ph: Daniel Mava
Saturday, January 18, 2014
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First Lines: William Maxwell - So Long, See You Tomorrow
The gravel pit was about a mile east of town, and the size of a small lake, and so deep that boys under sixteen were forbidden by their parents to swim there.
Friday, January 17, 2014
R.I.P. Amiri Baraka
Eulogy:
http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/newsdesk/2014/01/the-path-cleared-by-amiri-baraka.html
Thursday, January 16, 2014
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Wednesday, January 15, 2014
Frozen (2010)
Three skiers are stranded on a chairlift and forced to make life-or-death choices that prove more perilous than staying put and freezing to death.
And that sums it up pretty well: the makers took no attempt to explore anything beyond the plot's premise.
New Stuff: Neil Young
Not really new, but I recently found that my copy of one my favourite Neil Young albums was defective!
Contact (1997)
A scientist, after years of searching, finds conclusive radio proof of intelligent aliens, who send plans for a mysterious machine.
Mesmerizing sci-fi drama about the first contact that in the end delivers the goods, but gets a bit kitshy as well.
Halliwell*: "After a brilliant beginning, an awe-inspiring journey through space, the film soon settles for sentimentality and psychobabble, being less interested in the consequences of the possibilities of alien contact than in self-help and exploring one's inner being."
Maltin***: "Intensely involving story in which we're drawn into Foster's obsesion and share her odyssey into the unknown. Passionate and intelligent, this film manages to inspire a feeling of awe and wonder, which makes up for its overlength and false endings. Foster is simply sensational."
