Closing the summer months with a beach photos and Asian short films:
Short Film for You! [Asian Cinema August]
Closing the summer months with a beach photos and Asian short films:
The End of Oak Street [2026]
A suburban neighborhood and its residents find themselves fighting off a sudden incursion of toothy dinosaurs in David Robert Mitchell’s ferociously entertaining summer popcorn flick, The End of Oak Street. ROAR! CHOMP! CHEER! See It!
Every Bugs Bunny Ever: Bugs and Daffy’s Carnival of the Animals (1976)
The 1976 made-for-television special “Bugs and Daffy’s Carnival of the Animals” marked the first time since “False Hare” in 1964 that an original production starring Bugs Bunny was created by Warner Bros. Why did it take 12 years for Warner Bros. to bring Bugs back? And why did Warner Bros. wait until 1976 to produce an original prime time special featuring its animated characters?
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Short Film for You! [Asian Cinema August]
Short Film for You! [Asian Cinema August]
Closing the summer months with a beach photos and Asian short films:
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
Back in the early 1990s, I was on a line at an IMAX theater in San Antonio, Texas, for a one-night-only screening of “2001: A Space Odyssey” in its original 70mm format. A local couple was standing behind me and asked if I was familiar with the film. I said that I had already seen it and asked if they were also familiar with the production. They said they never saw it, but I noticed there was a strange apprehensive expression on their faces, as if they were having second thoughts about seeing the film.
“Here’s my advice,” I said to them. “Don’t expect ‘Star Wars’ – and the film’s ending makes no sense.”