http://www.thebitteroptimist.com Art, Culture, and Revolution! Thu, 22 Dec 2011 16:03:09 +0000 en hourly 1 http://www.thebitteroptimist.com/where-money-art-make-love/ http://www.thebitteroptimist.com/where-money-art-make-love/#comments Sun, 07 Mar 2010 01:28:43 +0000 Movie Morpheus http://www.thebitteroptimist.com/?p=505

Dagnabit! I like a brain with my widescreen, thank you! Guess with all the studios hyped up on reboots (geez), remakes (ugh), and sequels (blah) , the cineastes inside of us that yearn for regularly-scheduled, intelligent filmmaking (a la Scorcese, Demme, Mann, Fincher, Haynes) that’s rooted in this country will have to look no further… [...]]]> http://www.thebitteroptimist.com/where-money-art-make-love/feed/ 0 http://www.thebitteroptimist.com/precious-blackness-2010/ http://www.thebitteroptimist.com/precious-blackness-2010/#comments Fri, 19 Feb 2010 21:33:58 +0000 Movie Morpheus http://www.thebitteroptimist.com/?p=425

This is about getting more than my (our, your) two cents in. Film-biz-wise. I’m not claiming to know it all. Don’t wanna. Just wanna share, discuss, ignore, react, analyze… you know the whole range. That being said: where’s the post-racial love? Where, oh where, is our Obama-jama?! One year later in our Prez’s history-making (-dealing, [...]]]> http://www.thebitteroptimist.com/precious-blackness-2010/feed/ 0 http://www.thebitteroptimist.com/bettany-vs-harrelson/ http://www.thebitteroptimist.com/bettany-vs-harrelson/#comments Tue, 16 Feb 2010 21:32:32 +0000 Movie Morpheus http://www.thebitteroptimist.com/?p=421

This may seem a bit dated… but then really, when high concept has triumphed over A-list actors, it’s not. Paul Bettany. Woody Harrelson. These two arguably gifted actors would seem to have nothing in common. Don’t be fooled. 2009 may have been a watershed moment with Bettany on the downturn, and Harrelson on the upswing. [...]]]> http://www.thebitteroptimist.com/bettany-vs-harrelson/feed/ 0