Garage TV – LogoRama. “In a world made up entirely of trademarks and brand names, Michelin Man cops pursue a criminal Ronald McDonald.” This is nominated for the best short animated oscar and is quite amazing.

HotDocs Doc Library. the hotdocs film festival has a site where you can watch a ton of documentaries from past festivals including one of my all-time hotdocs faves Lifelike (about competitive taxidermists and highly entertaining).

Snow & Ashes – Trailer. interesting looking canadian film about war reporters.

YouTube – Best/Most motivational video in the world. a great collection. via ram

The House Next Door: Focus on the Family: Pixars Small-c Conservatism. interesting discussion on the themes in pixar’s films. also, i can’t believe i haven’t seen wall-e yet. via ram.

‘New Moon’ smashes Batman’s record – thestar.com “it pulled in a stunning $26.27 million (U.S.) in 12:01 a.m. screenings in the U.S. and Canada”. $27 million on just one screening. that’s insane.

Good Hair – Trailer. Chris Rock did a movie about black women’s hair. random.

Charlie Rose – Ken Burns. talking about his latest 6-hour documentary on The National Parks. Every single time I see Ken Burns speak I’m rabid to learn more about whatever he was talking about. Just a great interview.

Indie Screenings. website that lets you buy rights to do indie movie screenings. can totally see how political/charitable related films and documentaries could leverage something like this.

Visual Acoustics – trailer “Narrated by Dustin Hoffman, VISUAL ACOUSTICS celebrates the life and career of Julius Shulman, the world’s greatest architectural photographer, whose images brought modern architecture to the American mainstream.”

James Cameron’s Avatar – Teaser Trailer. the budget on this movie is $257M.

As Studios Cut Budgets, Indie Filmmakers Go Do-It-Yourself – NYTimes.com. mentions the documentary Anvil and dealing at TIFF.

New York, I Love You – Trailer. that phoenix track plays well in the trailer.

Fantastic Mr. Fox – Trailer. a stop-motion animated film by Wes Anderson. this look pretty awesome.

Trailers – Tron Legacy. crazy.

D tour | A rock ‘n roll film about life, death and bodily functions. someone made a film about pat spurgeon, the drummer of rogue wave, and his journey of getting a kidney transplant. also, seeing that tube sticking out of his side makes me want to take better care of my one kidney.

The Girlfriend Experience – Trailer. new Soderbergh film about a callgirl made in 16 days for a million bucks. trailer isn’t that great but i really like the movie poster.

Charlie Rose – A conversation with J.J. Abrams. great interview about star trek, lost, the movie business, and storytelling.

District9 – Trailer. interesting looking film with a documentary style, world war z, feel to it.

Hunger – Trailer. movie about the 1981 Irish Prison hunger strike.