February 2009
25 posts
January 2009
33 posts
The /Filmcast: Bonus Episode - Reflections on... →
In this special, bonus episode of the /Filmcast, Dave Chen and Peter Sciretta chat about this year’s Sundance Film Festival with a who’s who of online film webmasters. We’re joined by Alex…
Watchdavidchen:
Colbert’s interview with this chicken wing magnate is about 537x more amusing than I thought it would be
“Mi Canto” - Aziza Brahim
- My...
The /Filmcast: After Dark - Ep. 35 - Groundhog Day... →
In this episode of the /Filmcast: After Dark, David Chen, Devindra Hardawar and Adam Quigley talk with legendary character actor Stephen Tobolowsky about the legacy of Groundhog Day, spend…
/Filmcast Ep. 35 - Towelhead (GUEST: Stephen... →
In this episode of the /Filmcast, Dave Chen, Devindra Hardawar, and Adam Quigley discuss their thoughts on this year’s deeply unsatisfying Oscar nominations, reflect on the intellectual…
Amazing E-mail from a /Filmcast Listener about...
davidchen:
The following is an e-mail from a /Filmcast listener about Clint Eastwood’s Gran Torino, reprinted with permission (check out our podcast review of the film here). Spoilers for the film are included, but since you shouldn’t see this movie under any circumstances anyway, I’m not going to make a big deal out of warning you about them:
Hey Dave and slashfilm guys, just want to say, I...
The /Filmcast: After Dark - Ep. 34 - Oscar... →
The /Filmcast: After Dark is a recording of what happens right after The /Filmcast is over, when the kids have gone to bed and the guys feel free to speak whatever is on their minds. In other words,…
/Filmcast Ep. 34 - Gran Torino (GUEST: Elisabeth... →
In this episode of the /Filmcast, Dave, Devindra, and Adam witness the self-destruction of Joaquin Phoenix, say goodbye to Laserdiscs, and discuss the status of Wolverine: X-Men Origins. Special…
The Filmcast: After Dark - Ep. 33 - Character... →
The /Filmcast: After Dark is a recording of what happens right after The /Filmcast is over, when the kids have gone to bed and the guys feel free to speak whatever is on their minds. In other words,…
/Filmcast Ep. 33 - Revolutionary Road →
In this episode of the /Filmcast, Dave, Peter, Devindra, and Adam try to make sense of the Fox/WB Watchmen lawsuit, assess how well Revolutionary Road depicts the crushing depression of suburban…
The /Filmcast Commentary - Step Up 2: The Streets →
The other day Jon Chu’s Step Up 2: The Streets was added to Netflix’s Watch Instantly program, making it available to millions of viewers for free. The question for us then became: Why not…
“Both Israel (with its military onslaught in Gaza) and Hamas (with its primitive...”
– Both sides wrong in Gaza - CNN.com
The /Filmcast: After Dark - Ep. 32 - Discussing... →
The /Filmcast: After Dark is a recording of what happens right after The /Filmcast is over, when the kids have gone to bed and the guys feel free to speak whatever is on their minds. In…
“DRIVER: Let me get this straight. You kept your heart beating with a car battery...”
– TIME magazine’s Nerd World blog, rightfully disparaging Tony Stark’s choice of hamburger in the Iron Man film. (via ajhan)
WatchRobot Chicken: Pluto Nash Day
A dramatization of real events, for sure.
“Lower prices for oil—which some analysts predict will hit $25 a barrel—is bad...”
– Clean Coal Remains a Prohibitively Expensive Dream
Re: Environmentalist groups preventing clean coal plants from being built, I sort of see their concern. Right now clean coal is anything but a reality—it’s a talking point that allows the coal lobby to pretend they’re thinking...
