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Samina Ahmed
International Crisis Group
South Asia Project Director
Islamabad, Pakistan
Areas of ExpertiseAsia, International Issues, Security and Military
Lena Alhusseini
Arab American Family Support Center
Executive Director
Brooklyn, NY
Areas of ExpertiseEducation, Humanitarian, International Issues, Philanthropy, Religion
Ada Alvarez
Stop the Silence Foundation, Puerto Rico Senate
Founder and President of Stop the Silence Foundation, Director of Women Committee in the Senate of Puerto Rico
San Juan, Puerto Rico
Areas of ExpertiseEducation, Humanitarian, International Issues, Latin America, Politics, Social Justice
Sarah Anderson
Institute for Policy Studies
Global Economy Project Director
Washington, DC
Areas of ExpertiseBusiness and the Economy, International Issues
Lauren C. Anderson
International Consultant, former FBI Executive
New York, NY
Areas of ExpertiseInternational Issues, Security and Military, Social Justice
Mildred Antenor
MildredAntenor.com, Seton Hall University, WBGO 88.3FM Radio.
Commentator, Journalist, Professor
South Orange, NJ and New York, NY
Areas of ExpertiseEducation, International Issues, Social Justice
Nichole Argo
Carnegie Mellon University
Post doctoral fellow
Cambridge, MA
Jane Arraf
Al Jazeera, Christian Science Monitor
New York, NY
Areas of ExpertiseInternational Issues, Middle East and North Africa
Angelika Arutyunova
Where is the Money for Women's Rights?, Association for Women's Rights in Development
San Francisco, CA
Areas of ExpertiseEurope, Health, Humanitarian, International Issues
Terry Babcock-Lumish
United States Military Academy at West Point; Islay Consulting LLC
Assistant Professor of Economics; Founder and President
West Point, New York and Tucson, Arizona
Areas of ExpertiseBusiness and the Economy, Education, Environment, International Issues, Philanthropy, Politics, Security and Military, Technology and Science
Christina Bache Fidan
Center for International and European Studies, Kadir Has University
Research Fellow
Istanbul, Turkey
Areas of ExpertiseDiplomacy, Humanitarian, International Issues, Middle East and North Africa, Social Justice
Madeleine Bair
Curator, Human Rights Channel
Brooklyn, New York
Areas of ExpertiseHumanitarian, International Issues
Dr. Radhika Balakrishnan
Center for Women's Global Leadership - http://cwgl.rutgers.edu/
Executive Director
New Brunswick, New Jersey
Areas of ExpertiseAsia, Business and the Economy, International Issues, Social Justice
Linda Basch
National Council for Research on Women
Former President
New York, NY
Areas of ExpertiseInternational Issues
Jamie Bechtel
New Course
Seattle, WA
Areas of ExpertiseAfrica, Environment, Humanitarian, International Issues, Social Justice
Kennette Benedict
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
Executive Director
Chicago, IL
Nora Bensahel
School of International Service at American University
Distinguish Scholar in Residence
Washington, DC
Taina Bien-Aime
Coalition Against Trafficking in Women (CATW)
Executive Director
New York , NY
Areas of ExpertiseHealth, Humanitarian, International Issues, Social Justice
Minal Bopaiah
Subscription Site Insider
Washington, DC
Areas of ExpertiseHealth, Humanitarian, International Issues, Media and Entertainment, Religion
Jeanne Bourgault
President and CEO
East Blue Hill, ME


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Larimer County Offices, Courts & District Attorney are closed Friday, July 3 for Independence Day
Landfill, Hazardous Waste and Recycle Center are open Friday, July 3 but closed Saturday, July 4
Landfill Business Office are closed July 3 & 4 Critical services at Larimer County will not be disrupted by this closure.
Department: Sheriff
Release Date: Apr 22, 2013
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Larimer County Sheriff
John Schulz, Public Information Officer
The East Mulberry corridor was ablaze Saturday night with the red and blue lights of police cars as the Larimer County Sheriff's Office led a multi-agency enforcement action. It was the second of such enforcement actions to be held as part of the Sheriff's office Operation New Dawn.

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text: Photo taken on July 17, 2014 shows a specimen of an insect in the order Megaloptera which is discovered in a mountain of Chengdu, Sichuan province. With its wingspan measured as 21 centimeters, the insect won the title of the largest aquatic insect in the world. [Photo: China News Service/ Zhong Xin]


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Java -- Static methods to retrieve versions
XML, JSP & SQL --comments to add versions
I am using J2EE (JDK 5) with Tomcat 5 and Oracle 9g. Please tell me way to maintain the versions of each kind of files (Java, JSP, XML, properties, SQL and other flat files) in my web application. Standard way will be useful for future reference when new developer is going to change or add something after some years.


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The Illustrations of Pablo de PinhoJuxtapoz // Tuesday, January 29, 2013
Recently, we stumbled upon San Francisco based illustrator Pablo de Pinho. Working mainly with ink, bristol board, and watercolor. Pablo's Laugh and Draw series was inspired by old ragtime comics; Osamu Tezuka, Daniel Clowes and Os Gemeos. Pablo's work shows creative improvisation with visual story telling through figurative connection between characters.
Music Video: Grizzly Bear "gun-shy" and Animated GifsMusic // Tuesday, January 29, 2013
Grizzly Bear's newest LP, Shields, has generated a few tasty treats in the artistic music video department, but our favorite track on said album, "gun-shy", just received both animated gif and music video work by director Kris Moyes. Watch as members of Grizzly Bear look at you with creepy eyes, do their own doctor's examinations on themselves, and go a bit Dali on you.
New Paintings by Jules de BalincourtJuxtapoz // Tuesday, January 29, 2013
Jules de Balincourt is a French-born, American-based painter currently living in New York. His colorful and "faux-naif" painting style accompanied with scathing and witty social commentary make him a favorite. Here are some of his paintings from the last year.
Music Video: Flying Lotus "Zodiac Shit" for Adult SwimMusic // Tuesday, January 29, 2013
Adam 'Lilfuchs' Fuchs is the brains behind this epic 'Flying Lotus - Zodiac Sh*t' animation that was created for Adult Swim. He performs feats that delight and astound, and as animation director at Turner Studios, he has chased wild scribbles through the badlands of television, inked epic doodles over mountains of print and apparel, and has driven herds of untamed mental concoctions into the Lands of Milk and Approval. He is based in Atlanta, GA.
Embroidery With Adult Themes by Ana Teresa BarbozaJuxtapoz // Tuesday, January 29, 2013
We have had an affinity for embroidery art over the years, with our Handmade Art book heavy on the medium. When we came across Ana Teresa Barboza's mixed media, embroidery art this past evening, we loved the combination of mediums made for an almost 3D experience. We like to say adult-themed, because you rarely see a little loving between the sheets down with a needle and thread, threading the needle, or however you want to say it.
The Works of Guim Tió ZarralukiJuxtapoz // Tuesday, January 29, 2013
The Barcelona based artist Guim Tió Zarraluki creates his abstracted portrait illustrations with a unique method that he has adapted to the majority of his work. By altering fashion magazine images, he creates these oil-pastel covered, strange/beautiful, bug-eyed girls with delicate features and lovely lips that we can't help but admire.
Broken Fingaz in LondonJuxtapoz // Tuesday, January 29, 2013
Last month, several murals were painted in London by Tant and Unga who work under the collective name "Broken Fingaz." We thought these two packed the most punch, enjoy.
Gamemasters from Travis MillardIllustration // Monday, January 28, 2013
Gamemasters is an animated telephone call, created by Earles & Jensen with Eighty Four Films. The illustrated art was created by Los Angeles based creative Travis Millard, with animation magic by Jim Dirschberger. Prepare to get your mind warped out of your skull through your eye sockets.
Preview: How Nosm "Late Confessions" @ 557 West 23rd Street, NYCJuxtapoz // Monday, January 28, 2013
We got a little sneak peek and some detail shots of Late Confessions, the name of identical twins How & Nosm debut solo exhibition in New York City in a temporary space presented by Jonathan LeVine Gallery located at 557 West 23rd Street in Chelsea. The talented artists are presenting an impressive collection of works and on-site installations that expands their universe into the physical space.
A Carpet Made Entirely of Toy Army SoldiersJuxtapoz // Monday, January 28, 2013
It may hurt your feet, but the design and formation is incredible. The collective, We Make Carpets, consisting of Marcia Nolte, Stijn van der Vleuten and Bob Waardenburg, "mix traditional skills and a critical view of the consumer society in unusual carpets." In this instance, they made a carpet out of plastic green and gold toy soldiers, in conjunction with Dutch Design Week 2010.


