Latest Blog Posts for Stilldependent Films

• CalArts Update! And Long Time No See!
  on May 17, 2011
  Hey y’all, It’s been awhile. I know. I’ve been lame. We’ve been lame. We’ve all been hopeless since our lynchpin and leader, Felipe, had to take some time off. We dropped the ball. Not cool. So I thought I’d give you guys an update o...
• Cinematic Tourism: absurd stories about absurd times
  on Feb 25, 2011 in The Balkans Yugoslavia Cinematic Tourism Emir Kusturica
  This is the first installment of an occassional series in which we will survey the film landscape of particular nations around the world.  Today, Ivana Cvarkovic writes about growing up during the 1990's in the region formerly known as...
• Original Stilldie: GOAT BLOWER!!!
  on Feb 8, 2011 in Mike Goat Blower black metal animation original stilldie comedy Heavy Metal
  For the last few months, my band of creative cronies and I have been working feverishly on a web series entitled 'The True Life Adventures of Goat Blower: Black Metal Band.' It's a crudely animated cartoon about the misadventures of Goat Blower,...
• Colin Firth: Inside The Actors Studio!
  on Feb 8, 2011 in Oscars Inside the Actors Studio Geoffrey Rush The King's Speech Helena Bonham Carter Carl Sagan James Lipton Colin Firth Golden Globes
  Hey y'all!This is just a quick post to say that Colin Firth, winner of both the HFPA Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild awards for Best Actor (for his role in The King's Speech), is on Inside the Actors Studio!It's a great episode, as I know person...
• A heartfelt "see you later, I hope" from Felipe
  on Feb 5, 2011
  Valued readers: For about a year and a half now, I have been pretending to be someone whose opinion on film making is at all relevant.  As of the time of publishing, you and I both know that I am not.  Since the inception of this website, I...
• Monthly Progress Report #1 (Jan.)
  on Jan 31, 2011 in Monthly Progress Report
  I made some resolutions at the end of last year and here I am, following them up. Don't give me too much credit, though, as it's only been a month. Monthly goals? I met 1 out of 2, but there were extenuating circumstances (other than me being a lazy...
• Film vs. Video : The Soap Opera Effect
  on Jan 31, 2011 in motion interpolation Mike Digital filmmaking HD film vs. video The Last Airbender M. Night Shyamalan analog Soap Opera Effect
  The other week, when Felipe and I were having our M Night Shyamalanathon, I kept remarking that the The Last Airbender looked weird. In fact, I specifically said that it resembled "a cutscene from a mid-90s Star Wars video game" or "a feature fil...
• 2011 Movie Preview (or, what to see if you can't get into Transformers 3)
  on Jan 24, 2011 in War Horse Kelly Reichardt The Tree of Life 2011 Meek's Cutoff The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
  I'll admit it: a list looking ahead at the year's best offerings is almost futile. When I made last year's list (at my other website Saint Eliot & Co.), I chose 3 films that were later pushed back a year, 2 films that were eh, and 2 films that ju...
• Best Viral Campaign Ever! (FRINGE FRIDAY!)
  on Jan 21, 2011 in FRINGE Violet Sedan Chair jj abrams Firefly Fringe Friday death slot cult tv Christopher Lloyd Sci-fi
  Yes, here I am again to promote my favorite (and hopefully not doomed) sci-fi series, which also doubles as a JJ Abrams update, since he created the show. FRINGE, which is in its third season, has been seeing their ratings drop this season, and a...
• Raging Bull on the big screen = Raging Boner in my pants
  on Jan 19, 2011 in Joe Pesci Goodfellas Martin Scorsese big screens announcements Doc Films Raging Bull Robert DeNiro
  For those of you in Chicago who have seen a horrible movie recently and are looking to cleanse your palate, I provide this free plug for the Martin Scorsese series at Doc Films in Hyde Park.  Is there anything better than DeNiro and Pesci scream...

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