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April 4, 2013
March 8, 2013
![The Sad, Century-Long History of Terrible ‘Wizard of Oz’ Movies
In Return to Oz, a bizarre sequel Disney made in 1985, Dorothy is committed to a sanitarium for electroshock treatment. The Wiz, a 1978 musical adapted from a Broadway show, is more upsetting to watch than it is endearing. In 2007, a television miniseries called Tin Man set Dorothy in bleak, dystopian sci-fi. All of these projects lacked that unique blend of poignant familiarity and broad cultural appeal that anchored The Wizard of Oz. Without it, they’re just creepy stories about a girl and her weird friends.
Read more. [Images: Various]](http://24.media.tumblr.com/f4e7095143818fb39c75391461f5feff/tumblr_mjcvsjwKT71qcokc4o1_1280.jpg)
The Sad, Century-Long History of Terrible ‘Wizard of Oz’ Movies
In Return to Oz, a bizarre sequel Disney made in 1985, Dorothy is committed to a sanitarium for electroshock treatment. The Wiz, a 1978 musical adapted from a Broadway show, is more upsetting to watch than it is endearing. In 2007, a television miniseries called Tin Man set Dorothy in bleak, dystopian sci-fi. All of these projects lacked that unique blend of poignant familiarity and broad cultural appeal that anchored The Wizard of Oz. Without it, they’re just creepy stories about a girl and her weird friends.
Read more. [Images: Various]
January 22, 2013
January 14, 2013
![Golden Globes 2013: The Best Awards Show … Ever?
Hosts Tina Fey and Amy Poehler deserve the most credit. After all, awards ceremony hosting actually may be the most thankless job in show business. Ricky Gervais was funny, but his cynical joking turned people off. Anne Hathaway tried hard, but James Franco forgot to wake up. Jimmy Kimmel was pleasant, but not edgy enough. But Fey and Poehler proved to be just right—amusing, without overdoing anything.
Read more. [Image: AP Photo/NBC, Paul Drinkwater]](http://25.media.tumblr.com/8a79661042ae1bdba99cfe534fa35721/tumblr_mgmjfcJDjt1qcokc4o1_1280.jpg)
Golden Globes 2013: The Best Awards Show … Ever?
Hosts Tina Fey and Amy Poehler deserve the most credit. After all, awards ceremony hosting actually may be the most thankless job in show business. Ricky Gervais was funny, but his cynical joking turned people off. Anne Hathaway tried hard, but James Franco forgot to wake up. Jimmy Kimmel was pleasant, but not edgy enough. But Fey and Poehler proved to be just right—amusing, without overdoing anything.
Read more. [Image: AP Photo/NBC, Paul Drinkwater]
January 7, 2013
December 20, 2012
December 19, 2012
Eclectic Method’s Spectacular Mashup of Hollywood Visions of the Future
NASA’s pretty confident that December 21, 2012, won’t kick off the end of life as we know it, but what lies beyond might give us a run for our money too. As movies have taught us, the landscape ahead might be glittering and modern — or terrifying and bleak. The remix gurus at Eclectic Method have collected these scenarios, both utopian and nightmarish, and spun them into one mesmerizing video.
December 14, 2012
November 29, 2012
‘A Delicious Wood Sandwich’: One Man’s Ode to Plywood
“Steel is King of all building materials. Plywood is the Queen,” says the narrator. A short film by the artist and provocateur Tom Sachs, A Love Letter to Plywood instantly captivates the viewer with its deadpan delivery and whimsical enchantment à la Wes Anderson. Directed by Van Neistat, the film implores you to learn about the virtues of this “studio matriarch” via a step-by-step construction process in Sachs’s Brooklyn-based studio. Albeit a little quirky, the film illustrates Sachs’s creative muse: Ostensibly ordinary objects (cue plywood) mixed in with abstract cultural phenomena. Watch it and you are guaranteed to want to sand something afterwards.
November 28, 2012
A Gorgeous Time-Lapse of Fall in New York’s Central Park
Jamie Scott spent six months photographing fifteen color-saturated landscapes to make this video, carefully retracing his steps two days a week. His meticulous efforts paid off; the video captures New York’s characteristic palette as trees slowly shed their leaves and colors fade.
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