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- June
Priorities Change with Age
Recently, I was talking to industry veteran George Obst about my startup years and our conversation got me thinking about how the priorities of a small business owner shift as the business matures.
In the beginning, it was all about having enough customers to pay the bills while at the same time making sure our products—the magazine and then LAB DAY—met the needs of the market so we could be sure we'd keep being able to pay those bills. Those were the years of 100-hour workweeks.
Once we established our market presence, we continued to build market share and market value. Four...
How to Increase Sales Even in Poor Economic Times
In our Ask SCORE column, George Obst, certified SCORE mentor and retired CEO and Founding Partner of Dental Services Group, addresses how to create a market-driven organization.
- March
Asking 'Why' When Things Go Wrong
In our Ask SCORE column, George Obst, certified SCORE mentor and retired CEO and Founding Partner of Dental Services Group, draws upon his 30 years of experience to address questions about building successful and profitable laboratories.
How can I effectively solve recurring problems? In any type of business, unresolved problems can fester, leading to poor quality and service, and may ultimately lead to the failure of the business. To effectively solve a recurring issue, you need to identify and fix its underlying cause—not just the symptom.
To get to the root of the problem, a simple and...
- January
Want Business Advice? Watch TV
A few months ago, my son turned me on to two television reality shows that I feel have merit for anyone who runs a small business or aspires to: The Profit, on CNBC, showcasing the multi-talented Marcus Lemonis, serial entrepreneur and CEO of Camping World; and Fox's Kitchen Nightmares, starring restaurateur, Chef Gordon Ramsay. Unfortunately, Ramsay retired this series at the end of 2014. Fortunately, there are 123 episodes you can watch on YouTube.
Say what you will about reality TV; these shows are like business school by proxy.
Without knowing any particular market, Lemonis attempts to...
- December 2014
7 Essential Skill Sets for Business Success
Q. The pace of change in our industry is accelerating. How do I keep up?
A. As the external environment changes your thinking and strategies need to change as well. For many of us that means acquiring new skills. You need to engage change proactively, making the necessary business changes to maintain a competitive advantage and you need to anticipate how your customer expectations are changing so you are not caught "flat footed."
Ram Charan, a noted management consultant and author, has identified seven interrelated learnable skills that separate the performers from non-performers....
- April 2011
How to Create a Customer-Driven Laboratory
George Obst details how creating a culture of listening uncovers your dentist-clients' unmet needs and gives you a leg up in meeting their expectations.
Want to boost sales, market share and profits even if dentistry is in a temporary no-growth or downward mode? Put your clients in charge of running your laboratory by consistently seeking their feedback and making changes to improve operations and service based on what you hear.
This customer-driven business concept is detailed in The Customer-Driven Company: Moving from Talk to Action, by Richard Whiteley, and I saw it work firsthand during...
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Think in Terms of Two-to-Three Year ROI
Dr. Gordon Christensen recently said, âDentistry is changing so fast that itâs extremely difficult for practitioners to stay up to dateâ and I think the same can be said of dental laboratories.
DSG Turns Up the Heat to Meet Industry Changes Head-on
Dental Services Group's annual meeting is well-regarded for its open environment and sense of camaraderie among the laboratories. With the theme, Gateway to the Future, this year's event emphasized management and leadership, new technology and custom
10 Tips For Reducing Expenses, Improving Cash Flow, and Boosting Sales
We're in scary economic times and there's no doubt fewer patients are opting for expensive oral restorations, like cosmetic options and implants. While patients continue to take care of their oral health, removable restorations are less expensive alternatives and "drill and fill" is a substitute for crowns.
How a laboratory responds to these tough economic times determines not only its present survival but also its future success. When business is down, proactive laboratories reduce expenses, improve cash flow and boost sales. Here are 10 tips for doing just that:
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Networking Proves Crucial to Small Lab Owner's Exit Plan
Lab owner finds buyer through networking


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Abortion Topics
Democracy Now! has covered abortion restrictions enacted since Roe v. Wade – and the fight to keep the procedure safe and affordable. Browse through the stories below to see our reports on "Targeted Regulation of Abortion Providers" (TRAP) laws, and the providers who remain the target of violence. We also interview advocates like Katha Pollitt, who argues abortion is a social good, and cover controversial stances by lawmakers and candidates who oppose abortion in all situations, including those of rape and incest, and when a mother's health is endangered.
Jim Crow After Roe? How States Are Regulating Abortion Out of Existence & Widening Health InequalityThe new book, "Crow After Roe: How 'Separate But Equal' Has Become the New Standard in Women's Health and How We Can Change That," tackles the new landscape of restrictions on reproductive healthcare in the United States. On Tuesday, a House panel voted to advance a bill banning abortion after 20 weeks of pregnancy nationwide. Similar bans are already in place in states across the country, part of an unprecedented tide...June 05, 2013 | Story
- Today marks the fourth anniversary of the murder of Dr. George Tiller, a 67-year-old abortion provider who was shot point-blank in the forehead as he attended church services in Wichita, Kansas. Tiller's clinic was one of a handful in the nation that performed abortions after the 24th week of pregnancy. He faced constant threats and incidents of violence and vandalism in the decades leading up to his death. The man who assassinated him,...May 31, 2013 | Story
- On Tuesday, North Dakota Gov. Jack Dalrymple signed into law three bills that could effectively ban abortion in the state and set up a major legal challenge to Roe v. Wade, which 40 years ago legalized abortion — at least in the first three months of pregnancy. One measure blocks abortions after an embryonic heartbeat can be detected, which can happen at six weeks of pregnancy or even earlier. Another bill would make North Dakota the...March 27, 2013 | Story
- Forty years after the landmark Roe v. Wade case that legalized abortion, the new documentary "After Tiller" follows the only four doctors left in the United States who are known to provide abortions in the third trimester. In 2009, their colleague, Dr. George Tiller, was assassinated while attending church in Wichita, Kansas. The four doctors depicted in the film have also braved threats, harassment and the emotional weight of the...January 24, 2013 | Story
Criminalizing Pregnancy: As Roe v. Wade Turns 40, Study Finds Forced Interventions on Pregnant WomenA new study shows hundreds of women in the United States have been arrested, forced to undergo unwanted medical procedures, and locked up in jails or psychiatric institutions, because they were pregnant. National Advocates for Pregnant Women found 413 cases when pregnant women were deprived of their physical liberty between 1973, when Roe v. Wade was decided, and 2005. At least 250 more interventions have taken place since then. In one case, a...January 18, 2013 | Story
- As we broadcast from St. Louis, we turn to one of this election cycle's most closely watched U.S. Senate races. Republican Rep. Todd Akin is challenging Missouri's Democratic Senator Claire McCaskill in one of a handful of contests nationwide that could potentially help Republicans regain control of the Senate. Akin's campaign has been mired in controversy since his infamous claims in August that women rarely become pregnant from what he...November 01, 2012 | Story
- Broadcasting from Richmond, we look at a new law that could force many of Virginia's abortion clinics to shut down. Passed last month, the so-called "Targeted Regulation of Abortion Providers," or TRAP, law requires clinics that provide abortions to meet the same building standards as hospitals. Critics say the new rules are a thinly veiled attempt to limit access to abortion services because clinics unable to afford to...October 01, 2012 | Story
- Democracy Now! host Amy Goodman caught up with New York Rep. Peter King at the Republican National Convention and asked him about the Republican platform on abortion, even in cases of rape and incest. King says, "[The] main purpose of government is to protect innocent life, no matter where that life is." He says the doctor who performs the abortion should be punished, not the mother. [includes rush transcript]August 30, 2012 | Story
Mitt & Ann Romney Cast Aside "Moderate" Record on Abortion, Social Issues in Appeal to Extremist GOPMitt Romney's embrace of the Republican Party's call for a federal ban on abortion stands in stark contrast to his record as Massachusetts governor, one of his many shifting stances over the years in his bid for the party's nomination. Romney's wife, Ann Romney — the featured speaker at the Republican National Convention Tuesday night — has also shifted her public views. We discuss the move from...August 29, 2012 | Story
- Republicans are mounting increasing pressure on Missouri Rep. Todd Akin to end his bid to unseat Democratic Senator Claire McCaskill after he claimed that women's bodies can prevent pregnancies in cases of what he called "legitimate rape," a comment he later apologized for. The controversy is spilling in the presidential race due to Akin's close ties to Mitt Romney's running mate, Paul Ryan. In 2011, Ryan and Akin...August 21, 2012 | Story
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COLUMBIA CITY ŌĆö Whitley County Consolidated's Board of School TrusteeŌĆÖs will be replacing one board member with another tonight.
