Pop Culture Round Up: January 15 - January 28, 2011

Getting GG with it :: Film :: VUE Weekly
I initially though this was about the GGs (the literary award kind), but it turns out to be about filmmaking. Cool!

Maisonneuve | Portraits of a Changing Paris 
Largely because I just went there.

Two spaces after a period: Why you should never, ever do it. - By Farhad Manjoo - Slate Magazine
I couldn't agree more.  

Vulture Critics’ Poll: What’s the Worst Movie of 2010? -- Vulture
The best part is the individual ballots where you find outliers, often movies that are ignored or even well regarded, but one critic just hated.

Speak the speech ... Shakespeare's plays to be performed in 38 languages | Culture | The Guardian

Directors: Directors on directing - latimes.com

Roger Ebert: Film Criticism Is Dying? Not Online - WSJ.com 
What can I say? This is a perpetual concern of mine.

When it comes to humour, we live in funny times - The Globe and Mail

Adam Haslett on Stanley Fish's How To Write a Sentence. - By Adam Haslett - Slate Magazine

The strange trajectory of Hollywood movies: Fizzling in U.S. but skyrocketing overseas | The Big Picture | Los Angeles Times 
"But he's big in Japan!"

BoyGirls who like GirlBoys :: Film :: VUE Weekly
Underrepresented.

Pop Culture Round Up: Some day - Janaury 14, 2011

This is the last one of these that was just sitting here unclaimed with no idea why I bookmarked these articles. Hopefully it will be the last. 

Ayelet Waldman, Author of Bad Mother and Red Hook Road, on Writing Well - WSJ.com

The Professor of Small Movies - NYTimes.com

On a borderless internet, how will we nurture Canadian content? : This Magazine

CBC News - Music - Dylan's lyrics to protest anthem for sale

CultureLab: Secret Cinema: Exploring mental health first-hand

Well, Hush My Mouth: Congress Is Moving Against LOUD Ads - WSJ.com

Their Pain, Our Gain: Why Schadenfreude Is Best Enjoyed in Groups: Scientific American

Black Swan explained

The End Of Movie Projectionists?

The digital revolution: Film - thestar.com

Two films, two sex scenes, two different ratings - latimes.com

Why Religious People Tend to Be Happier

Nuns gone wild - The Boston Globe

“Craving Corrie” by Danielle Groen | The Walrus 

Actresses over 40 on a box office roll - latimes.com

Views: That's Offensive! - Inside Higher Ed

Face Memory Peaks Late : Discovery News

Attention Restoration Theory Taps Nature's Medicine | Miller-McCune.

Get your shiz together! - EYE WEEKLY

Why Criticism Matters - Editors’ Introduction - NYTimes.com

Mailbag: Readers on Criticism - NYTimes.com