BLOGS<\/strong><\/p>\nBlogs have grown rapidly in the last four years, allowing professional journalists and keen movie lovers to publish their thoughts online in a structured format.<\/p>\n
Some of these belong to established news organisations, others are independent – but all are worth reading if you want regular doses of movie opinion and insight.<\/p>\n
\n- \/Film<\/strong><\/a>: Peter Sciretta<\/a> edits<\/span><\/span> this blog that has come on leaps and bounds in the last couple of years. The focus is on mainstream movies, but the stories here are a useful snapshot of what is going on in the wider movie blogosphere from posts about Indy 4<\/a> to coverage from Sundance<\/a>.<\/li>\n
- Awards Daily<\/strong><\/a>: Sasha Stone<\/a> is one of the elite awards season bloggers, which means she covers the road to the Oscars with a passion and detail that is rare indeed. If you have any interest in the raft of awards that lead to Oscar<\/a>, such as the Golden Globes<\/a>, SAG awards<\/a> and BAFTAs<\/a>, then this is the place to visit.<\/li>\n
- Salon \/ Movies<\/strong><\/a>: Although it still has that annoying ad at the beginning of the site (can’t they find a new commercial model?) Salon is still a home for perceptive and lucid journalism. Writers like Stephanie Zacharek and Andrew O’Hehir provide a distinctive take on films and Andy Klein’s 2001 piece on Memento<\/a> is one of the best things I’ve read about that film.<\/li>\n
- Cinedelica<\/strong><\/a>: A range of different cult movies are covered in this fine UK based site, which features competitions<\/a> and coverage of films like The Frightened Woman<\/a> and Vault of Horror<\/a>.<\/li>\n
- Cinematical<\/strong><\/a>: One of the first movie blogs to really make a mark, it is still a very useful place to catch up with news, features, reviews and interviews from a range of writers including Monika Bartyzel<\/a>, Erik Davis<\/a>, Scott Weinberg<\/a> and James Rocchi<\/a>. It has a sister site called Cinematical Indie<\/a> that is also worth bookmarking.<\/li>\n
- Cinephiliac<\/strong><\/a>: The personal website of New York based film writer Aaron Hillis – a <\/strong>contributor to The Village Voice<\/a>, Premiere<\/a>, IFC News<\/a>, Moviefone<\/a>, and The Reeler<\/a> – which has links to his work and a rather funky design.<\/li>\n
- Dave Kehr<\/strong><\/a>: You may know Dave as the guy who reviews DVDs for the New York Times<\/a> but his own blog is also worth a look for his intelligent take on a variety of films and directors.\u00a0 If – like me – you are excited by the prospect of Criterion releasing The Third Man and The 400 Blows on Blu-ray<\/a> – then this is the place to find out.<\/li>\n
- David Bordwell<\/strong><\/a>: The Jacques Deloux Professor of Film Studies<\/a> at the Univeristy of Wisconsin-Madison<\/a> is also a prolific blogger. Useful for anyone interested in the history of cinema and how it relates to what you see on the big and small screen.<\/li>\n
- David Carr \/ New York Times<\/strong><\/a>: Also known as ‘The Bagger’, David Carr<\/a> has become something of a delightful paradox – a hip ‘new media’ blogger at the most prestigious ‘old media’ outlet in America. His video blogs from Times Square<\/a> during the awards season are smart, funny and always end with the strange payoff line: ‘It’s called Times Square …for a reason’. His writing is also a pleasure to read (check out his Oscar debate with fellow NY Times writer A.O. Scott<\/a>) and even though Paul Thomas Anderson<\/a> has (perhaps jokingly) quizzed his knowledge of films<\/a>, I’m a fan.<\/li>\n
- Deadline Hollywood Daily<\/strong><\/a>: Nikki Finke is a journalist almost born for the medium of blogging – tough, smart, opinionated and armed with an impressive array of Hollywood sources. She puts up the latest Hollywood stories ranging from box office grosses<\/a> to why the former head of New Line Cinema is not to her liking<\/a>. During last year’s WGA strike<\/a> her reporting of the bitter dispute between the studios and the writer’s union was eye opening<\/a> and boosted her profile<\/a> even further.<\/li>\n
- Defamer<\/strong><\/a>: The Hollywood branch of Nick Denton’s Gawker blog empire<\/a> is a barrage of no holds barred gossip. Sometimes cruel, sometimes amusing it can also be a useful window into the wackier aspects of the Hollywood machine.<\/li>\n
- GreenCine Daily<\/strong><\/a>: One of the best and most comprehensive film blogs on the web. It is a fantastic resource for any film fan with regular posts on a wide range of movies, although it skews towards the high brow.<\/li>\n
- Filmbrain<\/strong><\/a>: A New York based blog worth checking out for their take on current film issues, like the now-old-but-still-kind-of-relevant<\/a> critics vs bloggers debate<\/a> and an addictive screen capture quiz<\/a>.<\/li>\n
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