Former Board Member Chris Bechtold stepped down from his position after he was hired within the district. The announcement was made earlier this summer.
At WCCSŌĆÖs last board meeting, Aug. 5, current trustees had the opportunity to interview two candidates interested in filling the position.
Leslee Derbeck and Dan Curless were asked questions by each board member, and tonight a final decision is expected to be made by vote and nomination.
COLUMBIA CITY ŌĆö Though the city will be putting on a display at Morsches Park for the Fall Festival, consumer, or personal fireworks will not be allowed.
Columbia CityŌĆÖs ordinance includes specific dates that residents can shoot off fireworks, and Columbia City Fire Chief Tom LaRue discussed the option of an amendment for the Fall Festival with the Board of Works last Tuesday.
ŌĆ£Let them come to the festival and enjoy them there ŌĆö not at home,ŌĆØ said Walt Crowder, of the Board of Works.
The two other Board of Works members, Dan Weigold and Mayor Ryan Daniel agreed.
Letters were scattered in front of the entrance of DunhamŌĆÖs Sports Friday afternoon, as crews worked to place the sign on the front of the building.
DunhamŌĆÖs is expected to have itŌĆÖs grand opening Aug. 25.
The new retailer will occupy the majority of the former ScottŌĆÖs building in Columbia City.
The corner of U.S. 30 and Armstrong Drive was deemed an economic target area for the city and many upgrades and renovations have transformed the building.
COLUMBIA CITY ŌĆö In an ordinance violation that has been ongoing since January, Columbia CityŌĆÖs Board of Works decided to leave things as-is ŌĆö for now.
In April, Larry Jacobs, of 980 S. CR 50 E., was granted an extension after he was found in violation of the cityŌĆÖs nuisance, or junk ordinance.
His extension gave him leeway through July 31, and as the date came and went, significant progress had not been made on the property.
Jacobs has several older tractors, lawn mowers, vehicles, etc. on his property.
COLUMBIA CITY ŌĆö ŌĆ£WeŌĆÖve done a good job of making this a work truck, not a parade truck.ŌĆØ Columbia City Fire Chief Tom LaRue and his crew are finishing up the specs for the departmentŌĆÖs new fire truck and are doing what they can to keep the cost down.
ŌĆ£We are improving some of the ways we do things in order to make it more unified for our community,ŌĆØ LaRue told Columbia CityŌĆÖs Common Council Tuesday. ŌĆ£WeŌĆÖre taking cost and benefit into consideration. We donŌĆÖt have $50,000 lights and gold-plated doors.ŌĆØ
COLUMBIA CITY ŌĆö Eagle Tech Academy is known for its unconventional approach to high school education ŌĆö focusing on interactive learning and collaborative presentations often given to leaders in the community.
However, tables turned Thursday when ETA girls took a seat while women from the community staged a series of workshops.
COLUMBIA CITY ŌĆö A Fort Wayne man who has been charged for attacking a child is expected to plead guilty in Whitley County Superior Court.
Dale Ippolito, 22, was arrested in September 2012 after witnesses said he abused a young boy in the parking lot of Parkview Whitley Hospital, in Columbia City.
According to court reports, both of the childŌĆÖs legs were in casts and witnesses saw Ippolito drag the boy by his arm through the parking lot and to his vehicle.
While in the car, witnesses saw Ippolito beating the child and called 911.
COLUMBIA CITY ŌĆö Leaders at Passages, Inc. and the Whitley Crossings Neighborhood Corporation, Columbia City, recently announced the promotion of Dave Lehman to Chief Operating Officer of Passages.
In that capacity, Lehman will also serve as the executive director of Whitley Crossings Neighborhood Corporation.
The Whitley Crossings Neighborhood Corporation is the affordable housing arm for Passages.
FORT WAYNE ŌĆö Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northeast Indiana recently hosted its annual Volunteer Recognition Dinner to honor the recipients of the agencyŌĆÖs 2012 Volunteers of the Year awards.
Approximately 425 guests attended the dinner and ceremony at Fort Wayne Hotel to join in the celebration and honor volunteerism throughout Northeast Indiana and Southern Michigan.
SOUTH WHITLEY ŌĆö Intense rainfall has been a concern for residents across the county this summer, but when heavy rains create flooding at the newly constructed wastewater treatment plant in South Whitley, town leaders start to get heated.
After the $3 million project was completed, a storm that came through the town Aug. 2 came with such intensity that it blew off two manhole covers, spilling water overflow into the Eel River.


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(dir. Ken Loach, 2006)
Like Costa-Gavras it was inevitable this list would include Ken Loach and out of the dozens of films from his catalogue we could have chosen, it was inevitable we would go for the most controversial one. Like his earlier film Land and Freedom, the Wind that Shakes the Barley's is a detailed exploration of political motivation and modern history, never afraid to work the audiences sympathies and biases. Most particularly it shows in very distressing, but never graphic ways, how killing dehumanizes and divides all. How conflict leaves vacuums that are soon filled by more conflict, as the Irish workers fighting for freedom from the English state soon turn on each other as ideologies and agendas clash. Like much of Loachs work and indeed the films on this list, it is a game played by the rich and paid for by the poor.
Battle of Algiers
(dir. Gillo Pontecorvo, 1966)
Often films bide their time. They let history pass them by before commenting on them. Gillo Pontecorvo's film ran hand in hand with it. Released in 1966 as wars of national liberation raged in the last strongholds of colonialism, its newsreel style was no accident. So real is its depiction of guerrilla warfare/terrorism, government sponsored terror/counter-terrorism that it has been screened in the Pentagon as an example of the type of warfare facing U.S forces in Iraq, Argentinias President Frondizi had screenings at counter-insurgency courses in the mid-70's and the IRA and the Black Panthers are both said to have used it as a training film. What is most surprising though is the single-minded obsession with objectivity the film attempts (well as possible as objectivity truly is). Like many depictions of war it does not take sides, merely shows victims and perpetrators and how one often changes into the other. The finest recognition Battle of Algiers probably ever had is that the film was banned in France for 5 years even though critics could never agree on whose side the film took. It may be a cliche now, but there are no winners. Battle of the Algiers is the finest exponent of this tragically ignored cliche.
Salt of the Earth
(dir. Herbert Biberman, 1954)
When we think of banning films, any art in fact, it should send a shiver down our spine. Of course there are those areas of screen violence, like the case of the Human Centipede and the BBFC, which is equal parts mismanaged censorship and the film-maker being a douche, which are strange moral grey areas, but banning films for political reasons is something, here in the smug west, we attribute to the governmental douchery of say Iran or North Korea. But you only have to go back to 1954 and Salt of the Earth when we can find examples closer to home and although 'banned' my be too strong a term, suppression is most certainly not and in fact we could use the term when talking of director Herbert J Biberman, writer Michael Wilson and producer Paul Jarrico, all who were blacklisted during the McCarthy trials. The film, based on a real and extended strike by zinc miners in New Mexico, shot in a rough neo-realist style, was denounced by the United States house of representatives, investigated by the FBI, boycotted by the American Legion and refused screenings by nearly every cinema in the US, all because of suspected communist sympathies. Sympathies toward a safe working environment, stable employment, free from employer harassment and prejudice based on race, and a pioneering but often overlooked example of feminist cinema would be more accurate, a sentiment that obviously terrified the powers that be in 50's America (though nothing of the sort exists now)
In the loop
(dir. Armando Iannucci, 2009)
There's the terrifying stench of truth that emanates from In the Loop. We watch imbiciles, fantasists and sadists go about their daily game of Risk, with the sneaking suspicion that this might be closer to the truth than many 'straight' films on politics ever will be. Armando Iannucci eases his TV creation In the Thick of it with disruptive glee onto the big screen, losing none of the series' anger, absurdity and investigative zeal. As well as the fact this may as well just been a documentary, it is also undoubtedly freakin hilarious, delivering a Withnail quota of repeatable lines. 'Shut up Love Actually, do you want me to hole punch your face' ……………………………
Mr Smith Goes to Washington
(dir. Frank Capra, 1939)
The obligatory 'proving that we're not totally heartless' choice goes quite predictably to Frank Capra's 1939 film. Which proves (along with It's a Wonderful Life) that Capra had the unique ability to make you cry because you were so happy, rather than sad. Jimmy Stewart, young, handsome, possibly the most likable person on the planet, plays the idealistic Jefferson Smith who locks horns with Claude Rains in the US senate. The political backstabbery opens Jeffersons eyes, but by-golly does he back down? no siree he does not. You see that's what it does to you. You go into it all cynical and drowned in postmodernism and irony, and you come out all feverish from the tremendous amount of goodwill and faith in humanity the film emanates. It doesn't stand up to regular forms of film criticism, you can dissect it all you want, call it all the names under the sun….schmaltzy, unrealistic, heavy-handed, but it still loves you, and gosh-darn it, it defends your god-given right to have these opinions, but please no cussing in front of the little ones………goddamnit, you see what it does, DO YOU SEE!
