The YouTube Devolution

Once upon a time, it would have meant something to have watched the Zidane head-butt in the World Cup final live on TV. I did see it. I missed the first 85 minutes or so of the match, then tuned in for the critical juncture. Pow! Right there.

But who cared? The blow was right Read More

In This Game of Survivor, No One Gets Off the Island

Gary Burns’ Waydowntown , from a screenplay by Mr. Burns and James Martin, was reportedly shot on digital video and 35-millimeter film entirely on location inside a maze of corporate offices and urban malls in downtown Calgary, Canada. By making this madcap movie about the plight of the cubicle-office worker, the filmmaker satisfied a longtime Read More