Soft Ordinance
A fleece, wool and felt AK-47, Uzi pistol or M1A1 bazooka? It’s Soft Corps‘ artsy-craftsy arsenal.(thanks, Steve!)
“You Are My Drawing Monkey”
The Way of the Smock trailer: how illustrated books are made. At least by John Paul Fiorentino and Evan Munday. It seems like a kinda toxic work environment.
Real Life Superheroes
Usually, when the media talks about Real Life Superheros they mean firefighters or EMTs or police. NPR’s Monkey See blog means something more awesome: costumed superheroes, featuring the World Superhero Registry. If only they’d included the superheroes’ one costumed mad scientist, Professor Widget.
The First Talkie In Toronto
“No doubt the audience in the plush seats of the Tivoli was enthralled. For the first time in a feature film, they could hear the creaking of the stairs, the ghostly wind and the voices of the characters. Even the credits were spoken.” Eric Veillette writes about The […]
Artsy Game Incubator
Artsy Games Incubator, because art + games = fun.
SHAMELESS AND GREEDY PEOPLE OF DISMAL TASTE
Interviewed about the legacy of Canadian tax shelter films in Cinema Canada in 1985, Mordecai Richler said, “I think they squandered a grand opportunity and it’s largely the fault of producers who were shameless and greedy, people of dismal taste, who were more interested in making deals than […]
