Charles Cobine

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Cinema & Media Studies / Germanic Lang & Lit Librarian @ Penn Libraries. Humanities Collections. Oregonian in Philly. Views mine.
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Best Movies of 2022

Amid endless agonizing over the State of Cinema, the actual releases proved a bounty for film lovers, whether fans of the art house or the multiplex.

Remember: if you get Wikipedia "pls give us money" begging, give to the Internet Archive instead.

The internet archive is perpetually underfunded, whereas Wikipedia has enough cash on hand to continue operating at twice its capacity for about 3 decades.

Editors strongly opposed the wording of the recent beg banner:

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1123763881#RfC_on_the_banners_for_the_December_2022_fundraising_campaign

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Fundraising_statistics

Ben Affleck and Matt Damon to Start Independent Production Company, Artists Equity

Unlike streaming services and most studios, they plan to share profits with their actors and off-camera artisans.

The Colorado Springs attack on an LGBTQ club is terrorism, as surely as if this was an Al-Qaeda attack. But here the organization radicalizing and catalyzing the terrorists is one of our nation’s two political parties, which also works tirelessly to ensure they have access to military grade arms.
Five International Movies to Stream Now

This month’s picks include a Bollywood murder mystery, an elliptical Portuguese documentary, a Chinese drama about gay hustlers and more.

It's #followfriday - Let's start over here with an #introduction. I'm a #academic #librarian who is a #medialibrarian. I'm a member of #ala #fmrt and #videotrust.

I like to follow #indiefilm, #filmfestival social media, and film distributors, to find out about new #documentaryfilm.

In my work, I also keep up w/ Germanic literatures and languages, especially #German, #Swedish, and #Dutch + other langs like #Danish #Norwegian #Icelandic #Afrikaans, incl. lit in translation and the #untranslated!

I must step back and offer the Library of Congress accolades for having the foresight to preserve tweets. All of it will live on, even if or when it isn't immediately available. #riptwitter
Now I must give my usual plug for #streamingfilm to my local people: Recommended streaming films on demand from the Penn Libraries. A selection of films available now (PennKey required): https://guides.library.upenn.edu/stream #streaming #upenn
Guides: Cinema & Media Studies - Streaming on demand: Selected films

Guides: Cinema & Media Studies - Streaming on demand: Selected films