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Summer Blogathons
C I N E B E A T S — ... The long hot lazy days of summer are upon us and the film blogosphere is turning up the heat with an interesting batch of blogathons. I really like the community spirit behind blogathons and they often encourage some great writing and an interesting exchange of ideas. If you enjoy writing about film and have your own blog please consider participating in some of these upcoming events. [image] The Japanese film blog ...

Blogathons of the Future
The Listening Ear — ... seems to have fallen into disuse lately - used to be, you'd get three a week (look at the entries for last spring and summer on my index - three a week may be an exaggeration, but one a week isn't...) Now? they are few and far between. Summer, though, seems to be an inspiration to try a few more - three coming up in June/July, all of them looking good. A Japanese cinema blogathon is obviously my cup of tea - that should get me to actually write a post.... June 15-21: Wildgrounds hosts a Japanese Cinema Blogathon. June 21-30: Claude Chabrol blogathon ...

Links and Anticipation
The Listening Ear — ... this month - an interview with Mitchell Block, the director, will appear in the upcoming days.... Roger Ebert celebrates John Wayne on the 30th anniversary of his death. The Nagisa Oshima retrospective is coming to Berkeley, and MIchael Guillen has details, and a long interview with James Quandt. Pacze Moj has Oshima links, for those of us not in Berkeley. And that's a reminder that Wildgrounds is hosting a Japanese Cinema Blogathon, starting Monday - I shall be diving into that... ...