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...Still, new Shuffle aside, the button's days may be numbered. Touchscreen and tablet PCs are becoming more popular, and the latest generation of cellphones like the iPhone incorporate gestures and on-screen keyboards. Microsoft is touting its next-generation Surface technology, bringing the day of the massive Bond-esque touchscreen ever closer. The button may be on its last legs, but may I offer one humble request: Please, leave them in elevators. Making 23 separate stops on the way up to work isn't my idea of a gleaming future, Mr. Jobs...
...passion and her commitment to taking the acting leap even after graduating from the pragmatic atmosphere of one of the country’s top schools. No one, except someone who truly loved acting, would ever take the kind of risks Carla Gallo takes when she is on-screen. Whether she is asking to be gagged, sucking Steve Carell’s toe, or baring it all in “Vaginatown,” Carla Gallo is doing the only thing on-screen she ever wants to do: act. And her Ivy background will always...
...Dean of Film Projectionists,” praising not only his knowledge of cinematic aesthetics but also his ethical drive to preserve the prints he screens. He credited Livernash for being one of the few projectionists who returns his prints in better condition after screening them. The evening’s final special commendation was awarded to Paul Sherman, who researched, authored, and distributed a book entitled “Big Screen Boston: From ‘Mystery Street’ to ‘The Departed’ and Beyond.” In his introduction, Boston Herald film...
...movie “Krypton is Doomed,” the final film screened, Jacobs explained that the Nervous Magic Lantern and a 3x3 inch photograph of a painting were his only tools in creating the 34-minute film. Although there was no computer-processing, the image on-screen clearly transcended both the second and third dimensions, just as the artist intended.Through his film, Jacobs strives to create new territory, new inventions. More than just an avant-garde filmmaker, he has defied expectations and created worlds from little pieces of reality. “This is a calling...
...surprise, honest and endearing without glossing over grittiness. Van Damme is known for being far from an impressive actor, but the opportunity to present a sincere portrayal of himself—rather than a convincing portrayal of an English-speaking caricature—has allowed him to finally flourish on-screen. Critics might argue that it is not difficult to play oneself, but in a movie that essentially lays his career before him, Van Damme lets his character emerge gradually, evolving continually until the final, defining monologue. Mechanically lifted above the set, he turns to face the camera and deliver...