The Return Of Page 2: Why We’ve Been Gone And Help Change The Future
Note from Editor Peter Sciretta:I’ve gotten a ton of e-mails, tweets and comments over the last month asking me what happened to Page 2.When I first started the column in February 2007, I never anticipated it would grow into what it would become. The first edition didn’t even feature images, it was just a one-page round up of links and commentary. Over the years Page 2 grew to become a massive multi-page linkblog which included cool collectibles, art, links to good features elsewhere, news that just didn’t make it to the front page, viral videos and short films. Page 2 quickly became a popular weekly feature on the site, and because of the popularity it has been running as a daily feature on the site for the past few years. In fact, this is the 1,063 edition of Page 2, which is even hard for me to believe.
While /Film has evolved to become the voice of a handful of writers, Page 2 has always been a personal effort. The feature encompasses more hours of my day than I’m willing to admit. So why did it disappear? I don’t want to get too personal, but I’ve always been pretty honest with you guys. My life has become complicated in the past few months as my half-decade-long relationship came to an abrupt end, and as you might expect, that has greatly changed my life, and yes, my work. I took some time off from Page 2 to work on myself, and find some balance. I’m glad to report I’m in a much happier place now and it seems like a good time to pick up the ball again.
Over the next week I want to reexamine what Page 2 is and can be. I’d love your feedback in the comments and on twitter:
Please let me know in the comments below, throughemailor on twitter. After the jump you can find the first new Page 2 in some time. Thanks for reading!
Page 2 is a compilation of stories and news tidbits, which for whatever reason, didn’t make the front page of /Film. After the jump we’ve included50different items, fun images, videos, casting tidbits, articles of interest and more. It’s like a mystery grab bag of movie web related goodness.
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THE 10 BESTJOE PESCIFREAKOUTS IN GOODFELLAS5 REVELATIONSFROM THE GOODFELLAS REUNION
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Samuel Goldwyn FilmsPutsIn Order For ‘Barista’
Star Wars: A New DawnNovel in 2 Minutes
San Francisco Film FestHighlights, From Alex Gibney’s Selfie to Korean BBQ with Guy Maddin
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Stephen ColbertWas Not David Letterman’s First Choice to Succeed Him
Make Your Own Olaf from Frozen!
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100 Interesting TV FactsYou May Not Know
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ABC Cancels’Revenge' After Four Seasons
TestedTakes a Look at Special Effects Creatures Featured at the Monsterpalooza Convention in Burbank, California
ObamaThanksJapan for Anime
BringFireflyBackt-shirt
11 New MoviesThat Show Female Filmmakers Are Forces To Be Reckoned With
1138Star WarsEaster Eggs
MTVCancels’Eye Candy' After One Season
FORCE OF FASHION: WELOVEFINE LAUNCHES NEW WOMEN’S STAR WARSAPPAREL LINE
Disney’s New 3D Printer PrototypeMakes Huggable Things Out Of Fabric Instead Of Hard Plastic
Here’s the Most PerfectScreen-AccurateToy StoryWoody You Can Buy
DisneyLosesSecond Attempt to Beat ‘Frozen’ Lawsuit
Star Wars DagobahShower Curtain
Steve Wozniaktohelplaunch Silicon Valley Comic Con in 2016
These SauronEarringsAre Actually Easy On The Eyes
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Star Wars Light Up Death StarBeach Ball
The Incredibly Ill-AdvisedE.T.Sequel That Almost Was
A Simple WebsiteHelpsSort Your Movie-Watching Options
The Epic Storyof Orson Welles’s Unfinished Masterpiece
IDW LimitedRevealsA Gorgeous Workprint Edition Of “TMNT: The Secret History Of The Foot Clan”
When DidFilm Get So Cynical About Journalism?
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Endings: Stanley Kubrick’s The Killing
FunkoDebutsNewStar WarsPOP!s Including Leia As Bouush And An Adorable Bib Fortuna
Cannes: Emmanuelle Bercot’s ‘La Tete haute’ toOpen68th Film Festival
FansReactto The Force Awakens' “Chewie, We’re Home” Line
Tom GreenStarringin First Horror Film: How a 22-Year-Old Director Landed the Comedian
The Battle Of HothRecreatedOn A Massive Gaming Table
FoxScrapsChristian Bale’s ‘Deep Blue Goodbye’ Due to Knee Injury
If you have any interesting items that we might’ve missed that you think should go in /Film’s Page 2 –email us!
