Famous american film critic Roger Ebert writes about his experiences in learning to ‘read’ a movie. Some (in Europe mainly) might mistake Ebert for a populist critic, but here’s a guy who actually enjoys going to the movies, not bothering himself with the ‘cultural supermacist’ stances dear to the kind of film critics that zero-star Slumdog Millionaire just because they say so.

I used to think fanzines were the apex of cool. Then the weblog killed the fanzine — and Web 2.0 killed the weblog.

Some people still publish zines, though. And you can download PDFs.

Some interesting short films here.