December 8th, 2009 | Filed in misc | Comments (0)

Here are my Top Twenty films of the decade, just for the hell of it:
1. A.I.: Artificial Intelligence
2. The New World
3. Werckmeister Harmonies
4. Summer Hours
5. Syndromes and a Century
6. The Son
7. The House of Mirth
8. L’Intrus
9. Before Sunset
10. There Will Be Blood
11. Miami Vice
12. Millennium Mambo
13. I’m Not There
14. Twentynine Palms
15. Kings and Queen
16. Clean
17. Inland Empire
18. Bamboozled
19. Vera Drake
20. Colossal Youth

Check out Reverse Shot’s collective countdown.

December 4th, 2009 | Filed in the news | Comments (0)

Gerrymandering consulting producer Sharon Jimenez talks redistricting at LWV Orange County.  (.pdf so takes a bit to load)

The Chicago Sun-Times steps up with a big article on the need for redistricting reform.