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New Cinema Wallpaper of the Day
Monday, January 5, 2009

Latika (Freida Pinto) running in Slumdog Millionaire. Can’t offer up anymore notes on this image so as to not spoil anything. Very nice Run Lola Run like moment!

I will be featuring many more Slumdog Millionaire movie wallpaper in the coming days, so be sure to check back each day if you’re a fan of this film. If you haven’t seen it be sure and go check it out. It should get another big push once it gets its Oscar nomination for best picture. In Austin it’s currently playing at the Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar.

Related Coverage:
::: Previous Movie Wallpaper (Cinema is Dope)

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New Cinema Wallpaper of the Day
Friday, January 2, 2009

At last one of the key images of cinema in 2008 comes to Cinema is Dope!

Nothing can stop Jamal and perhaps nothing can stop Slumdog Millionaire from sweeping the Oscars.

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::: Previous Movie Wallpaper (Cinema is Dope)

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Japanese Poster Appreciation Month - January 2009

New Cinema Wallpaper of the Day
Thursday, January 1, 2009

We are now fully off and into Japanese Poster Celebration Month at Cinema is Dope with this minimal but perfect Japanese Poster artwork for Hayao Miyazaki’s Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea (Gake no ue no Ponyo).

Japanese Poster Appreciation Month - January 2009 (Archive):
::: January 6 - Sisters (1973)
::: January 5 - Crime Boss (1972)
::: January 4 - White Lightning (1973)
::: January 3 - The Man from Hong Kong (1975)
::: January 2 - Rolling Thunder (1977)
::: January 1 - Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea (2008)
::: January 1 - Army of Darkness (1992)
::: Preview - Cannonball! (1976)
::: Previous Japanese Posters Featured @ Cinema is Dope

Japanese Cinema Sites I Highly Recommend:
::: Jason Gray
::: Mark Schilling’s Tokyo Ramen
::: Midnight Eye
::: Nippon Cinema
::: Outcast Cinema
::: Ryuganji
::: Toronto J-Film Pow-Wow

* If you don’t see your site listed here and it covers Japanese cinema please comment below so that I can review it and possibly include it in future lists.

About Japanese Poster Artwork Celebration Month:
To kick off 2009, I can think of no better way of doing so than celebrating Japanese poster artwork. The emphasis will be more of western films through the lens of Japanese poster artwork and of course some of my own personal all-time favorites. At a future date I’ll probably have a month devoted to solely Japanese films and their poster artwork. So be sure to tune in each day during the month of January as I have an incredible amount of incredible Japanese posters that will be on display. Hopefully at the end of this I can convert many of you into life long fans of Japanese posters!

Please help and spread the word on the January 2009 themed Japanese Poster Celebration Month here at Cinema is Dope. Tweet your friends. Mention it in your Facebook status or Friendfeed. Link to it on your blog. Any support is greatly appreciated!!!!!

You can follow along at these specific urls/web addresses:
::: www.cinemaisdope.com/category/movie-wallpaper-japanese-poster-celebration-month/
::: http://tinyurl.com/japanese-poster-2009

Starring in these posters will be: Antonio Sabato, Bruce Campbell, Burt Reynolds, Charles Bronson, Clint Eastwood, David Carradine, Dustin Hoffman, Ernest Borgnine, Gene Hackman, George Lazenby, Hayao Miyazaki, Isao Takahata, Jack Nicholson, James Coburn, Jennifer Billings, Jim Brown, Jimmy Wang Yu, John Boorman, Kate Jackson, Lee Marvin, Lee Van Cleef, Michael Caine, Peter Fonda, Richard Pryor, Roddy McDowall, Sergio Leone, Sidney Poitier, Susan Strasberg, Warren Oates, William Devane and many more…

If you’re interested in Japanese cinema, I highly recommend the following Cinema is Dope picks for January 2009. For this months book selection we have Behind the Pink Curtain by Jasper Sharp. For video recommendation this month we have Linda Linda Linda.

Additionally fans of Japanese cinema will want to pick up this amazing Yasujiro Ozu tribute shirt from Mondo Tees!

As always when in Austin, Texas, be sure to check out Weird Wednesday (January/February 2009 lineup) or Terror Tuesday (January/February 2009 lineup) and of course Alamo Drafthouse Cinema.

My current favorite restaurants in Austin that are an absolute must visit are Clay Pit (be sure to place an order of naan bread) and Uchi. Be sure to tell them CinemaisDope.com sent you if you visit.

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Linda Linda Linda (2005)

For 2009, each month I will highlight one movie that is currently out on video (DVD or Blu-Ray) that I personally recommend. The goal is to highlight and promote movies that you might have missed and definitely need to check out.

To kick this off we have Linda Linda Linda, a movie that still hasn’t gotten the cult following it deserves! Filmmaker Nobuhiro Yamashita crafts one hell of a nice minimal masterpiece of coming of age awkwardness, friendship and love letter to music (more specifically the band Blue Hearts). For fans of movies that feature aspiring musicians, celebration of music and coming of age nostalgia, this is a must own movie! So what are you waiting for go rent/buy this movie now!

::: Buy the Linda Linda Linda DVD @ Amazon.com
::: Previous Movie Wallpaper (Cinema is Dope)
::: My Interview with Nobuhiro Yamashita on Cinema Strikes Back
::: January 2009 Japanese Poster Artwork Celebration Month (Cinema is Dope)

Japanese Cinema Sites I Highly Recommend:
::: Jason Gray
::: Mark Schilling’s Tokyo Ramen
::: Midnight Eye
::: Nippon Cinema
::: Outcast Cinema
::: Ryuganji
::: Toronto J-Film Pow-Wow

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New Cinema Wallpaper of the Day
Thursday, December 25, 2008

As the fire roasts around the world celebrating Christmas today, I thought these images would make for a great added gift and a definite must for marking your calendars to check this out in 2009 (hopefully US audiences will get to see the original in addition to the dubbed version Disney is putting together). I haven’t seen a lot of the earlier Hayao Miyazaki work and am just now going back through it. I’m starting with Porco Rosso (Kurenai no buta ) and going on from there. If you have any suggestions on titles of his you think I should 100% check out please let me know in the comments below. I plan to watch them all but specific recommended titles would help me out for which ones to watch first!

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New Cinema Wallpaper of the Day
Tuesday, December 2, 2008

Let the Right One In played Fantastic Fest earlier this year (previous event listing) and is currently screening in local Austin movie theaters in limited release. I definitely recommend checking it out.

Related Coverage:
::: Read Interview I Did with Filmmaker Tomas Alfredson @ Twitch
::: Previous Cinema is Dope Movie Wallpaper
::: Steve Dollar Interviews Tomas Alfredson @ Paste Magazine
::: Moriarty Interviews Tomas Alfredson @ AICN
::: Headquarters 10 Review by Matt

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