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Film: Cooperation Among Firefighters Along the Rio Grande
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In Texas, Mexican firefighters are saving the Rio Grande. Known as Los Diablos, or “the devils,” the elite firefighting crew is hired by the National Park Service to fight wildfires and conduct controlled burns along the border. The river provides water to more than 5 million people in the U.S. and Mexico, and sustaining its…
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Film: A Real Life Indiana Jones
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Film: Using Visual Effects to Make Friendly Dogs Look Vicious
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Animals, Dogs, Film, Photography
Film: The Dog Photographer
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Film: Soul of Sharjah
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Adventure, Film
Film: Deep Islands
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Film: In Japan
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Film: The Drum Doctor
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Film: Shot | Reverse Shot
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Film, Lifestyle
The Value of Knitting for an Afghan Refugee
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The short documentary Stitches is the story of a man who finds peace in knitting—after establishing a life in exile as an Afghan refugee during the Soviet–Afghan War. The subject is the filmmaker Abdullah Abo Jassin’s uncle, who writes, “His story connects in a way with all what my family has been through over the…
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Film: Will A Supposed Blockbuster Make Enough Money?
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Over at Forbes, Mark Hughes writes about the financial prospects of Batman v. Superman, an incoming, big-budget film. He’s addressing concerns that the film won’t make enough money. The fretting reduces to the worry that since the film cost a lot to make and market (yes, indeed) it will have to do amazingly well at the box…
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Friday Poll: Best Picture 2016
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Best Picture 2016 The Academy Awards are this Sunday, February 28th, with the Red Carpet beginning at 6 PM CT and the Ceremony at 7:30 PM CT. There are eight nominees for Best Picture, and I have embedded the trailers to those films, immediately below. What’s your favorite? The Big Short Bridge of Spies Brooklyn…
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Film: Every Best Visual Effects Winner Ever
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Every Best Visual Effects Winner. Ever. from Burger Fiction on Vimeo. Andy Schneider and Jonathan Britnell describe their video: We had so much fun putting together every best picture ever, we thought we’d highlight every best visual effects winner next. For the 1927/28 Academy awards, the award was for engineering effects. There was no award…