Saturday, July 15, 2017

Who's That Girl?


Photographer: Walter Rosenblum

Julie Christie


A day in the life, Jul 11


A day in the life, Jul 11, objet trouvé

Kianna Stupakoff


New York


New York City of The 1960s.

Mariacarla Boscono


ph: Peter Lindbergh

First Lines: James Fenimore Cooper - The Crater


There is nothing in which American Liberty, not always as much restrained as it might be, has manifested a more decided tendency to run riot, than in the use of names.

Afef Jnifen


A day in the life, Jul 10


A day in the life, Jul 10, objet trouvé

Michella Cruz


New Stuff: Juliana Hatfield



Gisele Bündchen


ph: Roe Ethridge

Captain America: The First Avenger (2011)


A rejected military soldier transforms into Captain America after taking a dose of a "Super-Soldier serum", but being Captain America comes at a price as he attempts to take down a war monger and a terrorist organization.

Fairly entertaining comic-book adaptation with some good period detail; thankfully, the original's unflattering patriotism is toned down, and the villain is not the Third Reich itself, but a renegade madman Über-Nazi.

Maltin**1/2: "First half of this period piece is good fun, but story loses its thrust and doesn't even provide an honest ending. Evans is quite good in the title role; visual effects turn him into a puny version of himself for the early scenes."

Ophelie Rupp


ph: Georges Antoni

New Stuff: Margaret Atwood


Friday, July 14, 2017

Adriana Mockovciakova


Kick-Ass 2 (2013)



Following Kick-Ass' heroics, other citizens are inspired to become masked crusaders, but Red Mist leads his own group of evil supervillains to get revenge, kill Kick-Ass and destroy everything he stands for.

Lacklustre sequel comes along as a tired attempt (and miss) to revive the original's charm;  and there's a disagreeable, imbalanced mixture of humour and violence.

Maltin*1/2: "The purpose and momentum of the original film are gone, along with some of its most compelling characters. What's left is a vulgar, violent look at Hit Girl...and a lot of obnoxious posturing by egomaniacal villain Red Mist...Carrey is wasted as a newly introduced vigilante leader and Taylor-Johnson's role is reduced to meaninglessness. Comic-book moviemaking at its worst."


Kylie Minogue


New Stuff: Goldie



Who's That Girl?


Art: Alex Raymond

Amilna Estevão


ph: Jason Kim

Window faces


Regensburg, July 2017

Senait Gidey


ph: Matallana

A day in the life, Jul 9


A day in the life, Jul 9, yellow pages

Angela Lindvall


ph: Carter Smith

New York


New York, circa 1905, City Hall Post Office at Broadway & Park Row

Veronica Lake


First Lines: Alexandre Dumas - The Count of Monte Cristo


On the 24th of February, 1815, the look-out at Notre-Dame de la Garde signalled the three-master, the Pharaon from Smyrna, Trieste, and Naples.

Romee Strijd


ph: Brett Lloyd

A day in the life, Jul 8


A day in the life, Jul 8, objet trouvé

Tanga Moreau


ph: Patrick Demarchelier

New Stuff: Thomas Kapielski


Kaia Gerber


ph: Taylor Tupy

Mega Cyclone (2012)


Epic storms triggered by a space phenomenon obliterate cities, and the only answer to escaping complete annihilation rests on a small-town teen's extraordinary science project.

Below par TV doomsday flick; so bad, it isn't even risible; in fact, the "scientific" dialogues will make you weep.

Thursday, July 13, 2017

Mary Tyler Moore


New Stuff: The New Yorker


(art: Mark Ulriksen)

Esperanza Spalding


The Killers (1946)



Hit men kill an unresisting victim, and an investigator uncovers his past involvement with beautiful, deadly woman.

Film noir classic with extraordinary b/w photography and excellent performances, Ava Gardner, however, is not quite convincing as femme fatale; the plot is more an imagination about Ernest Hemingways story than an adaptation.

On renewed viewing: Hemingway's famous short story is merely the trigger for an intriguing, complex Noir crime story, arguably one of genre's best; both Lancaster as the 'innocent' cuckold and Gardner as the inscrutable femme fatale set standards with their performances.

Halliwell***: "Elaborate tale of cross and double-cross, stunningly executed."

Maltin****: "Compelling crime drama...Film provides fireworks, early success of Lancaster (in film debut) and Gardner."

Magdalena Frackowiak


ph: Brian Molloy