Saturday, January 23, 2021

New Stuff: Bill Calahan

 



Who's That Girl?


 

Art: Edward Linley Sambourne


 
Bio:

Guetcha Tondreau


 

Johnny Come Lately (1943)


 

 
Newspaper man wanders about and helps older woman save her paper.

Entertaining, if not too exciting drama with a mild political stance is worth the watch mainly for Cagney's lively performance.
 
Halliwell*: "A turn-of-the-century folksy drama seemed an odd choice for a Cagney independent production, and it was not very persuasively made, but the star produced moments of his old charisma."

Maltin**1/2: "Tame but amusing Cagney vehicle..." 
 

 

Imaan Hammam

 


 

ph: Angelo Pennetta

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Friday, January 22, 2021

Vita Mir


 

ph: Leo Faria

New Stuff: The New Yorker


 

(art: Edel Rodriguez)

Bella Hadid


 

A day in the life, May 1


 

A day in the life, May 1, Regensburg by night

Bogdana Kadritskaya

 


New York


 

Inge Morath, New York City, 1957

Shalom Harlow


 
ph: Craig McDean

First Lines: Michelle Tea - Mermaid in Chelsea Creek


 

Chelsea was a city where people landed.

Thursday, January 21, 2021

Willow Smith

 


End of Summer (2014)

 

A journey through the austere landscapes of the island of South Georgia and the Antarctic Peninsula.

Beautiful homage to a dwindling paradise, carefully lensed on grainy black and white super 8 film, enhanced by Jóhannsson's solemn and brooding score. 
 

 

Silvana Mangano


 

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Amy Adams


 

A day in the life, Apr 30


 

A day in the life, Apr 30, Regensburg by night

Björk


 

ph: Glen Luchford

New Stuff: Tyshawn Sorey

 


Dayle Haddon


 

Good Time (2017)


 
After a botched bank robbery lands his younger brother in prison, Connie Nikas embarks on a twisted odyssey through New York City's underworld to get his brother Nick out of jail. 
 

Downbeat thriller makes it best delving into all that could go wrong with committing a crime, albeit out of brotherly; Robert Pattinson is perfect as the unfortunate crook.


 

Taylor Swift


 

New Stuff: Mary Halvorson's Code Girl


 

Wednesday, January 20, 2021

Valentina Zelyaeva


 

ph: John Scarisbrick

The White Diamond (2004)


 
About the daring adventure of exploring rain forest canopy with a novel flying device-the Jungle Airship.

A true "Werner Herzog joint" accompanies a madcap aeronautical engineer pursuing his dream of a flying with a teardrop-formed balloon, but also adds amazing insights along the way.


 

Anna Selezneva


 
ph: Choi Yong Bin

New Stuff: Public Enemy


 

Who's That Girl?


 

Photographer: John Gutmann


 
Bio:

Charleen Weiss

 


Mortal Engines (2018)


 
In a post-apocalyptic world where cities ride on wheels and consume each other to survive, two people meet in London and try to stop a conspiracy. 
 
Although this steampunk romp has a rather uninspired, not too exciting plot, it does dazzle with lots of visually stunning special effects, which should satisfy fans of the genre.


 

Natalia Semanova


 

ph: Arthur Elgort

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Barbara Mullen


 

ph: Roger Prigent

Tuesday, January 19, 2021

A day in the life, Apr 29


 

A day in the life, Apr 29, a cat hiding

Meredith Mickelson


 

ph: Alex Loucas

New Stuff: Sun Ra Arkestra



 

Amber Heard


 

ph: David Slijper

New York


 

Times Square, looking south on Broadway from 47th Street, New York, summer 1944. Photographed by Andreas Feininger

Sasha Pivovarova



First Lines: Amity Gaige - Schroder


 

Once upon a time, in 1984, I created another fateful document.

Charlotte Gainsbourg

 


ph: Mario Sorrenti

Monday, January 18, 2021

Street Scene (1931)


 

Twenty-four hours elapse on the stoop of a Hell's Kitchen tenement as a microcosm of the American melting pot interacts with each other during a summer heatwave. 

Remarkable adaptation of a award-winning play literally creates the titular street scene in a studio with good details and sense for realism; enhanced by overall excellent performances.



 
Halliwell*: "Slice-of-life drama from an influential play; never much of a film, and very dated."

Maltin***1/2: "Heartbreakingly realistic account of life in N.Y.C. tenements...Elmer Rice's Pulitzer Prize-winning play...enhanced by fine performances, George Barnes' striking camera-work, Alfred Newman's classic music score."

Hailey Clauson


 

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