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Edgar Allan Poe says it all…
This stunning black and white film was based on the Edgar Allan Poe quote “The boundaries which divide life from death are at best shadowy and vague. Who shall say where one ends, and one begins ?” It...
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A Short History of America
In 1979, R Crumb created A Short History of America depicting the growth of the United States from pastoral wilderness to urban decay. The cartoon was originally published in a Whole Earth Catalog...
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There and Back Again
Air New Zealand —the official airline of Middle Earth (really)—recently released a new safety video. Titled An Unexpected Briefing , the video was produced in conjunction with WETA Workshop, which...
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Frequent Fliers
Sparked by Korean photographer Ho-Yeol Ryu’s now iconic composite photograph (above) of planes at the Hannover, Germany airport, documentary filmmaker and photographer Cy Kuckenbacker created this...
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Just In Time for Christmas Shopping
Harry Potter fans have flocked to London’s King Cross Station for years in search of the secret Platform 9 3/4 . Now they can part with a few pounds at the new Harry Potter Shop appropriately situated...
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Inherent Vice Indeed
While trolling the net for more information on Thomas Pynchon‘s upcoming title The Bleeding Edge, I ran across a brief interview with director Paul Thomas Anderson regarding his work on the film...
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Pulp Fictions
London-based architect and freelance graphic designer Sharm Murugiah created this droll set of Penguin-style book covers as imagined for Quentin Tarantino films. Echoing the classic Penguin paperback...
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The Last Bookshop
The Last Bookshop is a charming short film that imagines a future time when physical books have disappeared. One day, a young boy’s digital entertainment fails, so he decides to explore abandoned areas...
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Great Gatsby
Just two weeks after the release of the film adaptation of The Great Gatsby from director Baz Lurman, a first edition of the book written by F. Scott Fitzgerald is to be sold by Sotheby’s, New York on...
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Pulp Fictions
Utah artist and illustrator Timothy Anderson has created a fantastic series of vintage pulp fiction-style book cover art for some of our favorite science fiction and animated films. Take a look and...
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Grand Hotel Budapest
I’m a huge fan of Wes Anderson‘s quirky, sentimental and witty films, and of an equally committed fan of all things Budapest related. So, of course, I’m already smitten by the prospect of Anderson’s...
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Dracula’s Irish Bloodline
Earlier this year the Dublin Film Festival commissioned this fun chart (see below) of Dracula‘s bloodline through pop media over the last century to celebrate the film Stoker. The graphic, created by...
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Middle Earth (travel to)
Filed under: Books, movies, Tourism Tagged: Hobbit, J. R. R. Tolkien
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The Hunger Games Are Real
A non-profit organization called The Harry Potter Alliance has launched a clever Hunger Games-themed social justice campaign called “Odds In Our Favor”. The group has released a rabble-rousing video...
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New Year’s Day is Always Kafkaesque
comic by Saturday Morning Breakfast CerealFiled under: Animation, Books, movies, Writing Tagged: Comics, Franz Kafka
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Books vs Films
The British book selection website Lovereading has created an interesting infographic called, “The Ultimate Showdown: Books Vs. Films”, which asks the question, “which is better the book or the film?”...
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It’s Elementary
Arthur Conan Doyle’s fictional detective Sherlock Holmes first appeared in print almost 127 years ago. The subsequent novels and short stories inspired more than 200 films and television series. The...
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The Burroughs Century
William S. Burroughs was an American author, painter, actor, Beat icon, and one of the most influential artists of the 20th century. To celebrate the anniversary of his 100th birthday ( February 5,...
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Bring Your Own Popcorn
On the southern tip of the Sinai Peninsula, just outside of the Egyptian resort town of Sharm el-Sheikh, hidden at the base of a desert mountain range, sits an odd sight : hundreds of seats for an...
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Tokyo Reversed
I don’t know if I would have the patience or discipline to watch the entire 9 hour version of Tokyo Reverse, but the 5 minute trailer is captivating. The clip is a preview for an amazing film that...
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