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Links for the Day – January 19, 2020

And now it’s all this: Multitasking, windows, and the Mac
Senses of Cinema: “A Hundred Years Ago”: 1919 in Cinema, at Il Cinema Ritrovato, 32nd edition, Bologna, Italy, June 22-30, 2019
Senses of Cinema: The lecturer’s legacy: In memory of Professor Peter Wollen
TCJ: Catherine Meurisse: The Face Of French Comics Is Female
The Playlist: 52 Films Directed By Women To Watch In 2020
Variety: U.S. Home Entertainment Market Topped $25 Billion in 2019, With 63% Coming From Streaming
Variety: Universal, Warner Bros. to Form DVD Joint Venture as Disc Sales Keep Dwindling

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Links for the Day – January 18, 2020

BFI: Bringing up Cary Grant
Cinema Gadfly: To Joy
Daring Fireball: The Talk Show: ‘Sport Mode’
Diabolique Magazine: No Exit: Hell is a Film Related Facebook Group.
Diabolique Magazine: The Poetry of Jean Vigo
Eater Portland: A Tonkotsu-Heavy Ramen Shop Will Open on Southeast Hawthorne This Spring
GeekMom: The Hunt for Extraterrestrial Life Focuses on Orange Dwarf Stars
Greg Morris: How To Set Up Ghost Link Posts Using Canonical URL
MONSTER BRAINS: Roland Topor – Drawing for Fantastic Planet, early 1970’s
New Yorker: Film Forum’s Celebration of Black Actresses
New Yorker: Lessons I’ve Learned in My First Six Months of Freelancing
Open Culture: Hear Christopher Tolkien (RIP) Read the Work of His Father J.R.R. Tolkien, Which He Tirelessly Worked to Preserve
The Life and Times of David Chen: ‘Bad Boys For Life’ video review
The Life and Times of David Chen: My top 10 films of 2019
The Sorcerer Blog: Reissue of the Sorcerer soundtrack coming!
The Takeout: Add Pancake Batter to Eggs to Make a Superior Omelet
Trailers From Hell: Fail Safe
Trailers From Hell: Tunes of Glory
Waxy.org: Fast.ai’s guide to starting a free, simple blog you own on GitHub Pages
Willamette Week: A Northeast Portland Bookshop Is Reopening After Dozens of Rare Books Were Stolen From the Store
Wired: At Last, Physicists Confirm the Fastest Way to Board a Plane

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Links for the Day – January 17, 2020

A Cloister of Wolves and Fire: Local Hero [1983]
BFI: The many faces of Federico Fellini – part one: the neorealist
BirchTree: Tracking My Movies and Books in 2020 with Letterboxd and GoodReads
Blu-ray.com: Upcoming Arrow Academy Blu-ray Releases
Bright Wall/Dark Room: Consciousness and Creativity in Pain and Glory
Cartoon Brew: Tex Avery’s Classic MGM Shorts Are Coming To Blu-Ray
Cartoon Research: Heinz Edelmann and the Yellow Submarine
Daisuke Beppu: Criterion Collection Releases for 2020: HOLIDAY (Spine No. 1009)
Film Comment: Deep Focus: Weathering with Me
Film Comment: Sundance 2020 Cheat Sheet
Riccardo Mori: People and resources added to my reading list in 2019
Richard Brody: How to Make the Oscars Relevant Again
Techmeme: YouTube for iOS adds filters for its Subscriptions tab, letting users sort videos via tags like All, Today, Unwatched, Continue Watching, Live, and Posts (Abner Li/9to5Google)
The Arts Shelf: Criterion Collection UK to release Alfonso Cuarón’s ‘ROMA’ on Blu-ray & DVD this February!
The Current: SXSW 2020 Features Lineup
The Digital Bits: BREAKING: Warner Bros. and Universal Pictures announce the merger of their home entertainment disc operations
The Sweet Setup: Mike’s System for Ideas (Part 1)
The Verge: Disney is dropping ‘Fox,’ rebranding its acquired studio as 20th Century Studios
The Verge: Disney is forcing Etsy to take down adorable Baby Yoda dolls
Trailers From Hell: Wild Strawberries

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Links for the Day – January 16, 2020

