public marks

PUBLIC MARKS from jlesage with tags politics & film

December 2006

Offscreen.com :: Volume 10, Issue 10

by 2 others
Canadian film journal online since 1997, wide coverage of independent and international film; many resources

November 2006

Boston Review

by 1 other
left political and literary review, good writing

Welcome to Transparency

by 1 other
"interprets and critiques movies and television, news and political rhetoric, theme parks and advertising, computer games and the Internet, and other creations of contemporary culture"

Design Observer: writings about design & culture

by 1 other
very well written blog; as I have commented before, knowing about space and place is crucial for thoughtful mediamakers

EServer.org: Accessible Writing

by 3 others
large collection of academic essays; "such diverse topics as art, architecture, race, Internet studies, sexuality, drama, design, multimedia, and current social issues. Also hypertext and streaming audio and video recordings."

Newest Webcams

by 12 others
random live webcams from the net, a new kind of documentary media, mostly surveillance

October 2006

M/C Journal - Latest Issue

from Australia, looking at media internationally and politically

Posthegemony

The "about" page for a blog on posthegemony. Author also comments succinctly on books, Latin America, film and television.

Sam Brody: American Filmmaker and Photographer

co-founder of 1930's Film and Photo League, a memorial web site gathering his writings

September 2006

Lens On Lebanon

"documentary material, photo narratives, and video diaries of daily life conceived, produced, and contributed by residents of Lebanon"

August 2006

The Tangled Web of Syriana

a fun chart illustrating the plot and connections between characters of a good political film

July 2006

DREAMS OF A NATION

resources and information on Palestinian cinema

Jump Cut: A Review of Contemporary Media

analyses with extensive visual examples; archives of print issues since 1974