Michael Cera is a master of the awkward pause. If you are a fan of the dearly departed Arrested Devlopment, you know what I’m talking about. Nobody can turn a silent pause into comic gold like Cera. Click here to watch..

People much cooler and more inside than I have known about Baltimore artist Dan Deacon since he began appearing at local clubs around 2003 or so, but he’s relatively new to me. Deacon has been described as an “absurdist” electronic musician for his goofy sense of style and flipped out, high-octane live performances.

This is interesting because of how simple the techniques are. My favorite is point of view editing which is the technique of showing the face of a character reacting and then cut to what he’s reacting to. Hitchock believes you can do this over and over to build tension and the audience will never tire of it. Click here to read all the techniques. (Via Kottke)

After years of cheesy recruiting commercials, the Marines have finally gotten it right. Instead of trying to convince potential recruits that they’ll learn a skill or be in great physical condition, the Corps has turned to the tried and true: nostalgia. Using film of Marines storming World War II beaches could be effective in tricking some into thinking that combat in Iraq will be just as glory-filled.

Michael Moore’s long-anticipated new film on the profit-driven U.S. health “care” system has finally hit theaters. NPR fact checks the movie with critic Bob Mondello and health care reporter Joanne Silberner.

Orphaned films are neglected media artifacts… little works of art abandoned or lost or forgotten by their owners. They’re remembered each year in a symposium held by the University of South Carolina Film Studies program.

What if everything you thought you knew about yourself was wrong? Now imagine that everybody knew the truth except you. Director Steve Lickteig documents who his adoptive family really was and why it took 30 years to uncover the truth.