film criticism by maryann johanson | since 1997
I don’t see how the astonishing “Opera,” by Erick Oh, doesn’t win the Oscar for Best Animated Short. This is a stupendous achievement, a cartoon clockwork depicting life, the universe, and everything.
One might wonder why God has seen fit that his most devout followers are often not blessed with an abundance of brains.
Charity venture Books about Town placed 50 benches in the shape of giant books and painted to commemorate all sorts of great British writers around London this summer. They’ve just come off display, and will be auctioned off on October 7th. See Books about Town for more info.
This is the bench dedicated to Terry Pratchett’s Discworld novels. (Click here for a larger version of the front.)
A closeup of one section:
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The back:
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All royalties from this collection of reminiscences — including many from those involved in making the current and classic show — go to charity.
I knew it! I knew Kenneth Branagh was a geek. Oh, sure, he got famous for all that snooty Shakespeare stuff, but deep down, he’s mad for comic books and superheroes and all that pulp-fiction stuff. He’s a dork.
Or he does, but he doesn’t realize he does. I’ve been meaning to post this for a while but kept putting it off because I couldn’t quite put my finger on what’s wrong with it. But I’ve just figured it out. See, back in May, fantasy author Terry Pratchett wrote an essay for SFX about … more…
