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Attempted Prophecies: America’s hay days

B & FT Online 04 Nov 2021

Sound-on-film, it was called ... In 1922, an American inventor Lee de Forest, having attempted working on developing sound-on-film technology for years, building on the Tri-Ergon process finally developed his own sound-on-film technology, solving, specifically, the problem of amplification.

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Finn Wolfhard: “It still doesn’t feel real that I’m in ‘Ghostbusters’”

NME 04 Nov 2021

While there was charm to Calpurnia’s ‘Scout’ EP, ‘Karaoke Alone’ is undoubtedly several steps up – a lo-fi indie record that playfully skips through sounds and styles as Wolfhard and Craig share their feelings on life and love ... It was inspired largely by New Zealand cult act The Clean, as well as other bands tied to the Kiwis’ “Dunedin sound”.

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Pandemic Tech: For Now, or Forever?

Engineering Times 04 Nov 2021

Feelings about the film aside, it was both good and strange to be back at the movies ... I thought back to hearing Tomlinson Holman, inventor of the Lucasfilm THX sound system, say surround-sound effects should add subtle cues to a film, not make you want to turn around to see where the sound came from.

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Film explores relation of clothing and body

The Jamestown Press 04 Nov 2021

A film that explores the connections between clothing and the body will be screened at 5 p.m ... “Waves and Shadows,” filmed at Beavertail State Park in fall 2020, was ...

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Chvrches to highlight 'Screen Violence' in tour playing Pittsburgh

The Beaver Times 04 Nov 2021

Sleek-sounding, hook-filled and sprinkled with enough horror film references to earn a collaboration with "Halloween" director John Carpenter, "Screen Violence" touches on the expectations for fright-film scream queens paralleled with the sexism foisted on women of the real world.

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LOOPED at New Phoenix Theatre presents Hollywood “bad girl” Tallulah Bankhead with nuance and penetrating insight

Buffalo Rising 04 Nov 2021

L-R James Cichocki as film editor and Julie Kittsley as Tallulah Bankhead ... If the rhythm of those one-liners sounds familiar, you might be thinking of the original “bad girl” of Hollywood, Mae West (1893 – 1980) ... James Cichocki as film editor, Julie Kittsley as Tallulah Bankhead, Elliott Fox as sound engineer.

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Marble Falls graduate, horror film director inspired by town in ‘Butchers Bluff’

DailyTrib 04 Nov 2021

Marble Falls graduate, horror film director inspired by town in ‘Butchers Bluff’ ... William Instone wears many hats in his film industry career. The 1996 Marble Falls High School graduate has won awards for films he has written, co-directed, produced, and starred in ... It’s a love letter to 1960s horror films.”.

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A Salish short by Counting Coup Films hopes to grow the film industry in Indian country

Inlander 04 Nov 2021

About an hour and a half north of Spokane on the Kalispel Indian Reservation, the second night of shooting has begun on the short film Strongest at the End of the World, a period piece/supernatural thriller in which the two lead actors speak entirely in Salish ... Because the sounds are just wholly different.".

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‘What convinces Hollywood is money’, says former Portstewart barrister turned journalist

Belfast Telegraph 04 Nov 2021

The Fall and Rise of Women in Film, was published earlier this year ... “It was always in the back of my mind that film was where my heart really lay, but it just didn't seem realistic ... “It's going to sound pretty silly, but I genuinely think the 2017 film Wonder Woman, directed by Patty Jenkins was pretty important,” says Helen.

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Watch “No Time to Die” streaming free online At-home: Is James Bond 007 on HBO ...

The Signal 04 Nov 2021

The film was once scheduled to premiere in the spring of 2020, but the coronavirus pandemic led to multiple delays ... You can buy or rent the first film here ... And it sounds a little Skyfall-ish, with the director explaining that the film sees Bond struggling with the new world of espionage, and the new rules it developed when he was away.

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Lauren Ridloff on playing a deaf superhero in 'Eternals': Was overwhelmed with responsibility of being first and only deaf superhero

The Times of India 04 Nov 2021

In the film, which Disney releases in theatres Friday, Ridloff plays one of 10 immortal guardians alongside Gemma Chan, Richard Madden, Angelina Jolie and Kumail Nanjiani ... Despite diverse cast, first deaf superhero and first gay kiss, Chloe Zhao directorial is currently lowest-rated film in Marvel Cinematic Universe.

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Becoming a 'Dune'-nut

The Manila Times 04 Nov 2021

There are many beautiful shots showing the vastness of the desert planet, its dangers, all accompanied by a soundtrack with whispers, wailing chants, the sound of blowing sand and lots of percussion. The film is really made for consumption in as immersive a way as possible.

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Salma Hayek: ‘Let me tell you about my craziness...’

The Irish Times 04 Nov 2021

And, to be honest, there are times when she does sound a bit like one ... This month alone, she stars in two films ... “It has to start somewhere, and I’m glad it starts with me!” But good intentions can’t disguise that the script is a load of hooey (the Guardian gave the film two stars).

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‘Finch’ review: Tom Hanks battles the elements alone. Didn’t he do this in ‘Cast Away’? ...

The Mercury 04 Nov 2021

But until then, it’s Tom Hanks versus the elements — including his own frazzled psyche — and if that sounds familiar, like a dystopian version of “Cast Away,” well, the film itself doesn’t offer many counterpoints in this solo survival story of a man who manages to retain a modicum of humor and ingenuity even as he stares down his own mortality.

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Purf-fect rhythm! Startled cat twitches every time printer makes a noise in bizarre video

The Daily Mail 04 Nov 2021

The pet is seen twitching at the device each time it makes a sound in a video clip filmed in St Petersburg, Florida, on October 29 ... Bizarre footage shows a cat being repeatedly startled by the noises coming from a working printer in a video filmed in the US city of St Petersburg, Florida, on October 29 ... 'Are you ready?' as she goes to stroke Bentley.