Even the Rain
(dir. Icíar Bollaíns, 2010)
A mix of Hoppers Last Movie, Carlos Reygadas, Herzog and Sayle, may seem like a recipe for a mess, but Icíar Bollaíns film keeps these influences well hidden, instead she has made a clear film about fantasy and deception. A film of social realism that depicts the layers of fantasy which maintains the conditions of ruler and ruled. Luis Tosar and Gael Garcia Bernal play a film producer and director who arrive in Bolivia to make a film about Columbus's voyage to the new world, his subjection of the indigenous people and their subsequent rebellion. The filmmakers themselves exploit the indigenous extras by having them do unpaid work, but their moral hypocrisy begins to be challenged when they witness their extras real life rebellion against the privatization of their water supply. Unlike many films that depict both a film and its creation, the borders of what is real and what is not are clearly defined, and we are left at the films end wondering if we are complicit in the complex power structures that quell us.
Punishment Park
(dir. Peter Watkins, 1971)
Peter Watkins' film is so troubling it borders on the absurd. Perhaps it is better to contextualize and make you aware of the climate in which it was made. 3 years previous to its release the assassination of Martin Luther King had sparked hundreds of riots across the country, the assassination of Bobby Kennedy followed soon after, leading to the violent events at Democratic National Conference in Chicago, where the National Guard supported riot police in the tear gassing and beating of protesters, as well as assaults by security sevices on journalists inside the convention. The unrest in Chicago led to the arrest and charging of seven people on conspiracy and incitement to riot. The subsequent trial inspired Peter Watkins pseudo-documentary about the detainment of those deemed 'a risk to internal security' by the U.S government without referral to congress. The film follows a group of European filmmakers as they document the trial and punishment of various leftists, civil rights activists and feminists as they are detained and given the choice of either serving their sentence or spending 3 days in punishment park; where they must reach an American flag in their allotted time whilst being pursued by National guardsmen on 'field training'. As a metaphor it has all the subtlety of a truncheon to the face, but Punishment Park makes no apologies for its politics or its goals. It realizes the inherent divisive nature in art, let alone in ones of such a political nature.
(dir. John Sayle, 1987)
John Sayle is most definitely a favourite here at Anti/Type. He has maintained a career which has been wide ranging, challenging, fun and, most important of all, uncompromising. He is a filmmaker, a writer for hire and a novelist, and he made three music videos for the Boss, so that's some extremely beautiful icing on an extremely tasty cake. In a career that has faced social issues straight on with a perceptive and balanced eye Matewan stands out as possibly his finest work (though Lone Star and City of Hope run it close). As an historical film it depicts beautifully a little known event in American history, the coal miners strike in Matewan, West Virginia in 1920. But as a political film its depiction of systems being corrupted is second to none; work, family, religion and community are corrupted by those who control, and whose singular goal is to maintain control. It reveals that the growth of capitalism was originally opposed by the land and business owners because it meant a route out of the system of serfdom they created for their workers. The great dramatic irony of what this 'escape route' would become is the most eye opening aspect to the viewer and therefore the most tragic to those trying to escape.
Black God, White Devil
(dir. Glauber Rocha, 1964)
Goodnight and Good luck
(dir. George Clooney, 2005)
You know what South Park, I'd be smug too if I made a film as good Goodnight and Good Luck. Serial right wing baiter George Clooney's second film is a highly principled and austere tale of journalists Edward R. Murrows stand against Joseph McCarthy. It is the epitome of intelligent, adult film-making. It is quietly spoken and serious, never shouting or shoving its ideas in your face. Because of this approach and a hoard of rich, nuanced performances, the films themes of freedom of the press and of expression, and the influence and illumination such a press can have on us is far more effectively delivered. It asks us to think and debate and in the end draw our own conclusions. It is an example of the best form of dissention; focused, open-minded, knowledgeable, unmoveable, dignified and brave. Not only is Goodnight and Good Luck an excellent lesson to film-makers on how to structure a lean and effective narrative, it is also an excellent example on how to live our lives.
Il Conformista
(dir. Bernardo Bertolucci, 1970)
Il Conformista is a truly unbalancing film, a sensual film about fascism, a beautiful film about an ugly subject. In fact beautiful would be understating just how visually sumptuous this film is. Vittorio Storraro's cinematography mixes the anxiety and atheistic of film noir with the rich colours of European cinema and the clean, bold lines of fascist decor, making the film play out like a fever dream, 1 degree off normal and highly unsettling. A slow, dreamy descent into the hazy hell of the conclusions midnight Italian streets during the fall of Mussolini, where 'the conformist' Marcello Clerici denounces another as a fascist and a murderer, to conform with the political will boiling up around the downfall of the right wing government. Marcello's body and soul are vessels to accommodate whatever ideology is in power and he drifts through the film barely seeming human, first obeying and killing for the fascists so he can 'belong' before finally denouncing them to feel belonging in a new ideology. Bertolucci's film is a disturbing parable about our willingness to conform without assessment and the moral blindness of complicity.
(dir. Costa Gavras, 1969)
It is quite a film that enrages a countries rulers (in this case the military dictatorship of Greece), makes a powerful political statement, is an important political document and a cracking thriller to boot. Costa Gavras does this with his third feature, but most importantly they never exist as separate entities, they are intertwined elements of a whole. A face paced and exciting film about how honesty is punished in a political climate where repression and obedience are the order of the day. Z is also a fine example of how the injustices of history can be exposed by creative mediums, particularly and most effectively in a way that is accessible to a mass audience. Take note young filmmakers, film can be powerful, informative, artful and entertaining, Z is a prime example of this.
Le mani sulla città (Hands over the City)
(dir. Francesco Rosi, 1963)
A stark neo-realist assessment of post-war Napoli's political structure and one of the few films to depict the procedural structure of power in detail. It is also one of the great 'city' films (Rossellinis Rome, Allens New York, Manns Los Angeles ), Rosi's Napoli is crumbling, corrupt, vibrant and angry. Like in his previous masterpiece Salvatore Giuliano, Rosi evolved the neo-realism of his countrymen to incorporate social issues. In Hands over the City housing and in particular the corruption of contracts and the political fallout caused by the collapse of one of property developer Edoardo Nottolas (Rod Steiger) buildings provides the background to the ensuing back-handers, polictical stand-offs and cover-ups. Steigers performance perfectly showcases the arrogance of the elite (in particular a scene where he rants about all the good he has done for the people of Napoli, while throughout the film oblivious to all the harm he has caused), but it is the performance of Carlo Fermariello as De Vita a communist councilman who launches an inquiry in Nottolas ruthless land developing and the accident that lead from it, that really catches the eye. Very much the spirit of the leftwing cinema of the 60's and 70's instilled within one character. Rosi never simplifys the political processe for us, he never resorts to stylisation or melodrama, his great achievement in this film is that he makes us care and understand processes that in recent times we have been pushed out of]]>
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Another one from the vaults. Two Men was filmed back in early 2011 (with an attempt the previous year aborted due to a particularly vicious snowstorm). Again it's Anti/Type in its awkward infancy, loading mini DV tapes into now strangely arcane cameras, fighting against the wind, the sun and freezing equipment and throwing naked directors into holes. This is us learning on the job, like we believe all good film-makers should do. We've given it a little spruce up since its original showings to make it a little leaner, but still this ia a little Anti/Type archaeology for you. Enjoy and check out the full page here with the video all big and posh looking.]]>
The Grand Budapest Hotel
(dir. Wes Anderson)
Pure and joyous storytelling at its very best. Wes Anderson returns to the heady peaks of The Royal Tenenbaums, in fact with his new film he may have overtaken even that film. Very few living directors have such absolute control over their medium as Anderson does, when you watch The Grand Budapest Hotel you are in Anderson world, when you hear the words you hear Anderson words, when you see the composition you see Anderson composition, the music is Anderson music, the colours, the movements, the story, the themes all Anderson, and most importantly the characters are Anderson characters, each one brilliantly written, tragic and hilarious in equal measures.
