Interview with the Quay Brothers
“Depth, light, sound, music: Stephen and Timothy Quay speak on the many dimensions of film,” both animated and live-action, at Keyframe.
LEGO: Battle of Maldon
LEGO Vikings attack in the animated “Battle of Maldon”, and with Old English subtitles. (Thanks, Kate Laity!)
“No Matter How Hard They’re Punched: Superheroes and Real World Issues”
Books and Adventures finishes off a series on comics and educations with a discussion of superheroes and real world issues between Books and Adventures’ Matt Finch, Professor Mark D. White of CUNY; Tom Miller of McMaster University; critic, screenwriter and University of Melbourne graduate student, Martyn Pedler; and […]
Blindly Jumping In
I’ve been a bit out of steam on pop culture lately. On a whim, and maybe as a way to recapture how I used to discover books when I was a kid, I grabbed two books off the shelf at my local library, and jumped into them blind.
“Toshiro Mifune, Japan’s John Wayne”
Movie Morlocks‘ Kimberly Lindbergs explores Toshiro Mifune’s influence on Westerns, Westerns’ influence on Akira Kurosawa, and Red Sun, a Western directed by Terence Young and starring Toshiro Mifune, Charles Bronson, Alain Delon and Ursula Andress.
DIY; Godel
For those DIY/artsy types out there, here’s a really thorough look at making your own boardgame prototypes (it’s amazing how much you can do at home with software and simple tools!). Also, Rudy Rucker digs up some conversations with Kurt Gödel from his archives.
The Cultural Gutter 