My friend (and ex-colleague) Jason Sperb, introducing his extremely interesting next research foray, posted to coincide with Memorial Day.  This excerpt doesn’t do justice to the entire post, which I recommend you read (also, to watch the “Hawaii 5-0″ YouTube embed):
My next major project, which will take many years to complete, will be a [...]

Jason Sperb, elegantly explaining my own significant affections for this film.
Be Kind Rewind is less about cinephiliac love for those films they ’swede’ (Ghostbusters, Rush Hour 2, etc.), and more about their cinephiliac affect–the feelings they generate in individuals and in communities. Indeed, it is not about the individual film and is entirely [...]