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Check out something new and fantastic: This Week in FanFare, on the blue!

01/07/25
by taz

(Water)Cooler than You

close-up detail of A Complete Unknown film poster showing Timothée Chalamette as Bob Dlan in singlasses against a white backgroundcompletely unknown? Ways to promote Fanfare on the site ...

In Metatalk, people are talking about ideas for promoting and surfacing more Fanfare activity, and in Fanfare itself, Star Wars: Skeleton Crew, Nosferatu, Yacht Rock, and A Complete Unknown are among current hot topics. See more at the Watercooler!

01/06/25
by taz

Good Stuff in Metatalk

Oh hey, the Metafilter Card Club swap is still vibing ... continuously for nearly seven whole years now! Wow! Check the thread for how to participate in this ancient tradition. Thank you, Sparky Buttons!!! Also, CMcG is sharing their 2024 Fanfare EXTRAVAGANZA, a place where folks can share their recommended books, movies, tv, music, games, and podcasts from the past year. Nice!🥳

12/29/24
by taz

"something is terrible, hopeless and dangerous"

Two characters in conversation outside a retro diner with a bright neon 'Coffee Shop' sign and a large burger advertisement in the background, captured in a vibrant urban setting.Miracle Mile screenshot

DirtyOldTown: This is one of my three or four favorite movies EVER. I have a list of things. I could fill the whole page. Great, interesting comment about Steve de Jarnatt in Lemkin's very interesting post on the film "Miracle Mile". Go ahead and fill the whole page, DoT!

12/23/24
by taz

More Christmas stories than you can shake a yule log at!

It’s THAT most time of the year, where Hallmark Christmas movies rain down like Santa plopping down the fireplace. Fortunately, jenfullmoon has started a review blog about them, so you can figure which one’s are really worth it!

"That's So Nice Of You"

Out in the among the intertubes of the internet, AlSweigart found...something, and decided to share the surreal journey. You may never ask a stranger to take a photo of you again or you may ask every stranger to take a photo of you, the journey is just wonderfully odd!

What is your life was a movie?

Condour75 has made a neat little app called Memento Movi! Here’s how they describe it: “The user enters date of birth and life expectancy, and chooses from a list of movies. The site then shows a frame from that movie that represents your place in your lifespan. So, for instance, a twenty-year-old who selects Star Wars will likely get a frame from Tattooine, but a sixty-year-old who selects Jaws will be on the boat.”

I’m 71.02% of the way through Howl's Moving Castle, how about you?

The Internet Is For Them!

Photo by William Yeung, courtesy of Flickr You want scenes of cats? ‘Cause this is how you get scenes of cats, courtesy of Pink Fuzzy Bunny’s Ask MetaFilter question!

Tool Check

photo of a reproduction ancient adze with metal blade, wooden handle and jute twineNot enough of these. (adze re-enactment tool via daegradtools.com)

At some point someone dared to wonder, "what if a time-displaced MMA-fightin' Viking orphan became a carpenter's apprentice to Jesus of Nazareth?" and voila, a movie was born! But of all the tools in this production, which ones are most wrong? Jedicus helps us see the light.

11/02/24
by taz

Scary movies!

Photo by Lisa Zins, via Flickr (https://www.flickr.com/photos/lisazins/)

DirtyOldTown has the most appropriate question for this time of year: What’s your favorite scary movie. No, this is not about real life or the US Presidential election, just plain ol’ Halloween!

Thank you

Screenshot from the interview

Come sit with acclaimed actress Kathy Bates as she talks about her career and latest project. Stay for the moving moment when she's shown an invaluable moment from her past and decades of regret are finally erased.

No horror or gore though!

Photo by Marwan Youssef, via Flickr (https://www.flickr.com/photos/143720381@N02/)

Faintdreams is looking for 'odd' movie suggestions, but not just regular odd, but 'delightfully odd'! What would you recommend?

"From Awooga to Whistling Wind"

photo of a file box of old, numbered audiotapes in their Scotch brand sleevesfrom the Red Library: Creaks

Pink Fuzzy Bunny posted the rather wonderful USC Optical Sound Effects Library – "Classic movie sound effects on optical and magnetic tape from the 30's to the 80's, all carefully restored, catalogued and posted on the Internet Archive."

08/31/24
by taz

For The Love Of Movies

Community member wubbie absolutely loves posters, especially movie posters! So they built a cloud based service that allows anyone to stream over 3,500 movie posters to their device for the most epic and love and movie art ever!

"I need the old blade runner, I need your magic."

A screenshot from the adaptation Citizenk took the time to remind us of an old, yet incredibly ambitious project, Blade Runner: the Aquarel Edition. It's a shot by shot recreation of the movie, but done in watercolors and it is stunning to see.

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