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Everyone's a critic
A quick review of Project Phin |
Adam Browning |
27 Jul 2007 |
Gristmill |
| By my lights, the world's best movie critic is Janet Maslin, hands down. She has a simple formula: she lets you know if the movie sucks or not, she doesn't give away the ending, and she is funny. Take her review of The Bridges of Madison County. The second 'graph begins like this: 'Arguably the world's longest greeting card ... ' Beautiful. Someday I hope to be able to slide a metaphoric shiv with such economy. Anyway, the NYT has Maslin off movies and on the boo ... |
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| Topics: energy, fuel efficiency, green living, movies (all these topics) |
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Polar Expression
An interview with the directors of Arctic Tale |
Kate Sheppard |
24 Jul 2007 |
Main Dish |
| Adam Ravetch gets up close and personal with his subject. Photo: Arctic Bear Productions After the surprise success of March of the Penguins in 2005 -- a film about, well, penguins ... marching -- it's pretty clear that people like movies about cute animals in cold places. So it's no surprise that National Geographic Films, the company behind Penguins, is back this summer with a new movie documenting the ... |
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| Topics: animal welfare, Arctic, climate, climate change impacts, movies, wildlife (all these topics) |
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Eureka! I've discovered a phenomenal waste!
Shell and Nat Geo team up to create 5.4 million pieces of trash |
Erik Hoffner |
18 Jul 2007 |
Gristmill |
| A rant: I'm a big National Geographic dork, so it pains me to kvetch about the ton of crap that comes with each issue. Once relieved of its 'recyclable' plastic baggie, the fumes usually make me want to hang it on the clothesline for a while to air out, and I would, except a zillion junky inserts would festoon the lawn (excepting the sometimes great map supplement). But this month's garbage haul topped it all, as a promotional DVD tumbled to the kitchen floor. Ca ... |
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| Topics: waste, movies, green living, oil (all these topics) |
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New Simpsons movie has a green spin
Mmm, pollutocrats |
Katy Balatero |
18 Jul 2007 |
Gristmill |
| The Simpsons flee Springfield in the dark of night. TM and © 2007 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation. All Rights Reserved. Fans of The Simpsons have had to wait 18 years for the first full-length feature film about the family, opening on July 27. Although the hype leading up to the release date has included unique publicity stunts -- such as a contest between 14 Springfields across the U.S. to determine who gets to host the hometown premiere, and the convers ... |
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| Topics: green living, movies (all these topics) |
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Cameron Diaz wants you to make an 'ecospot'
Make a short eco-video about climate change and you could win a Toyota hybrid |
Grist |
10 Jul 2007 |
Gristmill |
| Are you a creative type with a hankering for 15 minutes of fame? Would you settle for 15 seconds? Enter this new eco-video contest and you could win public acclaim -- and a Toyota hybrid. Cameron tells you how: (Having trouble viewing the video? Download the latest version of Flash.) Current TV and the Alliance for Climate Protection (both Gore-driven projects) have teamed up to promote :60 Seconds to Save the Earth, a contest soliciting video public service announcemen ... |
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| Topics: Cameron Diaz, cars, celebrity, climate, climate change mitigation, green living, innovation, movies (all these topics) |
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Soap opera
A documentary about a crazed man and his love of soap and humankind |
Kate Sheppard |
07 Jul 2007 |
Gristmill |
| Usually when I roll out of bed and into the shower in the morning, I'm too lethargic to remember to wash between my toes, let alone analyze the prose on my bottle of soap. Which is probably why I never paid attention to the thousand-some-odd words printed all over the Dr. Bronner's Magic Soap bottle. Upon closer, wakeful inspection, those words are frickin' nuts. Case in point: 'ENJOY ONLY 2 COSMETICS, enough sleep & Dr. Bronner's 'Magic Soap' to clean body-mind ... |
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| Topics: green living, movies (all these topics) |
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15 Green Movies
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29 Jun 2007 |
Main Dish |
| And ... action! We've reeled in a cast of green-themed flicks; pop some popcorn, see what made the cut, then play critic in the comments section at the bottom of the page. An Inconvenient Truth Mr. Gore went to Washington, and we all know how that turned out. But when Al hit Hollywood, it was a different story altogether. An Inconvenient Truth let the former veep shout his climate message from the proverbial rooftops. Who would have thought a documentary about a polit ... |
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| Topics: An Inconvenient Truth, green living, lists, movies (all these topics) |
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In my Netflix queue
Films should change your perspective |
