Great Movies You May Have Missed – Touching the Void

You may already know the story of mountain climbers Joe Simpson and Simon Yates and their trip up the west face of Peru’s Siula Grande back in 1985. I was just a kid then, and was still a kid when Simpson wrote his book about the experience in 1988. But I do remember hearing him interviewed on the radio when Touching the Void premiered at TIFF in September of 2003, and having my mind blown just a little bit.

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Phèdre at the movies

It’s almost a typical good news/bad news story.

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Q: What sort of film blog posts book recommendations?

A: The categorically awesome kind.

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Beyond Here Lies Nothin’: Dylan on IFC

Nothing lights up a Twitter feed like an announcement from a wicked filmmaker that his latest project, a music video, is available for online viewing–and that it’s for the new Bob Dylan single, no less. Bob Dylan + Nash Edgerton in one compressed, provocative, three-minute universe of awesomeness?

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Caprica for beginners

What if you’re not a ‘Battlestar’ supergeek?

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