Saturday, April 13, 2013

Fie de Jong


A day in the life, Apr 11


A day in the life, Apr 11, sky over Regensburg

Agnes Buzala


From my vaults: Marilyn Chambers


Bio:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marilyn_Chambers


Han Hye Jin


ph: Hong Jang Hyun

In the Dark


Regensburg, March 2013

Trish Goff


New York


Josephine Skriver


ph: Henrique Gendre

First Lines: Heinrich Böll - Billiards at Half Past Nine


This morning, for the first time ever, Faehmel was curt with her, almost rude.

Friday, April 12, 2013

Milla Jovovich


ph: Sean & Seng

A day in the life, Apr 10


A day in the life, Apr 10, window display

Missy Rayder


ph: Gregory Harris

The Phantom (1996)


The Phantom, descendent of a line of African heroes, travels to New York to thwart a criminal genius.

Playful mixture of superhero comic and jungle adventure, mildly entertaining.

Halliwell (no star): "A limp action movie featuring a dull super-hero, this is below-par Saturday matinee stuff."

Maltin **: "Lead-footed emulation of Saturday matinee serials, using Lee Falk's masked comic-strip hero ("the ghost who walks"), who starred in a bona fide serial in 1943...Well-meaning INDIANA JONES wannabe has no energy and offers large-scale stunts without knowing how to stage them!"


Caroline Austin


The New Yorker


(art: Edward Sorel)

Charlotte Bruge


Incendies (2010)


Twins journey to the Middle East to discover their family history, and fulfill their mother's last wishes.

Gripping and in the end harrowing exploration of the impacts war has on the lives on everyone involved, unfortunately told in a roundabout way.

Maltin ***1/2: "A tough, spellbinding story that deals with forgiveness and resolution, adapted by the director from Wajdi Mouawad's play. Note that the Middle Eastern country is never named."


Rie Rasmussen


ph: Norbert Schoerner

New Stuff: Source Code


A gift from my pal Ralf!


Who's That Girl?


Photographer: Diana Scheunemann


Bio:

http://www.dianascheunemann.com

Thursday, April 11, 2013

Charlotte Carey


ph: Adam Custins

A day in the life, Apr 9


A day in the life, Apr 9, Regensburg

Natalia Vodianova


From my vaults: Roger B. Chaffee


Bio:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_B._Chaffee

Andi Muise

In the Dark


Regensburg, March 2013

Natasa Vojnovic


New York


Lana Del Rey


ph: Nicole Nodland

First Lines: Pablo Neruda - Memorial de Isla Negra


something started in my soul,
fever or forgotten wings,
and I made my own way,
deciphering
that fire
and wrote the first faint line,
faint without substance, pure
nonsense,
pure wisdom,
of someone who knows nothing,
and suddenly I saw
the heavens
unfastened
and open.

Lovani Pinnow


ph: Bob Wolfenson

A day in the life, Apr 8


A day in the life, Apr 8, C17

Wednesday, April 10, 2013

Débora Muller


New Stuff: Carmen Villain


Interesting experimental album by an artist, othewise known as the fashion Carmen Maria Hillestad.


Robyn Lawley


ph: Lady Tarin

Dead Silence (2007)



A widower returns to his hometown to search for answers to his wife's murder, which may be linked to the ghost of a murdered ventriloquist

Nasty little shocker with a silly plot and no surprises.

Maltin **: "The creators of SAW fashioned this ho-hum horror chiller...While not as gratuitously gory as many contemporary horror films, it's annoyingly illogical and overly familiar."


Zenia Sevastyanova


New Stuff: Joseph Byrd


An album of Joseph Byrd's early works, something I've been searching for ages.

Sara Sampaio


Hooligans (2005)


A wrongfully expelled Harvard undergrad moves to London, where he is introduced to the violent underworld of football hooliganism.

Lively and violent drama about English hooligans with a dubious stance, and it is also questionable, if the hooligan scene is depicted realistically.

Maltin **: "Intriguing film plays out badly, with story contrivances and changes in tone submerging some of its better qualities. Painfully violent at times."

Heather Marks


ph: Xevi Muntané

New Stuff: The Flaming Lips


Their new album!


Kim Alexis


Reservation Road (2007)


The lingering weight of tragedy threatens to pull two men under following a harrowing hit-and-run accident.

Although well played and staged, this drama unfortunately doesn't find an appropriate resolution.

Maltin **1/2: "Balance of the story explores the anguish of the bereaved parents - and the driver's overpowering, paralyzing guilt. Intelligent, well-acted adaptation of John Burnham Schwartz's novel (which he wrote with George)...but emotionally demanding and tough to watch."


Daria Zhemkova


ph: Jacob Sadrak

New Stuff: Chris Ware


I finally got this classic 'graphic novel'!

Who's That Girl?


(ph: Nicolás Santiñaque)