Online viewing, 12/1.

You might start by taking it slow, with the photo essays, spiced here and there with a clip, at the site for Stephen M Weissman's Chaplin: A Life.

More tips: Michael Tully's got Benh Zeitlin and Court 13's Glory at Sea, his favorite film of 2008.

The trailer for The Rising Tide, Robert Adanto's doc on the contemporary art scene in China.

At tank.tv, Straight to Video: Grizedale Arts on film 2000 - 2008.

Mark Kermode's "Top Ten Reasons to love Mary Poppins," via Movie City News.

You may remember Ron Garmon's LA CityBeat cover story on Tom Graeff and Jim Tushinski's biography project. Elle Schneider of Attention Soldier Productions has been working on a site and a doc about Graeff, too, The Boy from Out of This World, and here's the trailer.

Michele D'Auria's animated ad for Honda. Via Coudal Partners.

"The Britannica Blog is proud to announce that Videoart.net, the 'underground video artists network,' will be highlighting here one film each week from its outstanding collection of contemporary short videos by current filmmakers and artists."

Todd Brown has the promising trailer for Kumakiri Kazuyoshi's Non-Ko at Twitch, where you'll also find a teaser for Albert Arizza's Ramirez, a trailer for Chen Kaige's Forever Enthralled and another for Tom Moore's Brendan and the Secret of the Kells.

Meanwhile, Jerry Lentz is celebrating Woody Allen's 73rd birthday. And via Jerry, Bette Davis teaches Jack Paar, Jonathan Winters and Gisele MacKenzie how to smoke like she does.

Posted by dwhudson at December 1, 2008 1:52 PM