More about Movies and media from Nell Minow, who reviews movies each week for Yahoo! Movies and radio stations across the U.S. and in Canada and writes the Media Mom column about families and popular culture for the Chicago Tribune.
Saturday, May 07, 2005
GreenCine Movie Primers
GreenCine Movie Primers are terrific essays published by Nexflix-rival GreenCine, who believe that "DVDs are not just entertainment but film-schools-in-a-box." They are short but sharp and informative introductory guides to classic film genres from French New Wave to Hammer Horror, from the ultra-(if sometimes artificial)-naturalism of Dogme 95 to the ultra, well, ultra-ism of Godzilla. These intros are a most-welcome inspiration to look beyond the "new releases" shelf for last-season's multiplex fodder.
Wow, hadn't heard about GreenCine. Is the advantage that they cater to so-called "alternative films"? Should I promote them in class over Netflix? (Not that I can get either service yet -- if I do that, or get cable, then I'll never get tenure, hahaha...)
ReplyDeleteBy the way, I have a question directed specifically to you up on my blog...