What the heck do Stanford students do for fun? Other than homework. [more inside]
posted on Feb 11, 2008 - 17 answers

So a common subplot in a lot of movies is that the protagonist has a dull life and suddenly a romantic partner sweeps in and changes EVERYTHING. It spans genres from The Mask to Stranger Than Fiction (and of course the romantic comedy / chick flick industry would go broke without it.) I guess Cinderalla is the archetypal story here. I'm sort of curious about what larger connections there are to this thematic convention—like has anyone written about it, maybe focused more on Cinderalla and gender studies or psychology etc. [more inside]
posted on Jul 13, 2007 - 8 answers

Searching for famous scenes from movies where the camera pans out across a vast distance in a single shot... [more inside]
posted on May 16, 2007 - 31 answers

Movie posters normally carry images that look hand-drawn. Even 'real' landscapes, or people, are frequently represented in this style. Why do studios do this? And are these images really drawn by hand, or are they just photoshopped photos? [more inside]
posted on Apr 25, 2007 - 9 answers

How do I analyze the film "the rules of the game"? [more inside]
posted on Oct 19, 2006 - 14 answers

Can you help me compile a list of artist movies? [more inside]
posted on Aug 20, 2006 - 37 answers

The Protagonist: What can you tell me? [more inside]
posted on Jun 8, 2006 - 17 answers

Looking for cheap art. I want to take stills from a dvd and get a poster print for hanging on the wall. Can this be done in a clean nice looking manner, without a blurry unsightly pixelated mess? [more inside]
posted on Jul 5, 2005 - 13 answers