Saturday, May 12, 2018

Jourdan Dunn


The Way Back (2010)



Siberian gulag escapees walk 4000 miles overland to freedom in India.

Basically an adventure drama made with expertise, wonderful landscape photography and a good cast, the political message is merely an afterthought.

On rewatching; I agree it is mostly watchable as a successful adventure movie.

Maltin**1/2: "Episodic story is told on a vast canvas, in a grand style reminiscent of David Lean. Unfortunately, despite some genuinely exciting passages and strong performances, the film goes on too long and leads to an unsatisfying conclusion. Perhaps its most noteworthy achievement is making us believe its actors are genuinely Russian, Polish, etc."

Who's That Girl?


ph: Dirk de Herder

Art: Ikeda Toshihiko

Angela Lindvall


ph: Greg Kadel

Black-and-white


Regensburg, May 2018

Lottie Hayes


ph: Ash Kingston

Streetview Captures


Marcelina Sowa


A day in the life, May 7


A day in the life, May 7, Super Girl Boom

Puck Loomans


ph: Amber Gray

New York


Lisa Larsen - New York, 1951

Léa Seydoux


First Lines: Paul Theroux - The Mosquito Coast


We drove past Tiny Polski's mansion house to the main road, and then the five miles into Northampton, Father talking the whole way about savages and the awfulness of America - how it got turned into a dope-taking, door-locking, ulcerated danger-zone of rabid scavengers and criminal millionaires and moral sneaks.

Friday, May 11, 2018

Carola Remer


ph: Andreas Ortner

Black-and-white


Regensburg, May 2018

Marianne Faithfull




Streetview Captures


Jisu Hong


A day in the life, May 6


A day in the life, May 6, Regensburg by night

Brooke Shields


New Stuff: It's a Beautiful Day



Anastasia Chekry


La sirène du Mississipi (1969)



A wealthy plantation owner is captivated by a mysterious woman with a shady past.

Offbeat Noir thriller treated more like a l'amour fou romance with some typical Truffaut touches, occasionally a bit heavy-handed and with some risible dialogue.

On rewatching: Lively drama omits the novel's noir elements and turns the story into an almost surreal romance;the director and his two stars somehow make it work.

Halliwell*: "Oddly obsessive romantic murder mystery; the hero continues to love the girl who tries to kill him, and at the end they are still together. Interesting when it is not uncomfortable."

Maltin***: "One of the director's few flops, but any film with Belmondo-Deneuve-Truffaut combo is of interest...Always buy brand names."

Kiko Mizuhara


Thursday, May 10, 2018

New Stuff: The New Yorker


(art: Jean-Jacques Sempé)

Who's That Girl?


Photographer: Friedrich Seidenstücker

Sarah Doug Douglas


Black-and-white


Regensburg, May 2018

Zoe Barnard


Streetview Captures


Frankie Rayder


Window faces


Regensburg, May 2018

Carey Mulligan


ph: Stevie and Mada

A day in the life, May 5


A day in the life, May 5, Regensburg by night

Hailee Steinfeld


Wednesday, May 9, 2018

New York


Inge Morath. New York City, 1958

Keira Knightley


First Lines: John Crowley - Little, Big


On a certain day in June, 19--, a young man was making his way on foot northward from the City to a town or place called Edgewood, that he had been told of but had never visited.

Marija Vujovic


Black-and-white


Regensburg, May 2018

Hailey Clauson


ph: Giampaolo Sgura

Streetview Captures


Meghan Collison


ph: Alexander Saladrigas

A day in the life, May 4


A day in the life, May 4, Regensburg by night

Edita Vilkeviciute


ph: Claudia Knoepfel & Stefan Indlekofer