JMG |
27 Jun 2007 |
Gristmill |
| Manufactured Landscapes. The trailer alone beats an entire Bruce Willis movie. Can't wait for the flick. |
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| Topics: movies, green living (all these topics) |
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Noah Scape
Big-budget, zero-carbon comedy Evan Almighty opens today |
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22 Jun 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| Noah Scape Big-budget, zero-carbon comedy Evan Almighty opens today Today marks the debut of a movie that is, depending whom you ask, either a shining star in the eco-entertainment pantheon or a crass manifestation of green gone bad. Evan Almighty, with Steve Carell as a latter-day Noah, bills itself as "the first major motion picture comedy to zero out its [carbon] footprint." Its producers have launched a $ ... |
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| Topics: climate, green living, movies, news (all these topics) |
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Trying to let go of the weekend
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David Roberts |
04 Jun 2007 |
Gristmill |
| It's been sunny, clear, and hot in Seattle. My shoulders are sunburnt! My weekend was capped by two great experiences yesterday. First, I got to test drive BioD's new rig. Wow. You really can't imagine all the new horizons an electric bike opens up until you're on one -- especially an electric bike with enough power to pin your ears back. Then I saw Knocked Up, which I can't recommend highly enough. It manages to be funny without being crass or mean, and touching w ... |
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| Topics: bikes, green living, movies, placemaking (all these topics) |
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On the unity between peak oil and climate destabilization
A reality TV show that will knock your socks off |
JMG |
03 Jun 2007 |
Gristmill |
| Crude: a great overview of how, when, where, and why oil is obtained, and a fascinating look at what happens when you burn a bunch of it real fast. Think The End of Suburbia meets An Inconvenient Truth. |
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| Topics: energy, movies, oil (all these topics) |
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Will it play in Bolivia?
A South American take on Gore's film |
Katharine Wroth |
25 May 2007 |
Gristmill |
| Jessica Weisberg is an American journalist currently based in South America. The following is her take on the peculiar cultural dominance of An Inconvenient Truth. ----- I liked Al Gore's An Inconvenient Truth. Really, I did. But when I count off my reasons -- the special effects, the wet-your-pants astonishment, the drama -- I find myself applauding the film's popular appeal more than its take-home message. ... |
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| Topics: Al Gore, An Inconvenient Truth, Bolivia, climate, green living, movies (all these topics) |
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Lindsay Lohan on going green
And other tips from celebs |
Sarah van Schagen |
21 May 2007 |
Gristmill |
| Happy Monday, y'all. If your weekend was as awesome as mine (read: not awesome), you'll need some entertaining celeb goss to get you going this week. So here goes:Leonardo DiCaprio announced this weekend during press for his documentary 11th Hour (which I've heard, ps, is not awesome, though I hope I misheard) that he arrived at Cannes via commercial jet and tries to fly commercially as much as possible. He also defended Gore's travel-y lifestyle:The way he travels ... |
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| Topics: celebrity, green living, Leonardo DiCaprio, movies, TV (all these topics) |
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Plus, He Made That Boat Sink
Leonardo DiCaprio brings climate-change film to Cannes |
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21 May 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| Plus, He Made That Boat Sink Leonardo DiCaprio brings climate-change film to Cannes A year ago, Al Gore spread the climate-change message at the Cannes Film Festival. Now it's Leonardo DiCaprio's turn. The former boy wonder produced, co-wrote, and narrated The 11th Hour, a documentary that explores how industrial society screwed itself and how it can fix the problem. Relyi ... |
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| Topics: celebrity, climate, David Suzuki, green living, Leonardo DiCaprio, movies, news (all these topics) |
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The permafrost is melting ...
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David Roberts |
04 May 2007 |
Gristmill |
| ... releasing the possums! |
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| Topics: climate, climate change impacts, funnies, green living, movies (all these topics) |
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Gore reaches fame of Biblical proportions
Uh, literally |
Kate Sheppard |
03 May 2007 |
Gristmill |
| An Inconvenient Truth replaces the Gideon Bible in fancy new hotel. Dirt-worshiping hippies rejoice. |
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| Topics: Al Gore, An Inconvenient Truth, climate, green living, movies, religion and spirituality, travel (all these topics) |
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Celebrating Earth Day through consumption?
