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(video) “Trajan is the movie font.” Trajan is used on a whole bunch of movie posters. The piece also observes that big red fonts have become associated … gulfstream/2365

New Batman looks pretty fine! (Surprisingly deep, helpful analysis of the trailer.) gulfstream/2370

New versions of Adobe Acrobat apparently support adwords-style context-sensitive ads (!), and so Kevin Kelly has released a version of his book True Films … gulfstream/2371

“When’s it due back?” “The day after tomorrow.” gulfstream/1703

What might happen in M. Night Shyamalan’s new film. “The sea nymph is a sexually insatiable fish but is vulnerable to water: 10 to 1.” gulfstream/1741

The business of insuring movies: the insurer of Lara Croft: Tomb Raider—The Cradle of Life “was so strict that it did not even allow director … gulfstream/1761

Sweet drifting from the Dukes of Hazzard. gulfstream/1774

Star Wars business cards. gulfstream/1815

Surreal ad for German hardware store. More: 1, 2, 3. gulfstream/1902

Piece on Oscar-winning actresses who subsequently go on to make dreck. gulfstream/1908

(Largely silent) documentary about a (largely silent) order of monks is popular in Germany. gulfstream/1925

Brad Pitt looking like Jennifer (when with Jennifer), Gwyneth (when with Gwyneth) and Angelina (when with Angelina). gulfstream/1958

Long Annie Proulx piece on how she felt about her short story “Brokeback Mountain” being made into a film. On Ang Lee: “I was nervous … gulfstream/1967

Wow, Annie Proulx is real unhappy Crash got the best picture Oscar. “And rumour has it that Lions Gate inundated the academy voters with DVD copies … gulfstream/2016

Loving review of Zidane a documentary that follows Zinedine Zine over a single football match. (Lots of stills.) gulfstream/2252

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Totally lost in translation | Guardian daily comment | Guardian Unlimited
"But it's the way Japanese characters are represented that gives the game away." the movie is more travel-is-weird than japanese-people-are-weird, i think.