Page 22 - Scanner Darkly News Today

A Scanner Darkly, and looking like a forgotten Nicktoon, Odd Taxi builds its offbeat crime thriller out of wry observational humor, seedy characters, and talking animals. It also stands out as one of the strongest offerings of the spring anime season, or at the very least, its the best one with a walrus for a protagonist. Honestly, though, the cartoony aesthetic and anthropomorphic animal characters are probably the most conventional aspects of the show so far. And thats why I like it so much...

Our next free online masterclass features DJ Spooky in conversation with Carter Burwell and Graham Reynolds. These three extraordinary musicians (and friends) will talk about composing for film--touching on the similarities and differences for silent cinema. Paul D. Miller (DJ Spooky) is an artist and composer with an affinity for silent film. His live remix of D.W. Griffiths The Birth of a Nation--Rebirth of a Nation--premiered in 2004 and Miller went on to score Dovzhenkos Earth and Robert Wi...

These Vibrant Philip K. Dick Short Story Covers Are a Dream Twitter 0 comments They say not to judge a book by its cover, but that can be an almost impossible task. Especially with amazing companies like The Folio Society upping the game for stunning cover illustrations. Last year, they announced a limited-edition Dune cover that took our collective breath away. And now, they’re releasing a set of absolutely gorgeous covers for Philip K. Dick’s short stories. Philip K. Dick’s  The Comp...

A Beginners Guide to Rotoscoping What do a dancing walrus and a long-legged ghost have to do with jazz superstar Cab Calloway? Well, in a word: rotoscoping. United Artists Welcome to The Queue — your daily distraction of curated video content sourced from across the web. Today, we’re watching a video essay on how the animation technique of rotoscoping works. Animation has several uncanny valleys. An uncanny mountain range, if you will. But, when it comes to the medium’s eerie highlights,...

Las Vegas Weekly Rob Brezsny Thu, Mar 11, 2021 (1 a.m.) ARIES (March 21-April 19) Artist Richard Kehl tells this traditional Jewish story: God said to Abraham, "But for me, you would not be here." Abraham answered, "I know that Lord, but were I not here there would be no one to think about you." Im bringing this tale to your attention, dear Aries, because I think the coming weeks will be a favorable time to summon a comparable cheekiness with authorities, including even the Divine Wow Herself....

Find a benevolent use for a previously taboo or wasted part of your life, Pisces. HAPPY BIRTHDAY THIS WEEK TO Caora McKenna, Michele Ryall, Jane Crawford, Maddie Johnson, Jonathan Toms, Jess Hartjes, Rachel Banks and John Johnstone. share the love by emailing your friend’s name and birth date to bday@thecoast.ca then click your sign to go to your horoscope ARIES (March 21-April 19) Artist Richard Kehl tells this traditional Jewish story: God said to Abraham, "But for me, yo...

ARIES: March 21 – April 19: Artist Richard Kehl tells this traditional Jewish story: God said to Abraham, "But for me, you would not be...

You cant drive to the Kamchatka Peninsula. Its a 104,000-square-mile area with a sub-Arctic climate in the far east of Russia. No roads connect it to the rest of the world. Its major city, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, is surrounded by volcanoes. If you want to travel there, you must arrive by plane or by ship. And yet, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky has long had a thriving tourist industry. More so before the pandemic, but even now, outsiders have come to paraglide, hunt for bears and marvel at the scene...

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): The bad news is that the narrow buffer zone between North Korea and South Korea is laced with land mines. Anyone...

Our 100 Most-Anticipated Films of 2021 January 8, 2021 After highlighting 40 films we can guarantee are worth seeing this year and films we hope will get U.S. distribution, it’s time we venture into the unknown. Due to all the pandemic-related delays, our most-anticipated list this year may ring familiar to those who follow our coverage, but there’s still plenty of currently under-the-radar movies that will hopefully make a mark in 2021. While the majority might not have a set release–...