Amazon encourages its customers to buy green |
Chris Schults |
20 Apr 2007 |
Gristmill |
| Ah, Earth Day. What could be a better way to celebrate our planet than buying more stuff and then having it shipped halfway across the country? Regardless of what you may think of the online behemoth, Amazon.com should get some credit for prominently promoting its Earth Day store on its home page for the last week. And if their customers are going to buy things, it might as well be green things, right? In their '10 Ways You Can Help the Environment' they suggest ... |
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| Topics: environmental movement, green living, green products, movies, websites (all these topics) |
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Rock and reel
Gore to open Tribeca film fest |
Kate Sheppard |
09 Apr 2007 |
Gristmill |
| This just in: The Goracle will open the Tribeca Film Festival on April 25, playing host for the global-warming-themed SOS Short Films Program. The program features seven short films and music performances by groups set to appear at the Live Earth concerts on 7/7/07. |
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| Topics: Al Gore, green living, movies (all these topics) |
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Green screen
Socially conscious mail-order movies |
Kate Sheppard |
06 Apr 2007 |
Gristmill |
| For others who like a multimedia array of news and issues, be sure to check out the Ironweed Film Club, 'a monthly progressive film festival on DVD.' Sorta like Netflix, but you get to keep them. And they've got a specifically progressive/independent bent, bringing movies and issues to your doorstep that you aren't likely to come across otherwise. The film club was started by Adam Werbach, who was elected national president of the Sierra Club at 23 and then went on ... |
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| Topics: green living, movies (all these topics) |
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Gore on the small screen
AIT on Showtime |
David Roberts |
09 Mar 2007 |
Gristmill |
| Al Gore's Academy Award-winning documentary An Inconvenient Truth will make the move to the small screen, appearing this Sunday night (8pm EDT) on Showtime. Check your local schedule. |
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| Topics: An Inconvenient Truth, movies, TV (all these topics) |
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One Fine Day
Lisa Day of socially conscious film company Participant Productions answers readers' questions |
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09 Mar 2007 |
InterActivist |
| Do you think that An Inconvenient Truth should have considered another "inconvenient truth" -- that animal-based agriculture is a major contributor to the global climate-change crisis? -- Richard Schwartz, Staten Island, N.Y. Lisa Day, Participant Productions. The film itself focused on the two biggest contributors to the problem: fossil fuels and deforestation. Ho ... |
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| Topics: An Inconvenient Truth, climate, green living, InterActivist, interview, movies (all these topics) |
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On a Bender
A chat with Inconvenient Truth co-producer and Hollywood bigwig Lawrence Bender |
Amanda Griscom Little |
06 Mar 2007 |
Main Dish |
| Meet Lawrence Bender, the Hollywood producer who lent his big-screen savoir faire to the success of the Oscar-winning sensation An Inconvenient Truth. Lawrence Bender. It's not Bender's first brush with Oscar fame. He produced Academy Award best-picture nominees Good Will Hunting and Pulp Fiction, as well as Reservoir Dogs, Kill Bill, and other Quentin Tarantino blockb ... |
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| Topics: An Inconvenient Truth, climate, green living, movies (all these topics) |
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Something in the Way She Movies
Lisa Day of socially conscious film company Participant Productions answers Grist's questions |
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05 Mar 2007 |
InterActivist |
| Lisa Day. What work do you do? I am the vice president of social action and advocacy at Participant Productions. What does your company do? Participant is a film company with a twist -- we only make "issue" movies, and for each movie we create social-action campaigns. Our films have included An Inconvenient Truth and Syriana, as well as Good Night, a ... |
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| Topics: An Inconvenient Truth, climate, green living, InterActivist, interview, movies (all these topics) |
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Tales of the bizarre
My aborted adventure on Fox |
David Roberts |
01 Mar 2007 |
Gristmill |
| I'll tell you a little secret. Late last week, for a few brief, surreal hours, I was scheduled to appear on the Fox News show Hannity & Colmes to discuss ... well, allegedly the greening of the Oscars, but as anyone who's seen the show knows, the real topic was always going to be the hypocrisy of Hollywood limousine liberals blah blah. If that's not bizarre enough, Ann Coulter was scheduled to appear opposite me. And if that's not bizarre enough, hours after I ... |
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| Topics: celebrity, green living, movies, TV (all these topics) |
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Because you're tired of feeling out of the loop at cocktail parties
And because it's free |
Kate Sheppard |
28 Feb 2007 |
Gristmill |
| Oscar winner An Inconvenient Truth now available online, in its entirety. |
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| Topics: An Inconvenient Truth, movies (all these topics) |
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