E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial
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TIFF 2013: ‘A Story of Children and Film’ an insightful didactic exercise
A Story of Children and Film Written by Mark Cousins Directed by Mark Cousins 2013, UK A Story of Children and Film is the follow-up to documentarian Mark Cousins’ epic 15-part The Story of Film, his love letter to cinema that’s generally considered a masterwork effort and a radicalized rewrite of cinema history in a […] More
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It’s Not TV: HBO, The Company That Changed Television: The Movie Duels
14) The Movie Duels Hell, there are no rules here – we’re trying to accomplish something. Thomas Edison There’s a story that on the November night in 1972 when HBO went on the air for the very first time to a few hundred subscribers in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, Gerald Levin – then HBO’s top programmer and […] More
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The Top Ten Alien Movies That Are Out Of This World – Part Two
5- E.T. The Extraterrestrial A child’s first friendship is a life changing thing and unique for every one of us. Especially if your first friend happens to be an alien who just wants to go home. Starting the second half of this list off is 1982’s E.T. The Extraterrestrial, directed by Steven Spielberg. The […] More
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EIFF 2013: ‘A Story of Children and Film’ is an enthralling, distinctive cine-essay
In his latest project, Mark Cousins treats us to a broad and sweeping analysis of the ways in which children are captured in film. His starting point is a candid home video of his young niece and nephew, Laura and Ben, playing in his Edinburgh flat, which enables him to identify some of the archetypal representations of children in film. It takes the form of a personal cine-essay, using spontaneous connections and free association to build affinities between the most disparate of films and work towards a kind of conclusion. Drawing on extracts from 53 films from around the world, Cousins proves once again to be a knowledgeable and insightful commentator, a true cinephile of extraordinary scope. More
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Poster Of The Day: ‘E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial’ 30 Year Anniversary Poster
Both a classic movie for kids and a remarkable portrait of childhood, E.T. remains one of Spielberg’s most beloved sci-fi fables even thirty years after its initial release. In celebration of the film’s anniversary, artist Scott Hopko of Hopko Designs did a fantastic job in creating this poster. Let us know what you think, and […] More
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Titans: George Lucas v. Steven Spielberg (part 1)
George Lucas and Steven Spielberg. Three and a half decades after their breakout successes, they remain arguably two of the most potent brand names in American entertainment and understandably so. Probably more than any other two individuals, they have been – for good or for ill — responsible for a massive reconfiguration of media entertainment, […] More