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Read More: Pitzer Parent’s Weekend
I will be presenting two “lessons” from my work about and on YouTube to parents and students at Pitzer this weekend. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=apZ2EBatr6Y&hl=en_US&fs=1&] I taught a course on and about YouTube,…
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Read More: The Girlfriend Experience: All Boy
I admire how Steven Soderbergh makes a lot of stuff and is willing to engage in political, experimental cinema even as a famous rich person. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGSfqShXIYo&hl=en_US&fs=1&] But I think in…
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Read More: Man, I love how you love you a manAt the pre-Berlin cast and crew screening of THE OWLS Friday night, I was talking with my friend, fellow filmmaker and Pitzer professor, Silas Howard, who has recently transitioned, and…
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Read More: Video DadaI drove out to UC Irvine with the kids to catch the Video Dada show (“dealing with intersections of video, art, and the internet.”) Martha Gever, the show’s curator, was…
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Read More: Corpus of CorpusI was on the opening panel for “The Corpus of Corpus: A Symposium on AIDS, Arts, and (Counter) Public Health” held at UC Riverside, Jan 22-23. Jaime Cortez, event co-organizer…
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Read More: Imagining We Care: “Supporting Our Troops” in Recent War Films
I recently watched Brothers (in a theater) and Taking Chance (at home). They tell opposing tales about Americans’ relationships to our troops—disavowal and send ’em to the dustbin versus hero-worshipping,…
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Read More: “The Camera is the Problem”: Boring Paranormal Camcorder CinemaA YouTube hand-held jump-cut DIY sensibility masks cine-gimmicks as old as Melies and ever so much more tired given their age: doors that open and close on their own (creepy!),…
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Read More: Berlin Bound!I am really happy to announce that our film, THE OWLS, will be premiering in Berlin‘s Panorama section: its home for foreign and cutting edge art films. I could imagine…
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Read More: Killer Lampshade: Happy Holidays
I teach feminist horror, women’s pornography, queer cinema, and media archives. I write on YouTube and make bad video. But regarding this, I am left merry and speechless. Enjoy! [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOBCMoDGGZU&hl=en&fs=1&]
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Read More: Animating Archives (W)rap Sheet
This was one of the best conferences I ever attended. The take home message for future conference organizers is hard to replicate: 1) carefully chosen speakers 2) given ample time…