ph: Manuela Pavesi
Saturday, April 19, 2014
First Lines: Susan Choi - American Woman
Red Hook is little more than the junction of a couple of roads, with a farm store, a church and a graveyard, a diner.
Friday, April 18, 2014
R.I.P. Gabriel García Márquez
Eulogy:
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/18/books/gabriel-garcia-marquez-literary-pioneer-dies-at-87.html?_r=0
Inside Llewyn Davis (2013)
A week in the life of a young singer as he navigates the Greenwich Village folk scene of 1961.
What at first glance appears to be the day-to-day odyssey of a hapless artist, reveals further puzzling depths of significance on second thought.
R.I.P. Peter Matthiessen
Eulogy:
http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/books/2014/04/postscript-peter-matthiessen-1927-2014.html?utm_source=tny&utm_campaign=generalsocial&utm_medium=tumblr&mbid=social_tumblr
Dark Matter (2007)
A Chinese university student responds violently when his chances for a Nobel Prize are dashed by school politics.
A subtle and well-played drama that unfortunately doesn't delve too deep into the motivations of the crime.
Maltin**1/2: "Pointed observation of clashing cultures leads to a disturbing denouement that seems to come out of left field - even though it's inspired by a real-life incident."
Photographer: Emiel van Moerkerken
Bio:
http://www.fotomuseumdenhaag.nl/en/exhibitions/emiel-van-moerkerken-1916-1995
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First Lines: Edward P. Jones - The Known World
The evening his master died he worked again well after he ended the day for the other adults, his own wife among them, and sent them back with hunger and tiredness to their cabins.
Thursday, April 17, 2014
New Stuff: Sucker Punch O.S.T.
While watching the movie the soundtrack with its cover version sof popular songs caught my ear, it's got Björk and Emiliana Torrini on it, and Emily Browning ain't bad either.
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Wednesday, April 16, 2014
United 93 (2006)
A real time account of the events on United Flight 93, one of the planes
hijacked on 9/11 that crashed near Shanksville, Pennsylvania when
passengers foiled the terrorist plot.
A docudrama without any lead performers works fairly well due to diligent direction and a good script.
Maltin***1/2: "Harrowing dramatization...Several key people on the ground portray themselves in this impeccably crafted, emotionaly charged drama, wriiten by the director."
