oh, great: now women have to be sexy behind the camera, too
Yes, sexed-up images of women are used to sell absolutely everything. Yes, film is sexy. But is it supposed to be sexually appealing only to straight men?
festivals/conventions
got my accreditation for the London Film Festival
This will be my first LFF, and as the natives say here, I’m chuffed.
Doctor Who thing of the day: the Doctor and Amy Pond vs the cutest little Dalek you’ve ever seen
Awww. They’re cute when they’re little and genocidal.
I’m going to Empire Big Screen
It’s a sort of movie convention…
David Tennant at Comic Con introduces David Tennant in ‘Fright Night’
Thanks to the magic of the Web, here’s a little piece of Comic Con — an extended clip from the upcoming Fright Night — on your screen:
‘Doctor Who’ thing of the day: not your typical convention panel
I’ve attended panels about Doctor Who. Hell, I’ve been a panelist talking about Doctor Who at conventions… like the one I did at Worldcon in Los Angeles with Paul Cornell. But I’ve never seen a panel lineup quite like this one before…
question of the day: Is the rise of the geek a good thing for movies, or a bad thing? (Or is it too early to tell?)
Are the geeks directing Hollywood, or is Hollywood just learning how to better use the geeks?
girls at Comic Con! yuck!
I’m not going to San Diego Comic Con this week. I wish I was. One of these years, I will get there. And I wouldn’t be alone, of course: it’s been a long time since fandom and geekness has been a primarily male domain (if it ever was). But you’d hardly know that from the … more…
Tribeca ’08: Before the Rains (review)
A beautiful film about the waning years of British ugliness in India…
Tribeca ’08: Going on 13 (review)
I felt so many different things, all of them positive and wonderful but also sad and depressing, as I watched this extraordinary documentary about four California girls on the edge of puberty.
