphians.  And this is the conference celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of its publication. 

]]> phlog 2011-10-15T16:22:00-05:00 publisher http://metaphilm.com/index.php/comments/hollywood-star-makes-good/ http://metaphilm.com/index.php/comments/hollywood-star-makes-good/#When:16:07:00Z We love a happy ending:  Cinema, the new cathedral, leads one unique soul back to the original Cathedral. We love a happy ending:  Cinema, the new cathedral, leads one unique soul back to the original Cathedral.

]]> phlog 2011-10-10T16:07:00-05:00 publisher http://metaphilm.com/index.php/comments/synecdoche-new-york/ http://metaphilm.com/index.php/comments/synecdoche-new-york/#When:16:09:00Z Metaphilm fan and filmmaker Cody Clarke has some thoughts on Synecdoche, New York as doing what The Social Network failed to do in exploring the metaphysics of Facebook. Thanks, Cody! Metaphilm fan and filmmaker Cody Clarke has some thoughts on Synecdoche, New York as doing what The Social Network failed to do in exploring the metaphysics of Facebook. Thanks, Cody!

]]> phlog 2011-09-24T16:09:00-05:00 editor http://metaphilm.com/index.php/comments/truman-burbank-call-your-office-stat/ http://metaphilm.com/index.php/comments/truman-burbank-call-your-office-stat/#When:13:54:01Z This is indeed ”an unusual occurrence.” This is indeed ”an unusual occurrence.”

]]> phlog 2011-09-16T13:54:01-05:00 publisher http://metaphilm.com/index.php/comments/brent-plate-gets-even-closer-to-the-core-of-the-tree-of-life/ http://metaphilm.com/index.php/comments/brent-plate-gets-even-closer-to-the-core-of-the-tree-of-life/#When:17:42:00Z Worth your time:  S. Brent Plate’s meditations on The Tree of Life.  See also this piece. Worth your time:  S. Brent Plate’s meditations on The Tree of Life.  See also this piece.

]]> phlog 2011-08-23T17:42:00-05:00 publisher http://metaphilm.com/index.php/comments/life-imitates-art-which-imitates-life/ http://metaphilm.com/index.php/comments/life-imitates-art-which-imitates-life/#When:00:03:00Z Keeping up with The Joneses just got harder. Keeping up with The Joneses just got harder.

]]> phlog 2011-08-19T00:03:00-05:00 publisher http://metaphilm.com/index.php/comments/hell-burns-for-the-tree-of-life/ http://metaphilm.com/index.php/comments/hell-burns-for-the-tree-of-life/#When:20:21:01Z Sister Helena has, so far, the best analysis yet of The Tree of Life. Sister Helena has, so far, the best analysis yet of The Tree of Life.

]]> phlog 2011-07-29T20:21:01-05:00 publisher http://metaphilm.com/index.php/comments/slavoj-zizek-goes-to-see-transformers/ http://metaphilm.com/index.php/comments/slavoj-zizek-goes-to-see-transformers/#When:18:26:00Z "I have been to terrible films before. There is always something worth seeing.” By “terrible” we take Zizek to mean directed by Michael Bay.  "I have been to terrible films before. There is always something worth seeing.” By “terrible” we take Zizek to mean directed by Michael Bay. 

]]> phlog 2011-07-25T18:26:00-05:00 publisher http://metaphilm.com/index.php/comments/on-wii-and-the-myth-of-boredom/ http://metaphilm.com/index.php/comments/on-wii-and-the-myth-of-boredom/#When:19:22:00Z Say the title a few times, you’ll get it.  It’s in the details with Uji Films, former co-founder of Metaphilm and now a filmmaker. Say the title a few times, you’ll get it.  It’s in the details with Uji Films, former co-founder of Metaphilm and now a filmmaker.

]]> phlog 2011-06-30T19:22:00-05:00 publisher http://metaphilm.com/index.php/comments/overheard-on-twitter/ http://metaphilm.com/index.php/comments/overheard-on-twitter/#When:15:28:01Z @craigmod: Exercise: Replace names as needed, read reviews of The Tree of Life as reviews for The Hangover II. @craigmod: Exercise: Replace names as needed, read reviews of The Tree of Life as reviews for The Hangover II.

]]> phlog 2011-05-30T15:28:01-05:00 editor