Saturday, June 29, 2019

New Stuff: Ingrid Laubrock Sylvie Courvoisier Mark Feldman Tom Rainey


Mariacarla Boscono


ph: Charlotte Wales

Land and Freedom (1995)


David is an unemployed communist that comes to Spain in 1937 during the civil war to enroll the republicans and defend the democracy against the fascists. He makes friends between the soldiers.

Fervent, realistic and distressing depiction of revolutionary idealism and its disillusionment in the face of conflicting factions and realpolitik.

Halliwell***: "An engrossing and passionate account of the Spanish Civil War, as experienced on an individual level, which is framed by a death in present-day Liverpool in an attempt to point up the contemporary relevance of its story of a revolution betrayed."

Maltin***: "Perceptive, passionate account...Rich human drama of political idealism and reality, if a bit too moralistic at times."

Who's That Girl?


Art: Eduardo Belga


Find more at:

https://www.eduardobelga.com

Bianca Henry


A day in the life, Jun 20


A day in the life, Jun 20, Regensburg by night

Elaine Irwin Mellencamp


New York


Freja Beha Erichsen


ph: Quentin de Brie

First Lines: Laurie Halse Anderson - Fever 1793


I woke to the sound of a mosquito whining in my left ear and my mother screeching in the right.

Friday, June 28, 2019

Nora Attal


A day in the life, Jun 19


A day in the life, Jun 19, shadows

Jourdana Phillips


The Last Waltz (1978)


A film account and presentation of the final concert of The Band.

Excellent, nearly exemplary documentation of a musical event involving some of the top artists of the time; it helps that all musicians present themselves in best form on stage.

Halliwell***: "Perhaps the best movie so far of a rock concert, one that also features many of the most influential performers of the era, together with some brief but revealing interviews with the band members."

Maltin***: "Truly wonderful documentary...the whole film is beautifully done."

Alek Wek


New Stuff: Angelina Yershova



Miranda Kerr


Rubber (2010)


A homicidal car tire, discovering it has destructive psionic power, sets its sights on a desert town once a mysterious woman becomes its obsession.

Capricious and slyly made meta-film entertains as spoof with a anything-goes approach.

Maltin**1/2: "Clever, one-of-a-kind English-language parody of monsters movies...is consistently watchable and wryly amusing, but the sheer weirdness of it all is its main attraction. A cult film aborning?"

Who's That Girl?


Photographer: Louis Draper

Rosanna Schiaffino


A day in the life, Jun 18


A day in the life, Jun 18, objet trouvé

Trinity Trice


New York


Elsa Hosk


First Lines: Nalo Hopkinson - Midnight Robber


Oho. Like it starting, oui?

Thursday, June 27, 2019

Mirte Maas


ph: Joshua Jordan

A day in the life, Jun 17


A day in the life, Jun 17, Garrulus glandarius, Eurasian jay, German: Eichelhäher

Candice Swanepoel


L'avventura (1960)


A woman disappears during a Mediterranean boating trip. During the search, her lover and her best friend become attracted to each other.

Allegorical and mildly surreal mystery drama with complex, mostly disagreeable characters is captured in meticulously beautifully staged scenes and leaves its audience in limbo throughout.

Halliwell**: "Aimless, overlong parable with lots of vague significance; rather less entertaining than the later Picnic at Hanging Rock, it made its director a hero of the highbrows."

Maltin***1/2: "Subtle, incisive allegory of spiritual and moral decay makes for demanding viewing."

Amra Cerkezovic


New Stuff: The New Yorker


(art: Olimpia Zagnoli)

Sasha Pivovarova


Night of the Blood Beast (1958)


An astronaut is killed on reentry to Earth, but his body is seeded with rapidly gestating aliens.

Absurd low-budget sci-fi tale hardly is worth watching, even for the occasional laugh.

Maltin*1/2: "Well directed but too low budget to succeed."

Who's That Girl?


ph: Maxim Shumilin

Wednesday, June 26, 2019

Art: Baron von Lind


Bio:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baron_von_Lind

Michelle Gutknecht


ph: Adam Plucinski

A day in the life, Jun 16


A day in the life, Jun 16, Kepler Museum, Regensburg

Àstrid Bergès-Frisbey


New York


Tao Okamoto


First Lines: Peter Carey - True History of the Kelly Gang


I lost my own father at 12 yr. of age and know what it is to be raised on lies and silences my dear daughter you are presently too young to understand a word I write but this history is for you and will contain no single lie may I burn in Hell if I speak false.

Sam Rollinson


ph: David Black

A day in the life, Jun 15


A day in the life, Jun 15, Regensburg by night

Sera Park