See Critical Fallacy series #11 : Egocentrism

Just a reminder, a decade doesn't start at zero until 9... There was no year zero at Jesus' birth. The calendar went from year -1 to...

Tsai Ming-liang's Visage (2009) was a film commissioned by Le Louvre, world famous museum (currently developing a franchise in Abu Dhab...

Manhola Dargis ( NYT, 18 Nov 2009 ) : "First shown at the Berlin Film Festival four years ago, “The Sun” [Aleksandr Sokurov's Solnt...

What's wrong with branding a conceited image for Abu Dhabi, the ex-nihilo city built with corrupt oil money in an inhospitable desert at...

Panique au village (2009/Aubier/Patard/Belgium) vs. Toy Story 3 (2010/Lee Unkrich/USA)

Single Ladies (Put a Ring On It) Beyoncé - 2008 (Album I am... Sacha Fierce ) 1. MUSIC When I first saw the video I thought it was si...

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Indian regional cinemas by language (1931-2008) I only found data from 1931 to 1993, and only 2 years since then (2003 and 2008), but it g...

The new issue (#6) of Indian Auteur is out! With a new website overhaul, a downloadable/printable version of the journal ( PDF here ), or ...

Finally found some data on Chinese film production (a 1949-86 study). Pre-1949 films still wanted though, as well as 2 periods : 87-94 and ...

Rosenbaum : "As a French friend recently pointed out to me, American audiences have a tendency to regard most films as pieces of proper...

Sergei Eisenstein : Glumov's Diary (1923) Orson Welles : The Hearts of Age (1934) Albert Serra : Fiasco (2008) Harmony Korine : Trash...

Case study : Japan 1955-2008 The number of Admissions naturally follows the number of screens, which is a direct consequence of the supply...

Case study : France 1975-2008 This just means that since 1975 the number of screens keeps growing, globally, but the auditoriums tend to be...

"It's too big, it's too wide | It's too strong, it won't fit | It's too much, it's too tough | I talk like this...

Common People With Common Feelings The rhetoric of American popular criticism arises on the shifting sands between authority and persuasion...

Screens per million population (2007-08) 67 nations + EU + HK + Québec Number of screens in 2008 (or 2007 when not available) compared to t...

Interview sample on the France Culture website (Sept 2009): "Rentré ciné. De Twitter aux textes sans limites" La webcritique. Emm...