Accidental Tech Podcast: 361: A Button in the Thumb Shelf
Animation Magazine: It’s the End of the World and She’s Just Fine!: ‘Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts’
Ars Technica: Another reason to hurry with Windows server patches: A new RDP vulnerability
Ars Technica: Patch Windows 10 and Server now because certificate validation is broken
Cartoon Research: Top 10 Best Musical Scores In A Cartoon Short
Cinema Gadfly: Remorques
Criterion Confessions: HOLIDAY – #1009
INSIDE THE ROCK POSTER FRAME BLOG: Chris Thornley Iron Giant Movie Poster Release By Grey Matter Art
kottke.org: “World Travel: An Irreverent Guide”, an Upcoming Travel Guidebook by Anthony Bourdain
kottke.org: Official Posters for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games
kottke.org: This Striking Image of the Moon Is a Combination of 100,000 Photos
LA Times: New cinema books on ‘French New Wave’ and ‘Hollywood Chinese’ to brighten your shelves
NYT: Christopher Tolkien, Keeper of His Father’s Legacy, Dies at 95
Offspring: How to Help Your Kid Manage Their Anxiety at Every Age
Open Culture: How a Philip Glass Opera Gets Made: An Inside Look
SXSW: Your Indie Film Creator Toolkit
The Atlantic: AJ and the Queen Says Drag Will Make America Okay Again
The Verge: Google is finally killing off Chrome apps, which nobody really used anyhow
The Verge: Sony launches new wireless camera grip to make it easier to vlog
TheOneRing.net: Christopher Tolkien Passes Away at the Age of 95
VICE: Whatever Happened to Anonymous?
Waxy.org: Who Wrote That?
Wirecutter: The Best Portable SSD

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Links for the Day – January 15, 2020

512 Pixels: The Apple Archive
Animation Magazine: VES Sponsors Int’l Georges Méliès Restoration Project
Bright Wall/Dark Room: Letting Go in Small Doses
MacStories: iA Writer 5.4 Adds New Export Options, Local Backups, and Hashtag Suggestions
MacStories: Sam Henri Gold Launches The Unofficial Apple Archive
Metrograph: The Metrograph Interview: Hal Hartley
Offspring: How Do You Navigate Play Dates When You’re a ‘Device-Free’ Family?
Offspring: How to Know When Your Child Is Ready for a Smartphone
The Kid Should See This: Oasis, a Gobelins animated short film
The Shape of Everything: Willamette Week on Panic in the Games Publishing Business
The Verge: Google just bought a startup that will help it list physical stores’ products online
The Verge: Windows 7 is gone, but what’s next for Windows 10?
The Verge: YouTube adds some basic subscription filters on iOS to make your backlog less intimidating
VICE: How to Organize Your Workplace Without Getting Caught
VICE: Paris Museums Just Released 321,178 Works of Art Online for Free

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Links for the Day – January 14, 2020

512 Pixels: Hard G
Animated Views: How the power of Netflix brought Klaus and I Lost My Hand into the Oscar race
Animation Scoop: Oscar Nominees for Animation
Just The Discs Podcast: Episode 141 – Blu-ray Discoveries of 2019!
Literary Hub: Nnedi Okorafor’s Binti is being adapted for Hulu.
New Beverly Cinema: From Model Shop to Meat Market
Open Culture: Art Record Covers: A Book of Over 500 Album Covers Created by Famous Visual Artists
RogerEbert: The 4-Star Films of 2019
The Loop: Benjamin Mayo: Text selection on iOS 13, one way it is a downgrade from iOS 12
The Takeout: Banish Back Pain With This Massive $20 Heating Pad
The Verge: Microsoft bids farewell to Windows 7 and the millions of PCs that still run it
The Verge: Square Enix delays Final Fantasy VII Remake and Avengers games until later in 2020
Wirecutter: The Best Gear for Travel
Wirecutter: The Best TV Deals for Every Budget

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Links for the Day – January 13, 2020

Ars Technica: Linus Torvalds’ ZFS statements aren’t right—here’s the straight dope
Boing Boing: Boing Boing was hacked
BrettTerpstra.com: The IndieWeb and Webmentions
kottke.org: Paris Museums Put 100,000 Images Online for Unrestricted Public Use
Marco.org: Low Power Mode for Mac laptops: making the case again
NeuroLogica Blog: Light and Satellite Pollution
The Sweet Setup: Doing a Digital Declutter
VICE: The Oldest Material Discovered on Earth Is 7-Billion-Year-Old Literal Stardust

