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A Quick Report on Minority Report

Posted on August 8, 2013 by Reverend

The shot of cruise standing in front of the Merry Ground from Minority Report immediately reminded me of a GIF I made from François Truffaut’s 400 Blows. Both shots are made for the animated GIF, which is indicative of a … Continue reading →

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GIFiculum: GIFs as Curriculum

Posted on August 7, 2013 by Reverend

Last semester I worked with UMW Chinese History professor Sue Fernsebner (this was PTF or, pre-Tumblr fame 🙂 ) on her Chinese History through Film course. It was an amazing course that I attended on-and-off throughout the semester. I blogged … Continue reading →

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Monster Bash 2014 starring Barbara Steele

Posted on July 25, 2013 by Reverend

I already posted about how awesome the recent issue of Filmfax is, but I also wanted to share an advertisement from the recent issue extolling the virtues of the 2014 Monster Bash that will be held outside Pittsburgh, PA  next … Continue reading →

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Black Sabbath: What is Browning to Bava?

Posted on July 25, 2013 by Reverend

Last night Paul Bond and I resurrected our bavatuesdays film festival. We got waylaid for a month or two, but now we are back. This experiment was in service to working out the details of how we will be collaboratively … Continue reading →

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Lord of the Rings and the 1970s Fantasy Aesthetic

Posted on July 24, 2013 by Reverend

The kids and I started watching Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings trilogy this week, and they’re having a blast with it. When I saw the shot of the Ring Wraiths filing into the tavern in the Fellowship of the … Continue reading →

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Filmfax ode to the legendary Ray Harryhausen

Posted on July 23, 2013 by Reverend

  Just got the latest issue of Filmfax, and look what greeted me on the cover: the late, great Ray Harryhausen painting a miniature of Medusa from Clash of the Titans (1981). The article features an excellent interview by Mike … Continue reading →

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bavatuesdays Episode 2: Hercules in the Haunted World

Posted on April 11, 2013 by Reverend

Paul Bond and I got together for another awesome talk about Mario Bava’s second feature Hercules in the Haunted World (1961). The discussion ranges from points about Bava’s brilliant use of color in this film, the Sword and Sandal genre, … Continue reading →

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bavateusdays Film Fest Site Up and Running and we have Hercules on Tap

Posted on April 7, 2013 by Reverend

So we are in week two of the bavatuesdays film festival. I had a blast doing the first show on Black Sunday (1960) with Paul Bond, and I am preparing for round two this Tuesday at 2:30 PM on Hercules in … Continue reading →

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Animated GIF Workshop for Chinese Cinema

Posted on March 22, 2013 by Reverend

Andy Rush and I did an animated GIF workshop for professor Sue Fernsebner‘s Chinese History through Film course last Wednesday, and I think we both agreed walking out of the session that it might have been the most fun we’ve … Continue reading →

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bavatuesdays’ 10 Week Mario Bava Film Festival

Posted on March 20, 2013 by Reverend

Note: While writing this monster of a post I realized I wrote a post back in August of 2008 wherein I dreamed up a double-feature bava beverly film fest that matched a Bava film with another classic. Well this is … Continue reading →

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