(dir. John Michael McDonagh)
In any other year Fiennes's performance in The Grand Budapest Hotel would have taken the top spot, but it isn't any other year that Brendan Gleeson delivers a gargantuan and career defining performance as he does in Calvary. It is also to the credit of John Michael McDonagh's writing that the film is as often as funny as it is troubling. Calvary takes the modest canvas of small town in County Sligo and from it creates a mammoth state of the nation address and a complex philosophical treatise on sin, forgiveness and the problem of maintaining our faith in a world god seems to have forgotten
Under the Skin
(dir. Jonathan Glazer)
The only film on this list that justifiably draws Stanley Kubrick's name into the debate. Jonathan Glazers long awaited 3rd film is a piece equal parts Lynchian intuition as it is Kubrick's form and belligerent avoidance of cliche. What it does have that these two directors often don't is after all the troubling, sensory, erotic interplay between alien and humanity what is left is a beating heart, a conflicted and sad one maybe but one that makes for a incredibly emotional climax.
(dir. Darren Aronofsky)
Recently, we have been plagued by a slew of mediocre films that are heralded as masterpieces. Films that critics praise highly and are spoken of in the same breath as truly great cinema, but will be totally forgotten about within a three years. This is not one of those films. This is truly something different. Aronofsky opens fire on the audience and doesn't let up. The film is as crazy as its source material and holds big budget CGI to a new standard. The world created is best described as Malick on steroids and Russell Crowe's snarling Noah is not only old testament, but also old Russell Crowe. We get the rage filled antihero, who is just about teetering on the right side of 'good-guy'. We get the Crowe that blew us away in the likes of LA Confidential or Romper Stomper and the character choices he makes within the performance remind us of what he is capable of. Such ambitious CGI and wild take on an exceedingly delicate subject makes for a very brave film indeed. It's really entertaining, too.
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
(dir. Matt Reeves)
The apocalyptic back drop…the war torn streets…and out of the smoke comes a machine gun wielding monkey on horseback. Need I say more? This is another CGI heavy film of 2014 that doesn't simply rely on a giant robot superhero, smashing through wall after wall…after wall. It is a testament to WETA that the characters are so infused with the computer generated artistry that any minor tech problems dissolve within seconds and we are allowed to fully absorb the beautifully structured plot. A plot that is respectful of the great legacy that the franchise has to offer, whilst engaging the audience in a Shakespearean power struggle between Koba and Caesar, the two Ape leaders. Any film that can make you talk seriously about militant Ape leaders is fine by me. A war between Man and Ape is what everyone wanted and that is exactly what we got. And the third installment looks to up the ante even further.
(dir. Dan Gilroy)
(dir. John Favreau)
Inside Lleywn Davis
(dir. Joel & Ethan Coen)
Jimmy's Hall
As much as we love the film, it left us with a nagging feeling that there was more story to tell – and it was bigger, much bigger. So in December 2013 production started on a feature version of The Seventh, and in September 2014 primary photography was started.
We're very happy to show you the first still from Anti/Type's first feature film – follow the link here for another.
It's as simple as the title really, because as good as old Charles Foster Kane is i'm sure you know enough about him already…
(dir. Terence Malick, 1973)
So if some débuts are those unique, sealed-in-a-void, one-off, never to be repeated works, the difference with Terence Malick is that his whole career is a sealed-in-a-void, one-off (yes even 2012's teetering on the edge of parody To the Wonder). Sure there are fine directors that have emulated his aesthetic (Andrew Dominik in The Assassination of Jesse James and David Lowery in Ain't Those Bodies Saints), but as excellent as they are, Malick drinks from a different well from everyone else. Badlands then is the start of the journey into Malick world and for the uninitiated it's the natural and easiest place to start.
Like the rest of Malicks oeuvre (though maybe not as manifestly) Badlands is a hymn, a song of worship not to the crimes and actions of the films protagonists, murderous lovers on the run, Kit (an impossibly cool Martin Sheen) and Holly (an impossibly ethereal Sissy Spacek), but to the multitude of cosmic questions that are the make-up of the consciousness of human beings. God, nature, identity, morality, love, family, all questioned and shot with the most fluid, melancholic and luscious eye.
And even at the very beginning of his career Malick had no truck with irony. Everything about Badlands, everything about all his films is genuine, unfashionable and heartfelt…. he is the great believer of cinema.
(dir. Donald Cammell, Nicolas Roeg, 1970)
'i am a bullet' is perhaps films greatest pay-off line, followed by a sequence that is only really comparable to the 'trip' sequence in 2001 in it's sheer audacious 'out-there-ness', but even Kubrick didn't have the kahunas to include an image of Jorge Luis Borges floating past a bullet entering a skull. To make the inclusion of Performance in this list even more solid, this sequence is followed by one of the cinemas best, but most unappreciated closing shots. An image that simultaneously cements and obfuscates all that proceeds it, a fabulously unstable film of shifting identities, like a psychedelic Lost Highway. A film about a reclusive rock star (Mick Jagger) and gangster (James Fox) who hides out in his London mansion. With all its 60's trappings of drugs and sex it should of dated badly, but if anything Performance's themes are even more relevant to the increasingly fragmented and polymorphic society in which we live.
The Evil Dead
(dir. Sam Rami, 1981)
The antithesis to the unique, sealed-in-a-void, one-off nature that often affects débuts, Evil Dead could of seemingly been made by any film nerd or gang of imaginative teenagers, it was Rami's genius that he did it first and what he did got everyone's knickers in a twist. It's unrelenting energy and invention could of only been the product of youth (he was barely in his 20's at the time). It is also one of the most mischievous films in the history of cinema, having as much fun goading its audience as it does torturing its protagonists. Proceeding the genre by nearly 20 years Rami is the first great comic book director….and it gave us the chin, don't ever forget that …………………………………………………………..
Repo Man
(dir. Alex Cox, 1984)
On a list that includes PI how crazy does the craziest film on this list actually have to be? Repo Man crazy that's how crazy. Alex Cox, cinemas Joe Strummer, Hunter.S.Thompson and Che Guevara all roled into one, directed his début like he may well never see the morning, let alone make another film. It's brimming with ideas and anger, taking on putrid politics by being putrid, paranoia, the invisibility of an entire class of people, religion, violence and stupidity. It's a punk film which still understands what punk once meant (great soundtrack too), it's a caper, a comedy, a chase film, a mystery, an apocalyptic sci-fi, a subversive political exploration, an unflinching double-tap to the back of the head to the colour by numbers, committee film-making that the 80's spawned, a road movie, a satire, a bawdy post-modern soup of film references (Don't look in the trunk!)….basically its an Alex Cox film and it is one of the greatest tragedies of modern cinema that there aren't more of these.
(dir. Steven Spielberg, 1971)
Débuts are a good sketch for the career that follows. They are often a rough assimilation of the techniques, themes, obsessions and ideas that are played out and developed throughout the increasingly fine-tuned films that ensue. Nowhere is that more apparent than in Spielberg's opener. A salesman on a business trip in the Californian desert pisses off a truck driver and then for the rest of the 90 minutes is chased down by the unseen driver in his monster vehicle….there that's it…no sub-plots, no romantic interest, there might be some political subtext but you'd probably not see it from the edge of your seat, which is where you're guaranteed to spend your 90 minutes, just where Spielberg has had a knack of placing us in various ways throughout his career.
But tension aside the most notable thing is just how goddamn unashamedly entertaining the whole thing is. Spielberg can't help but make us watch, watch in the simplest of senses, not read or theorise (though you can do that if you wish) just watch, like kids, like teenagers, like crazy lovers, like a gang of old friends, watch. What possibly more could you want.
(dir. Jean-luc Goddard, 1960)
Its a tragedy of cinema that films are often defined in gender specific ways, that's a boy's-own-adventure, that's a chick-flick, that's a women's interest piece, 'oh that's such a boys film', a prison of stereotyping that is propagated even more with every passing year. With the miles of text written about À Bout de Souffle, it is often ignored that it is the great gender neutral film. Well maybe gender neutral is the wrong word, there is nothing neutral about this film, more accurately phrased it is the greatest film that is equal to both sexes (if we of course we adhere to gender stereotypes…which it appears we are….but we a love a good romance as much as the next man/woman/person). It is equally a romance as it is a crime film, equally tragic as it is thrilling, it is iconic, it is fashion, it is as cool as Christopher Walken in full dance mode, but it has huge, fragile heart.