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Links for the Day – January 12, 2020

512 Pixels: DIY Apple I Kit
boutiquebluray: New Releases from Oscope – Ms. Purple & Midnight Traveler
Cinema Gadfly: Alexander Nevsky
LA Times: Seeing Terrence Malick films through his use of music. His composers share what they know
New Yorker: Terry Gross Talks with David Remnick
New Yorker: The Chaotic, Beautiful Larks of Elizabeth Wurtzel
New Yorker: The Misfit Awesomeness of Neil Peart and Rush
New Yorker: The Restorative Pause of Silent Record Week
Reddit: Can the Mr Rogers of Criterion get some love?
shortcuts: r/Shortcuts Best of 2019 Awards – Nominations
Techmeme: AvePoint, which makes cloud governance tools for Microsoft Office 365, Sharepoint, and more, raises $200M Series C led by TPG Sixth Street Partners (Ron Miller/TechCrunch)
Techmeme: Researchers estimate streaming companies lost about $9.1B to password piracy and sharing in 2019 and say losses will rise to $12.5B in 2024 (Alex Weprin/Hollywood Reporter)
The Takeout: Could food TV turn your kid into a healthy eater? Science says “sure, why not”
The Takeout: The Starbucks Oatmilk Honey Latte will make you feel like a grown-up
VICE: Archaelogical Find Suggests That Actual Paleo Diet Included Lots of Carbs
YouTube: FELLINI 100 – TRAILER (Il Cinema Ritrovato al Cinema)

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Links for the Day – January 11, 2020

BirchTree: Dark, Textured Wallpapers
BirchTree: J-Archive: An Unbelievable Resource for Jeopardy Fans
Boing Boing: Howto: file your taxes for free without getting defrauded into paying a big tax-prep firm
Colorful Animation Expressions: My Year in Film – 2019 Favorites
kottke.org: Ian McKellan’s 1999 Lord of the Rings Blog
Little White Lies: A new documentary is reclaiming the legacy of Alice Guy-Blaché
Macdrifter: Do Good By Friday
Mondo: New THE SWORD IN THE STONE Enamel Pins by Oliver Barrett!
Rotoscopers: Animation Calendar – 2020
Saveur: Banish Kitchen Clutter with Five Genius Fridge Organizers
The Animation Anomaly: Animation Articles 02-2020
The Guardian: Streaming: celebrate Fellini at 100
Trailers From Hell: The Titfield Thunderbolt
VICE: Casper’s Business Model: Burn All the Money Hidden Under the Mattress
VICE: New York Is Proposing the Creation of a ‘Public Venmo’
Wirecutter: The Best Purse Organizer

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Links for the Day – January 10, 2020

BFI: 10 great acid westerns
Eater Portland: Warm Up With Portland’s Eight Go-To Hot Chocolates
Film Comment: The Film Comment Podcast: Filmmakers on Varda
GeekMom: Firewalla – Training My Son for the Real World
Lifehacker: How to Be Better at Email in 2020
Lifehacker: What to Do With All Those Cables and Cords You’ve Hoarded
Metrograph: The Shapes of Water in the Films of Makoto Shinkai
Observations on film art: Un-Marry me a little: MARRIAGE STORY and LITTLE WOMEN
Portland Mercury: Bodacious Bud Infused Bulletproof Coffee is Badass
The Guardian: Before 1917: revisiting the greatest first world war movies
The Guardian: Czech new wave director Ivan Passer dies aged 86
The Guardian: El Topo review – Jodorowsky’s weird world of occult psychedelia
The Verge: Microsoft Teams is getting a Walkie Talkie feature so you can reach colleagues all day long
The Verge: The most important TVs of CES 2020 were finally for the masses
The Verge: This real-life Transformer might be one of the coolest robot toys ever made
Willamette Week: Watch the Trailer for the New Portland-Set Disney+ Original Film “Timmy Failure”
Wired: A New Law for Gig Workers Reaches Beyond Ride-Hail Drivers
Wired: Quibi Bets On a Future of Quick Clips and Tiny Screens

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