In case you missed last week’s festivities, DC is in the midst of celebrating Pride Month. DC Public Library wants in on the fun too, and of particular interest to this blog, the Southeast Neighborhood Library has announced a three-day Prime Movie Fest starting tomorrow, June 10th, at 7pm. Though DCPL’s website doesn’t go into […]
Continue readingMonthly Archives: June 2014
25 years later: Reflecting on the Tiananmen Square massacre
Today marks the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre, one of the most significant events in China’s modern history and the country’s struggle with freedom of speech. More so than any conflict of the Cold War era, the incident at Tiananmen Square owes its iconic status in large part to the powerful images and […]
Continue readingHow much does television cost? Millions – if you’re a period drama
Movie studios are often hesitant to confirm the budgets of their biggest movies, but we can generally ballpark something like The Amazing Spider-Man 2 in the $250 million range. Television shows, however, prove a little harder to guess. We know that many networks love reality shows because of their seemingly non-existent cost, but it’s unclear […]
Continue readingEmpire readers name 301 greatest films of all time. You may (strongly) disagree
Alright folks, please try to remain calm through the duration of this post while we attempt to contextualize this list. For the first time in six years, British film magazine Empire has conducted a survey of readers’ favorite movies. Their finished list of 301 movies is… let’s be generous and say that it’s suspect at […]
Continue reading