Night of the Living Dead
(dir. George Romero, 1968)
You have to contextualise it. Imagine going into a cinema in 1968 with maybe just some Corman in your movie viewing repertoire, maybe Blood Feast, maybe you were a true drive-in aficionado and had seen Gore Gore Girls and Colour Me Blood Red too, perhaps even at a push you had broadened your horizons and seen Sanjuro's blood geyser, even if you had none of it would of prepared you for Romero's debut. And it's not just the violence that would have pinned you to the back of your seat, it was the nihilism, George RR Martin probably saw it as a young man and said 'so i can kill off anyone i like?' It has so little regard for humanity that even with the hoards of lumbering dead most of the characters are killed by the living, fueled by fear, ignorance, hate and selfishness. It's almost as if Romero is saying we deserve this hell that has ascended on us.
Night of the Hunter
(dir. Charles Laughton, 1955)
The main question here is, does this count as a début? Début means your first film, but can it mean your only film? Whatever the answer Laughton never made another film, leaving Night of the Hunter in a strange, untouchable void, which suits it perfectly. It is also one of the strangest films in cinema history, it's not weird, it's strange and there's a difference, it's 1 degree off normal, it's cogs run a split second slower than other films, so everything seems familiar but ever so slightly askew, it's uncanny, it's a proto Lynch film, it's Mitchums silhouette on a bedroom wall full of threat, it's the angles of Shelly Winters bedroom as she lays trance like in bed, the wide shots of houses and riverboats and horses on the horizon like a gothic shadow-play, Winters drowned but upright on the river bed and strangest of all Mitchum as he chases the children through the swamp screaming like a dying bird. It's highly likely given this incomparable strangeness that Laughton may have never even come close to replicating it. All the better then that it is a one off.
(dir. Lance Hammer, 2008)
But sometimes it's a directors only film, not because they fell off into the film-makers void but because they've yet to make another one, and you've got to hope Lance Hammer (real name…also possible superhero alias) makes another pretty soon to build on the promise of his heartbreaking début. It's almost a bit of Curtis Hanson moment, but maybe a little weirder. Hanson went from making The River Wild, a perfectly passable mid-90's thriller to hitting it out of the park with L.A Confidential, there was really no hint or suggestion this would happen, Hammer went from doing visual effects on Batman & Robin and Practical Magic to directing this, so that's bat-nipples to Ballast just to reiterate, of course there was over a decade break in the meantime, but it's a tad strange.
Ballast is a loose, minimalist tale about the effect of one man's suicide on his twin brother, his estranged son and the sons mother. Haunting in its visuals and approach, but also uncompromisingly realist and humanist in its depiction of a rarely represented strata of American society. A beautiful link between Killer of Sheep and Beasts of the Southern Wild.
Ivan's Childhood
(dir. Andrei Tarkovsky, 1962)
In a medium where one of the primary goals is to create wonder Andrei Tarkovsky is its primary wonder creator. No other director has had the ability to create such images, seemingly effortlessly on screen, full, almost to bursting with symbolism and meaning, and a very genuine and emotional yearning to convey this to the viewer. To call Ivan's Childhood the prototype Tarkovsky would be doing it an injustice, but as he is a director who demands such devotion and involvement across his entire filmography, one of the joys of his début is witnessing the seeds planted for his later masterpieces (are any Tarkovsky film's not masterpiece?), the slow lingering takes, the fluid long shots with their dance-like quality, the obsession with water, reflections, dreams, and though, even by the directors admission, these elements are not as sophisticated as he would later achieve, this breeding ground for the techniques and ideas of one of the great philosophical film-makers (with Bergman and Dreyer….who are we missing?) is head and shoulders above most other film-makers prize work.
(dir. John Cassavetes, 1959)
Its to Shadows credit and enduring influence that it hasn't been overshadowed (sorry) by its creator and the lengths he went to to make his début. Read Cassavetes on Cassavetes and decide whether he was an uncompromising genius or an absolute arse. We're going for both, and by both understand that they can, and often have to be, the same thing. There's no denying in terms of form and craft, Shadows is a mess, but therein lies its profound and lasting beauty. This hobbled together tale of interracial relations centred around two brothers and their sister in New York, broke the mold for american independent cinema and is soaked to the bone with the kind of Hard-bop, beat generation energy that you can't really create by design. For any young film-maker it should be obligatory viewing. It's stubborn DIY ethic is the very essence of creation by any means necessary. As was the case for the rest of his career Cassavetes answered to no one but himself.
(dir. Shane Carruth, 2004)
A film where its more beneficially to search for a diagram than a plot synopsis, in fact we can imagine the shooting script was just a serious of increasingly complex equations. Lets say that most challenging films provide their rewards after multiple views, the danger with Primer is that there's a chance you may understand it even less on multiple viewings. From top to bottom Primer is film constructed with such precision it almost seems alien. Shot for a paltry $7000 on film, Shane Carruth was less a director than a demiurge, writing, producing, editing, scoring, as well as performing the lead role, not, you feel on watching it, through ego or paranoia that someone may corrupt his work, but such is the complexity of his work that only he could navigate it (much as it seems with his follow up Upstream Colour, the biology to Primers hard physics).
The plot, for what it's worth, involves some engineers for hire that invent a machine that reduces the weight of an object. They succeed but one of the side effects is that any object inside the machine experiences more time than the machine is switched on for, effectively making it a time machine. They then build a man-size one and as humans are wont to do use it to fulfill their greedy urges. Though this is like saying WWI was started by a chauffeur who didn't pay attention. Seriously, a diagram.
Beasts of the Southern Wild
(dir. Benh Zeitlin, 2010)
Sometimes there are films that make you call all your friends once you have left the cinema to tell them what you've just experienced. Films that fill you full of a virginal love of cinema, all those reasons that you fell in love with it in the first place and after years of plodding through the repetitious, the stupid, the boring and the derivative, smacks you in the face, shouting 'this is what it's capable of'. Films that don't care what you think, that are genuine, genuinely heart-felt, genuinely joyous, genuinely concerned with asking hard questions of its characters, genuinely in love with the capabilities of the medium. Films that blur the lines between the refreshingly new and the reassuringly classic. Films that don't define the 'inner' and outer' world as different places. Films like Beasts of the Southern Wilds….just make sure you've got patient friends.
(dir. Darren Aronofsky, 1998)
Yes this is the film that's often called 'the greatest Jewish horror film about maths ever made'. As ridiculous as that sounds, there are very few better ways to sum up Aronofsky's opener. He is the reference director par-excellence (yes even better than Tarantino, because he doesn't spend all his time getting personal with his VHS player), so here we get the Kabbalah, the stock market, conspiracy theory, mental illness, non-linear maths and Kafka doing the Old Testament. It's like Pynchon without the distracting names, a deep well of ideas and theories that overlap and conflict to reveal a strange and terrifying world within a world.
(dir. Steve McQueen, 2008)
This could of got tricky, McQueen took an extremely sensitive subject (something he seems to be a fan of doing), the 1981 Republican hunger strike in County Downs Maze Prison and made a truly beautiful and form changing work of art, whilst all the time never losing sight of the human and political quagmire it depicts. It is truly a staggeringly assured début, a fact that's on the one hand not hard to believe from an artist of his talent but on the other quite unexpected due to the subject matter. McQueen's camera finds a beauty in composition (a guard smoking in the snow, a hallway of piss being cleaned) and movement (Sands being carried away, a flashback to his youth) that we would never expect to find in a film of this nature, and it is a strange and unbalancing counter to the physical and emotional brutality it depicts.
The beauty of the images though should come of no surprise knowing McQueens previous employment, his ability to draw such exquisite performances from his cast not so much. It's hard to think of a better performed scene in modern cinema than the extended conversation between Sands (Michael Fassbender) and Father Moran (Liam Cunnigham). It is a lesson in performance, politics and composition in 2 shots.
Killer of Sheep
(dir. Charles Burnett, 1979)
It is often forgotten amongst the groundbreaking aspects of Charles Burnetts début that it is an utterly impeccable film. Equal parts raw and poetic it is time capsule, a silent and simple observer of places and people now moved on. It spurns the usual narrative and character arcs, with the use of documentary, almost neo-realist aesthetic, it merely depicts scenes and events from a life lived near the poverty line, whilst foregrounding the universal struggles and challenges we all face. Fearlessly it does not apply cinematic conventions, nor is it wantonly experimental. In a list full of one-of-kind pieces, in its simplicity and its history Killer of Sheep might be the film where this term is most applicable.
