http://pib.rti-zone.org/afingeronthepulse More than just a critique blog, A Finger on the Pulse is here to analyze past, present or upcoming media trends using examples collected in the worlds of Music, Film and Television. http://pib.rti-zone.org/afingeronthepulse/index.php?articleid=31 Starting four years ago in Israel and two years ago in the United States, Be'Tipul (In Treatment) are recounting the analysis sessions of five patients, one of them being the main protagonist: the analyst... http://pib.rti-zone.org/afingeronthepulse/index.php?articleid=30 Post Christmas 2008, as announced here, a flow of quality albums started hitting our music players. This was just a sparkle compared to the firework 2009 has been so far... http://pib.rti-zone.org/afingeronthepulse/index.php?articleid=29 Once, a simple right management network became a high quality production provider. Jumping in a market almost entirely owned by HBO and Showtime, AMC slowly extended over the last two years the list of TV networks that dare and care... http://pib.rti-zone.org/afingeronthepulse/index.php?articleid=28 Get ready for a new trend! Even though, this would probably disappear as fast as it emerged, datamoshing offers something fresh to the crystal clean music video vibe... http://pib.rti-zone.org/afingeronthepulse/index.php?articleid=27 Gathering TV-quality international banking plot, modern thriller rhythm, rather talented cast and stunning cinematography, The International surprises by spoiling your eyes... http://pib.rti-zone.org/afingeronthepulse/index.php?articleid=26 America is changing. Even though it is no news for nobody, the reality is here and goes beyond the long awaited joyful political twist. It was mandatory to carry this change, in a way or another, to the yearly celebration of (American) cinema... http://pib.rti-zone.org/afingeronthepulse/index.php?articleid=25 Almost two years after the release of the smartly sweet Juno, the (genius) Diablo Cody creates, produces (with Steven Spielberg) and, of course, writes the Showtime series United States of Tara... http://pib.rti-zone.org/afingeronthepulse/index.php?articleid=24 After a long pause (and a West to East coast trip) we are finally back on the keys. We have been busy listening and watching; the heap of interesting items has now reached the ceiling. It's time to select, clean-up and reveal our choices... http://pib.rti-zone.org/afingeronthepulse/index.php?articleid=22 After being happily surprised (no pun intended) by the latest Mike Leigh film, we decided to take a snapshot of the treatment of violence in cinema... http://pib.rti-zone.org/afingeronthepulse/index.php?articleid=21 Served by a British maestro, Happy-Go-Lucky tastes like a rhubarb pie: a sweet experience with a little kick on the side. Mike Leigh, famous for his pessimistic (realistic at best) eyes on our society, chose to wear the glasses of positivity to follow a true hero of nowadays world: a genuinely happy lady... http://pib.rti-zone.org/afingeronthepulse/index.php?articleid=20 Back in 2003, Georges W. Bush was on TV, 48 hours prior to the attacks on Baghdad, ordering Saddam Hussein to leave Iraq. Next cut, the family and the comrades are rushing out while the mayhem begins. So opened the first production exclusively dedicated to reveal the story of the Iraqi dictator and his surroundings... http://pib.rti-zone.org/afingeronthepulse/index.php?articleid=19 "Let's start by a magic trick!" This sentence introduces Heath Ledger as the eloquent Joker. A confusing (but understandable) shot layer the magic has happened, leaving the viewer stoked and convinced. More than a pure Joker-trick, we are definitely facing the dark and painful humor of a long awaited character. Back at the top of his irony... http://pib.rti-zone.org/afingeronthepulse/index.php?articleid=18 The buzz started in Fall 2007, when the Black Kids decided to activate the "Download" button on the self-produced 4-track EP Wizard of Ahhhs they had published on MySpace. Independent music specialists ranked these tracks impressively high, convinced by the quality of the art as much as they were fascinated by the free download of it... http://pib.rti-zone.org/afingeronthepulse/index.php?articleid=17 Beginning of the 90's, Bristol, England. Hip-hop meets snazzy. A few bands and labels are rising, slowing down the decks and bringing mellow into the recipe. Trip-hop is blooming. Massive Attack, armed with Tricky, leader of this smooth revolution, is starting to invade radio broadcasts... http://pib.rti-zone.org/afingeronthepulse/index.php?articleid=16 Do you remember the time we had watching the first minutes of Six Feet Under? Here's the scoop: Alan Ball, brilliant Hollywood writer made famous with the script of Amercian Beauty, is back. Same medium,television - same place, HBO. This time, Mr. Ball is adapting Southern Vampire Mysteries by Charlaine Harris... http://pib.rti-zone.org/afingeronthepulse/index.php?articleid=15 Hold on Al Gore and Di Caprio with your educational global warming documentaries and make room for the new trend in sensitizing the public to environmental issues. It's time to go fiction, raise the tone, reach the extremes in such way that the protagonists (us) have to face the consequences and live or survive under these conditions... http://pib.rti-zone.org/afingeronthepulse/index.php?articleid=14 One very popular sample from UGK's International Players opens the newest Girl Talk album entitled Feed the Animals. If you're not familiar with the author, Gregg Gillis is one of those remixers who recycle old (or recent) tracks, adding bouncing beats, sprinkling external extracts (preferably coming from distant musical categories) to finally give birth to a new entity...