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From a letter by Barry Levinson, John Waters,
David "The Wire" Simon re: Maryland Film Festival's Friends of the Fest program

post from DIY Filmmaker Sujewa on 16 May 2008 09:19:00 AM. © DIY Filmmaker Sujewa

From the Maryland Film Festival's Friends of the Festival program page on their site:

" Dear Fellow Film Lover,
We're continuing our support of the Maryland Film Festival, but we need you to join us. We want you to become a Friend of the Festival. You'll see fantastic films year-round and get the chance to discuss them with the filmmakers themselves. A Friend of the Festival membership is simply a must for anyone who loves film.
We've all lived and worked in Baltimore and throughout Maryland, so we know firsthand that it's home to great people and a fantastic place to shoot movies. In fact, we'd like more filmmakers to discover Maryland."
Read the rest of the letter by Levinson, Waters, Simon at this page.
If you were already a Friend of the Fest, you would have received an e-mail yesterday with info. on getting a free pass (for the 1st 50 Friends who responded) to watch Hitchcock's North by Northwest at the Charles Theater.
So, go check out the program here. Membership starts at just $50.
- Sujewa

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Strange but true: a Jarmusch movie inspired
exhibit at a Chinese art museum

post from DIY Filmmaker Sujewa on 16 May 2008 08:54:00 AM. © DIY Filmmaker Sujewa

In another Jarmusch movie + art museum event news item, MoCA Shanghai opens a new exhibit/project called Night On Earth tomorrow; from their site:

" MoCA Shanghai proudly presents Night On Earth, an innovative new project connecting a series of urban arts events in Berlin, Shanghai and Helsinki during the spring and summer of 2008. Night On Earth is an international co-production, generating a creative interaction between artists and the public through a series of intertwined events."

More here.

And a little bit more about the project from China Daily:

"Night On Earth is a three-part exhibition touring Berlin, Shanghai, and Helsinki. The exhibition is named after the Jim Jarmusch movie that follows five cabbies in five cities around the world on one crazy night. For their Shanghai stop, Asian and European artists thread together the urban cultures of three cities in one crazy exhibition."

More here.

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So, China; pretty awful human rights record, but sometimes good taste in art movies & related projects? Very interesting. Strange world indeed.

- Sujewa

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The Mummy 3: Tomb Of The Dragon Emperor - Trailer

post from Movie Moron on 16 May 2008 08:53:41 AM. © Movie Moron

With all the negative buzz around Indy 4 now, could The Mummy 3 end up being better? Urgh, unthinkable. Here’s the trailer -I know it has its fans, but I thought the first two Mummy films were awful, especially The Mummy Returns. The move to the Far East here is, visually, a good one, and [...]

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Stranger Than Paradise at Denver Art Museum
TONIGHT

post from DIY Filmmaker Sujewa on 16 May 2008 08:38:00 AM. © DIY Filmmaker Sujewa

From the Denver Art Museum site:

"One of the pinnacles of the 1980s American independent movement, Stranger Than Paradise got its start as a thirty-minute short that Jim Jarmusch shot from leftover stock donated by director Wim Wenders. From that genesis, the $110,000 finished project evolved into the best picture of 1984 as voted by the National Society of Film Critics. Part of a new breed of indie auteurs, Jarmusch quickly ditched the Hollywood system and instead has made a career out of deadpan comedies that display a pastiche of influences as divergent as Japan?s Yasujiro Ozu and TV?s The Honeymooners."

More here.

Show's at 7 PM. Get tickets here.

- Sujewa

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The Best Movies About Summer Camp

post from Starpulse Entertainment News Blog - Movie News on 16 May 2008 08:30:13 AM. © Starpulse Entertainment News Blog - Movie News

Ahh, summer camp. It conjures up musty cabins, s'mores, mosquitoes, swimming, summer romance, and much more. [...] Read more!

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Review: The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian

post from Filmfodder News and Reviews on 16 May 2008 08:26:47 AM. © Filmfodder News and Reviews

"The Chronicles of Narnia" sequel lacks needed dimension and narrative. Review by Brian Orndorf. (Grade: C-)

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ronicles_of_narni.shtml

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Tom Cruise To Play The President

post from Starpulse Entertainment News Blog - Movie News on 16 May 2008 08:15:17 AM. © Starpulse Entertainment News Blog - Movie News

Tom Cruise is set to become the latest movie star to get a taste of real power - and play the U.S. President. The Mission: Impossible III star is in talks to play America's leader in filmmaker Phillip Noyce new movie 28th Amendment.[...] Read more!

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THE GREAT DEBATERS

post from DAILY FILM DOSE: A Daily Film Appreciation and Review Blog on 16 May 2008 08:12:00 AM. © DAILY FILM DOSE: A Daily Film Appreciation and Review Blog

The Great Debaters (2007) dir. Denzel WashingtonStarring: Denzel Washington, Forest Whitaker***Poor Denzel Washington. ?The Great Debaters?, which can be perceived as a failure is actually a pretty good flick. It?s a light, funny and[...]

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Why Modern Technology and the Internets Can Be
Bad For Your Sanity

Any teenagers or early 20somethings reading will be alarmed but there was a time before all life was lived through technological gadgets: a time before camera phones, instant messaging, ipods and crackberries. Most of the time I love modern technology and the web but sometimes I think I'd be better off back in the 80s where my correspondence was over the telephone. I would sometimes have to wait hours for my parents, brothers and sister to get off the phone. In desperation I might jump on my bicycle (being careful to avoid rampaging dinosaurs or swooping pterodactyl on the road) and pedal on over to a friend's house with some excitement or another I needed to share. Bad news travelled slowly and good news too ...which is okay, more time to enjoy. Sometimes ignorance is bliss.

True story. Yesterday I am perusing my favorite blogs as I am prone to do and I read this little missive on the always enjoyable My New Plaid Pants about the Final Destination franchise. I have never seen one of those movies because even thinking about horror films gives me nightmares. And as I was giggling about JA's obsession and quivering a little at the hooky concept (with which I was familiar, it being "sticky") about cheating death and the loopy ways with which it will find you anyway, my gmail beeps at me and this very image pops up.

Yes, that is exactly what it looks like.

A piece of lumber has sailed through the passenger window of a car. (I'm certain I've seen people impaled this way in movies. Was it The Descent or maybe the famous Dutch film The 4th Man?) This image arrives in my mailbox from The Boyfriend's iPhone sent from inside. this. car. Yes, while he is still shaking from his life flashing before his eyes (thankfully when one takes a cab one sits in the back seat), I am able to share in his near-death terror almost instantaneously. In the 80s I wouldn't have heard about this (let alone seen it) until hours later had it happened to a loved one. BUT since I am reading about Final Destination in 3-D mere moments before seeing this projectile photo, I spend the rest of the day, and perhaps this whole business trip of his, worried that The Grim Reaper is angry that The Boyfriend escaped its bony-hand clutches.

JA owes me! I hate iPhones, the internets and instant access to everything today. If you need me I will be available only by snail mail or by rotary phone ... just try to find one.
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Tim Burtons Batmobileon eBay [Officially Cool]

You can ask any close friend of mine what I would do if I became filthy rich, and it is always the same answer. I would change my name to Bruce Wayne, and I'd buy Tim Burton and Michael Keaton's Batmobile. I would drive it everywhere, and always leave it ...

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