(dir. Michael Mann, 1981)
For all its stylistic and thematic similarities Michael Mann's career has been an odd one. He's rarely mentioned in the 'best living directors' list…if that's even a real thing, you don't find many retrospectives of his work or thesis's by media students lining university walls. He jumps across genres while still making 'Michael Mann' films. He's one of digital cinemas earliest champions but yet tells unashamedly traditional stories. He moved from film to big TV and back again before it was the done thing. No wonder he's overlooked, as its often difficult to know what to make of him. So all we can do is take the films as they are…and y'know not over think it.
Heat in Anti/Types humble opinion is a nailed on masterpiece and again Mann came pretty close with Manhunter, The Insider and Miami Vice (yes goddamit Miami Vice), Collateral and Last of the Mohicans were two sumptuous big screen treats, Ali and in particular Public Enemies were a little underwhelming but still visually striking, even the anomaly in Mann's work The Keep is intriguing (if a little mental)…..so we're left with Thief, maybe the full stop on that string of tough, macho, urban crime films that started with The French Connection 10 years earlier. It's nobodies introduction to Mann, but it really should be. So when we do our retrospective of the great man's work you'll know what to expect first.
Blue Collar
(dir. Paul Schrader, 1978)
When Paul Schrader wasn't making films he was writing them (Taxi Driver, the criminally underrated Rolling Thunder), when he wasn't writing them he was writing about them (you can find much of his excellent criticism here). He's one of those film-makers that knows so much about film that he doesn't feel the need the show off about it and instead it seeps into his work naturally….just by doing, Schrader is teaching. His 1978 debut is exactly that. Blue Collar is a story of three friends working a production line who decide to rob the union safe and end up going from robbers to blackmailers. A simple enough premise, but is not the premise that's important. Along with films like Salt of the Earth, Matewan, On the Waterfront and the works of Loach and Eisenstein, Blue Collar is a masterpiece of working class cinema. With understanding and not a little humour it shows men slowly squeezed to the point where they react. It does not idolise them, it shows them as flawed, friendly, stupid, warm, damaged, selfish characters, who are as at risk to the total corruption of power as anyone else.]]>
Today is a proud day. Today we can reveal to you all something exciting that has been in the pipeline for some time now. Today we link you to a music website that is premiering our work and say "hey look, we're all established and that". And the link in question? Right here, my friend.
We are very excited to show you Celina, the brand new music video for sparkling disco kings, Batsch. The video was meticulously constructed over a period of months, and caused a notable dip in local commercial availability of four particular colours of face paint. It was approached as authentically as possible, with an intention of achieving everything in camera. So yes, that long shot is one single shot. It took 10 hours to shoot. I'm not entirely sure anyone's fully recovered from that day.
We're very proud of the video, and I very much hope you enjoy it.
Celina is premiering today over at Clash Magazine Online, and you can view it there now. Tell your friends, spread the word.]]>
A small note about the music
Yeah, we do too. Feels good.
Red Rock West
The history of genre is one of ebb and flow; genres react and interact with their time. Inevitably then some eras suit them and some don't, meaning genres survive on the whim of fashion. Some of the most resilient genres, such as horror, adapt internally (the atomic monsters of the 50s, in the individualistic slashers of the 80s, the globalised gore of j-horror in the 90s), while some genres, like westerns, either hibernate and reappear now and then to remind us of their worth (maybe it's a quality over quantity ethic… look at how few westerns have been made since the turn of the century but look how good those few have been) or dress themselves in the clothes of a different genre.
Noir falls squarely in the second camp, the Coen brothers have done a fine job of keeping it relevant, but it has suffered even more than the western from hiding itself behind the guise of more popular genres, particularly sci-fi (The Matrix, Brazil, Blade Runner, Dark City). John Dahl's first three films had no such desire to hide their origins… they are unashamed noirs, with none of this 'neo' rubbish. Although The Last Seduction often gets the plaudits, therefore allowing his second, but superior film Red Rock West to slip into underrated territory.
It's got mistaken identity, stolen money, hitmen (Dennis Hopper snarling… always snarling), a femme fatale, wonderful dark and dusty cinematography accentuating the primal threat of the desert locations, Nicholas Cage at his greaser best and one of recent cinemas most reliable actors, the late J.T. Walsh. It's a little twistier than Blood Simple and far more demented than The Last Seduction (take a bow Mr. Hopper), has more sense of its absurdity than The Man Who Wasn't There and far closer to the genre's heart than One False Move.
Trust me – watch it it'll make you want to pretend to be a contract killer so you can run off with the money in no time.
Knightriders is Romero's Straight Story, and by that I mean the one film in a directors back catalogue that stands out because of its total departure in theme, style or a little bit of both. They're not uncommon, Scorsese has Hugo, Carpenter has Starman (which just missed the cut). For a man who had made a career out of grand political and social statements in the horror genre Knightriders is a beautiful anomaly set at the meeting points of strange subcultures, one very American and one very British. In a nutshell it's about a travelling troupe of motorcycle riding Arthurian recreationists and the very specific nature of this world leads me to believe it was very much a project close to Romero's heart, one that he couldn't achieve with stumbling corpses. But what sets it apart the most is it's odd melancholy nature. Ed Harris is as ever superb longing for lost loves, lost potential and the promise of a world that might have never existed in the first place.
Talking of anomalies, this is the inevitable 'touching, heartfelt, feel good-we're not all hate filled, pessimistic, doom mongers here at Anti/Type' contribution to the list. A film where you can ignore the usual gaping plot holes torn into the fabric of reality that time-travel films always create and instead sprawl back on the sofa and lap-up a ridiculously enjoyable helping of underrated Hollywood fare.
Don't believe me….how's about this then….a homicide detective (Caviezel) discovers he can contact his father (Quaid), a fireman who died warehouse fire 30 years before, through the radio transmitter he once owned. Cue 2 hours of 'jeez-i've-got-some-grit-in-my-eye' father, son adventure and reconciliation, mixed in with a gripping murder-thriller, the expected time travel continuity shenanigans and a diabetes inducing happy ending. That's it, clear that shit off the sofa and get yourself comfortable.
The Shadow
In 2010, Alec Baldwin came out and said this.
"I consider my entire movie career a complete failure"
That really hurt, Alec. You made The Shadow. Don't you dare forget that.
Long mooted for a reboot, 94's The Shadow seems to have been lost in the collective memory of roughly everyone who has seen it. So a good starting point for a cult following, no?
No. Apparently not.
It's amazing how little appreciation this film has. When asked by an underwhelmed newcomer what exactly was good about the film, Anti/Type responded as follows:
1. Looks beautiful, has some great shots
2. Well acted, Baldwin is super cool (super cool)
3. Great action sequences, and climactic invisible-building-siege set piece
4. Huge, dark, foreboding, but family friendly sense of atmosphere, but…
5. … also, actually very funny
6. Incredible music (Don't deny this! You can't deny this!)
Seriously people, what more do you want from a blockbuster action thriller? A villain related to Ghengis Khan? A dagger that can bite you? A colourblind Ian McKellen? Oh wait, it has all that too.
And what about Glengarry Glen Ross?! Forgot about that one too, didn't you Baldwin?!
Blow Out
Blow Out (1981), not to be confused with another excellent and also underrated film Blow Up, is possibly Brian De Palma's finest moment. There have been a lot of accusations hurled at De Palma over the years from comparison to Hitchcock, all the way to outright misogyny. This is perhaps why (unfairly) he is missed out when we talk of master directors. We often hear Scorsese or Coppola, but De Palma much less frequently. Blow Out is one example of why his name should be hitting the top ten.
It is an intelligent, pressure cooker of a film with elements of 'analogue style' espionage and Giallo-like paranoid horror. This combined with a great performance from John Travolta (back then an actor easily in league with the Pacino/De Niro calibre) and a host of amazing support (Nancy Allen, John Lithgow) makes for a tight hour and forty-seven minutes. People also forget what an experimental director De Palma was in the early days (see Greetings, Sisters, Hi, Mom! and Obsession for just a few). Here we see an extraordinary use of split-screen utilized to amazing artistic effect and along side it, the element of sound taking on a life of its own. More recent efforts such as Berberian Sound Studio and all of Tarantino's early work owe a debt to De Palma's pioneering film style and in particular, to this film. Greatest performance by an owl in movie history, too!
Conan the Barbarian
Right, let me say this upfront. My love of Conan isn't some fanboyish crush, it isn't some 'I know it's not that good, but I really like it' ethos… I genuinely believe that Conan the Barbarian is a misunderstood and criminally ignored masterpiece. There, I said it… and you know what I'm not ashamed, so screw you guys.
