After mentioning Variety Editor Peter Part’s dire op-ed Why Art House Movies are on the Endangered Species List in an earlier post, and then mentioning how promising Good looked, a film premiering at the Toronto International Film Festival, I figured the following article would be of some interest. But as Anthony Kaufman mentions in his [...]

I have always thought of the Olympic opening ceremonies as a little overdramatic and dare I say cheesy. Well thanks to a 300 million dollar budget and the artistic vision of renowned Chinese film director Zhang Yimou, 2008′s Bejing ceremonies were legendary – despite the frequent flood warnings and technical difficulties interrupting the broadcast thanks [...]