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Patrick Goldstein: "The Visitor"
Go Into The Story | July 8th 2008 by Scott Myers
Recently, we've touched on the slump in the indie-film market here and here. But as usual, things are never striclty black and white. Today in the LA Times, Patrick Goldstein takes a look at The Visitor, this summer's sleeper indie hit, raking in $1 read more
Florida State University
Filmmaking 101 | July 2nd 2008 by Peter Hawley
Last weekend I went to Florida State University where I spoke with a group of film students working on their thesis films. The dumb filmmaker likes nothing better than a road trip, and getting a chance to talk film with passionate film students was read more
Falling in Love with Book Covers
Jennie S. Bev's Bits of Life | June 30th 2008 by Jennie S. Bev
I usually buy books based on need and passion, rarely because of their covers. From time to time, I make exceptions. There is a special place in my heart for special books with soft and superbly designed covers. Like Tom McCarthy’s The Remainde read more
Summer Books: Simon & Schuster and Counterpoint/Soft Skull
Conversational Reading | June 27th 2008 by Scott Esposito
Friday Catalogs: Simon & Schuster and Counterpoint/Soft Skull Summer '08 Simon & Schuster First up is a book I've been hearing a lot about lately, The Book of Chameleons by Angolan Jose Eduardo Agualusa (available, trans. Daniel Hahn). The book recei read more
Imperfect
Anti-anaesthetics | June 22nd 2008 by M.O.
It may have been clumsy to fall from his bike, but in dying beside the bollards on the tarmac he'd done what I wanted to do: merged with the space around him, sunk and flowed into it until there was no distance between it and him - and merged, too, w read more
Daily Dialogue - May 25, 2008
Go Into The Story | May 25th 2008 by Scott Myers
"It's funny how people see me and treat me, since I'm really just a simple, boring person. "-- Finbar McBride (Peter Dinklage), The Station Agent, written and directed by Tom McCarthy read more
I Read Tom McCarthy
Jennie S. Bev's Bits of Life | May 19th 2008 by Jennie S. Bev
I won’t feign loving romance novels and vanity fictional works, like those authored by Barbara Cartland, Jackie Collins, and Danielle Steele. No offense, ladies, I’m just not a romantic person, nor high-over-heels over romanticized notion read more
Week 1 Results of Hi Ho Books Away!
The View From Here | May 14th 2008 by Mike French
by The Lone RangerEarly Monday morning. I'm without my Indian and Silver is tied to the crash barrier in the pay 'n' display carpark. I make my way.Book goes down well: nice sun-lit bench, plenty of people. No sign of guns. Drinking saloon shut.M read more
Movies Opening Apr 11
VH Corner | April 11th 2008 by velveetahead
Nationwide Releases Smart People Directed: Naom Murro Starring: Dennis Quaid, Sarah Jessica Parker, Thomas Haden Church, Ellen Page, Ashton Holmes Trailer Synopsis: A self-absorbed, depressed professor [...] read more
I Won Something and NOT in Vegas
Jafabrit's Art | March 30th 2008
I, Jafabrit, actually won something. I won a book called, "Men In Space" in a competition on The View From Here, a literary blog by writer Mike French. The question was what would you graffiti on the wall and I wrote JAFAGIRLS ROCK--hee! hee! of cou read more
New Trailers March 14, 2008
Flick1 | March 14th 2008 by Flick1
The Dark Knight The follow-up to the action hit “Batman Begins,” “The Dark Knight” reunites director Christopher Nolan and star Christian Bale, who once again embodies the man behind the mask. “The Dark Knight” takes Batman across the wor read more
Men in Space: WINNER
The View From Here | March 14th 2008 by Mike French
Last week:ALMA BOOKS are giving away a signed hardback copy of Men in Space by Tom McCarthy to go with his interview on The View From Here.For a chance to win, tell me what you would graffiti on the wall in the picture opposite.Tom agreed to choose t read more
Tom McCarthy at the Barbican: What is Art?
The View From Here | March 10th 2008 by Mike French
Tom McCarthy:I'll be delivering my 'Red Paper on Terrestrial Art' to the Alien Affairs Committee of Mars, at the Martian Museum of Terrestrial Art in the Barbican Art Gallery, at 6.30 pm on Thursday March 20th.It's free with entry to the exhibition read more
Mike Interviews: Tom McCarthy Part 3 of 3
The View From Here | March 7th 2008 by Mike French
Mike InterviewsPart 1 of the interview can be found here.Part 2 of the interview can be found here.Win a signed hardback copy of Men in Space here.The book cover for Men in Space and the new cover for Remainder are kept simple with clean uncluttered read more
Mike Interviews: Tom McCarthy Part 2 of 3
The View From Here | March 6th 2008 by Mike French
Mike InterviewsPart 1 of the interview can be found here.Win a signed hardback copy of Men in Space here.How did you feel about Metronome's response, "If people want it, they can go to the ICA." to Waterstones request to stock Remainder? Metrono read more
COMPETITION: Win a signed copy of Men in Space
The View From Here | March 6th 2008 by Mike French
COMPETITION TIMEALMA BOOKS are giving away a signed hardback copy of Men in Space by Tom McCarthy to go with his interview on The View From Here.For a chance to win, tell me what you would graffiti on the wall in the picture opposite.Spray paint your read more
Mike Interviews: Tom McCarthy Part 1 of 3
The View From Here | March 5th 2008 by Mike French
Mike InterviewsI thought I'd kick this interview off with Tom's agent Jonny Pegg from Curtis Brown. I asked him about Tom and he had this to say:It's been a joy to see Tom's talents recognized, but I'm most excited about what's to come. Tom combines read more
Rich Schefren Business Acceleration Program Review 1
The Business Coaching Blog | February 7th 2008 by Paul Simister
Just before Christmas in December 2007, Rich Schefren and his company Strategic Profits launched the Business Acceleration Program to a hungry crowd of Internet marketing entrepreneurs. It was a terrific example of building up awareness and creating read more
The Wire Season 5 Episode 5: Media Chasing Their Own Tales and Ta…
Infinite Regress | February 3rd 2008 by Paul Levinson
A real standalone gem on The Wire tonight - which I predict will become a classic, almost Hitchcockian hour-long morality play of media chasing their own tales/tails...The medium in question, of course, is the Baltimore Sun, under fire both from staf read more
Mike Recommends: MEN IN SPACE
The View From Here | January 29th 2008 by Mike French
"There's no one left. Soon I will stop. Soon ..."Tom McCarthy's second novel, Men In Space, is a masterpiece. A painting on the white wall of a gallery that opens itself layer upon layer as you inspect it.And there lies its greatest weakness. For read more
Rich Schefren "New Beginnings" Conference - February 2008
The Business Coaching Blog | January 23rd 2008 by Paul Simister
The last conference Rich Schefren ran turned into the Business Acceleration Program, the massively successful business development home study course launched in late December 2007. Now Rich is putting together another blockbusting conference at Disne read more
Tom McCarthy | Tom McCarthy Leadership Training | Tom McCarthy Sa…
Self-Help Small Business and Entrepreneur Network | April 23rd 2007 by jim peake
'Thank your challenges for the opportunity,' to assist you in achieving your goals. What? This goes against common thinking and Tom McCarthy knows what he is talking about. He welcomes adversity and challenges, for it is part of what will help yo read more
Tom Mccarthy: Remainder (Rating: 8)
Love All Books | March 26th 2007 by Michael
I just finished reading Remainder by Tom Mccarthy.I really enjoyed this book for the most part. It is well written. It is easy to read. The main character is very complex and interesting. The premise is even more interesting than the main character. read more
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