Conan is the film version of all those unashamedly heroic works of art, like Wagner, or Walter Scott, or a Boris Vallejo painting. Milus's Nietzchein superman obsession is unnervingly comfortable within the sweeping vistas, the marvelously designed sets (yes sets… no CG here folks), the simplistic cult as religion as politics worldmaking, Basil Poledouris's chest beating score, Schwarzenegger's ridiculous physique and the action… still the best scenes of sword/axe/hammer combat slashing/cutting/bludgeoning their way onto celluloid… the term bone crunching gives the idea that bones last long enough to crunch in these fight scenes. If this film was a person it'd be a rambling psychopath living in a canyon on vulture blood, it's action as plot and character and dialogue, it's a silent movie with sound, it's David Lean doing David Gemmell… trust me, it's fuckin' biblical.
Quantum of Solace
Skyfall, Skyfall, Skyfall. Stop telling me how good Skyfall is everyone! I mean, it's good, yes. It's fine. But its one liners and re-establishment of old tropes all feels a little stately coming off the back of the lean, mean killing machine best known as Quantum of Solace. Of course, that's not true; Solace is primarily known as the one everyone seems a bit embarrassed by. The first actual sequel in Bond's history builds on a plot that is stopped dead by Skyfall's short term memory, and even Daniel Craig and the Bond producers have subsequently spoken against it. You can't help but feel a little sorry for Marc Forster.
It's imperfect, yes, and it's not much of a Bond film, I'll give you that. From the sound design over the opening shots, to the general lack of gadgets, to it's boldly stylised opera sequence – it's more like a really stylish Bourne movie, in a lot of ways. It's like Jason Bourne woke up one morning, realised he had the face of Matt Damon and decided he was going to flirt with everyone all day.
Of course, it's not as good as Casino Royale. Everyone knows that, though, right?
Creating a hermetically sealed world is a tricky thing to sustain in cinema, the plot may sag (Carnage) or the characters may grate (Cube), but it can be worth the risk to conjure up a truly meaty atmosphere, and a world that can support its own physical laws, allowing for particularly memorable and singular visions (any Lynch film lives in Lynch world, wherever it goes). Kontroll is sealed within the sprawling phantasmagoria of the Budapest underground rail network and if anything at times it barely seems to fit all its ideas in the tunnels, on the tracks and in the cramped offices of the main protagonists, the ticket inspectors.
Part murder mystery, part romance, part comedy, part thriller, part horror, part sci-fi, part psychological character piece, part hallucinogenic wrong-footing everything. Like other brilliant perversions of reality such as Lars Von Trier's Kingdom or Gilliam's Brazil it comes across as one of those films that has 'borrowed' from a shed load of other sources but simultaneously seems to be all of its own making.
13 Tzameti
I watched this in a pretty much empty cinema probably on a Tuesday night, and toward the end of the film there was one thing that i remember vividly… people were laughing. Now 13 isn't a comedy and they certainly weren't laughing because it's bad, they were laughing because it's so unbelievably tense there is little else you can do to relieve the pressure building up in your head. The film follows a young Georgian man as he mistakenly becomes embroiled in an underground gambling scene that has swapped blackjack for Russian Roulette. So it's like the end of The Deer Hunter for an hour and half, in black and white.
Yes, it's that good.
The thing about Intacto is that it seems (like nearly all movies) to take so much from previous works; but with it you can never quite put your finger on what they are. It's influences seem obscured, a bit like navigating a coastline in dense fog. Here and there you get a glimpse of Lynch or noir, maybe a touch of Eco or Borges, but never enough to feel you can safely land at a conclusion at what strikes you as so familiar about a film that is so unfamiliar. The plot is uncommon, it is about luck or to be more specific, about those who can steal luck , but in a wider sense it is also a mystery film presented in a way that is familiar to anyone who has seen David Mamet's early films, Homicide for example. It's all about sleight of hand and obfuscation, the ability to make the viewer so entangled in the film that they almost feel complicit…well with any luck you will.


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I've often thought that it's a bit of a shame not to offer this as a service as I do actually quite like the idea but if I was to be the photographer it would be a bit weird to spend the whole of the wedding day quietly observing and recording to then turn into a crazy photo booth photographer in the evening! There is also the issue of equipment and logistics so, for me at least, it doesn't really make sense!
Having observed over the last few years quite a large number of photo booths in action I know for a fact that their success often lies in the hands of the person who is running it. Not all of your guests will feel completely at ease acting up and trying to be funny in front of a stranger – especially if they are actually taking the photographs – they can also be quite expensive either with up front costs or with extra print costs so it can make sense to have a go at DIYing it! Obviously it is much cheaper and your guests may well feel much more comfortable running it themselves and the results that you get ie hilarious photographs of everyone letting their hair down, could well be much better than you would get with a pro booth.
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If you're missing an item, you can always buy a cheap version of that item on the road – no big deal. If you pack an item you don't need…well you just carried that item for your entire trip. For many people, that means they dealt with extra weight, less space and more stress having to pack and lug that useless item halfway around the world.
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Don't lament at the things you can't bring, look at the bright side: having to carry your whole life on your back can be incredibly freeing. Backpacking is an exercise in minimalism. You quickly find out what's important to you when you have to decide whether or not to bring it.
It also means that the gear you bring is very personal. Things that are important to one person may not be important to another. The gear you bring is completely your choice. It's for that reason that I have split the gear below into categories. Whether or not you decide you want to bring gear from that category is up to you.
Your backpack
This is the single most important piece of gear that you'll buy. You COULD use a standard camping pack if you have one, but I suggest buying one specifically for backpack travelling. Why?
- they can open all the way and lay flat like a standard suitcase
- they can fit in the carry on bin (no more checked items!)
- they have laptop pockets and other features that camping bags don't
Don't worry – you don't have to break the bank to find a great travelling backpack.
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The Farpoint 40 is an amazing bag for any one bag traveller. It's built-in frame and waist strap allows you to disperse the weight of your bag over your hips, making it a very comfortable option. The shoulder and waist straps can also be zipped away, leaving a clean-looking duffel-sized bag. There are 2 compartments: the main one comes with compression straps to secure your clothing, and the laptop compartment which has a bunch of organizational pockets.
I've trucked this bag all around the world, and it's easily the best budget bag you can buy. Osprey is renowned for it's high quality, so plan on keeping this one for awhile.
price: $355 USD
If money is no object, you may want to spring for a GR2. The bag itself is the same size as the Osprey Farpoint 40, but has many more organizational pockets, including a bomb-proof laptop compartment! It's made from military-grade materials, so you can count on it being extremely durable and water-resistant.
Perhaps one of the best quality bags you can find, if you're willing to pay the premium.
Still unsure which bag to get for your travels? Take a look at our backpack chooser page:How to choose your backpack
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Clothing is where most people trip up when sorting out their backpacking gear. This is true for both short and long-term travel: people always worry about not having something they "need", when they should worry about carrying around something they don't need.
Your clothing choices should be simple, versatile and easy to care for. I'm also not a believer in investing hundreds of dollars in new backpacking clothes – most of my clothes come from my closet, with a few strategic additions when they made sense.
Finally, there is fashion. When people think of a backpacker, they often see someone wearing t-shirts, convertible shorts, hiking shoes and sunglasses. I refuse to travel this way. My favourite destinations are metropolitan cities like Tokyo, Lyon, London and New York City. I'd much rather dress like a local than stand out like a sore thumb.
How do I do it? Here's my wardrobe list for 1 year of travel:
|Clothing List (men's)
|6 button downs (1 short sleeve, the rest long)
|2 t-shirts (1 short sleeve, 1 long)
|1 golf shirt
|2 pants (grey jeans+khakis)
|1 pair of shorts
|6 socks/boxers
|1 light fleece jacket
|1 pair swim trunks
|1 pair of flip flops
|1 pair of boots (Blundstone)
|1 winter hat
|1 summer hat
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Most people don't want to leave their electronics behind when they travel, but you can't bring everything! You have to be strategic in what you bring, and try to use a single device for multiple purposes if possible.
For instance, if you're looking for a device for web-surfing, watching movies, reading books, and playing games, then bringing a single tablet might be all you need. On the other hand, if you read books a lot more than you do the other things, you might prefer the comfort of your favourite eReader.
Like everything else, this is very personal. Here's what I brought:
|Electronics List
Then there are the things that don't fit into any category. Whether for safety, luxury, work, or comfort, it's unavoidable that you'll bring more than you think. My advice here is: never to bring anything you won't use on a weekly basis. The only exception to this is a small first-aid kit, which I encourage everyone to bring.
Here's what I bring:
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…to be continued
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