Friday, December 10, 2021

Munich Zoo

 

Munich Zoo, September 2021

Liya Kebede

 

ph: Joshua Jordan

A day in the life, Aug 21, 2021

 

A day in the life, Aug 21, 2021, Regensburg by night

Maddy Easley


 

Stranger Things, Season 3 (2019)

 

Summer brings new jobs and budding romance. But the mood shifts when Dustin's radio picks up a Russian broadcast, and Will senses something is wrong. 

The third season ups the ante with a Russian threat and a more complex narrative with parallel subplots plus some good new members of the ensemble (Robin and Erica);as before, highly entertaining.


 

Renata Maciel dos Santos


 

Tuesday, December 7, 2021

What Dreams May Come (1998)

 

Chris Neilson finds himself in Heaven after his death. However, when his inconsolable wife commits suicide and goes to Hell, he decides to risk his eternal soul to search for her spirit.

Basically a big sobby tearjerker, this movie presents some fascinating and spectacular, and at times cheesy, depictions of heaven and hell, albeit with a lot of half-baked theology.

Halliwell (no star): "Hollywood's brand of warm, huggy theology gets ever stranger: heaven here is a gooey oil painting, psychobabble is the angelic language, there's no deity in view, and the occupants can't wait to leave the place and get back to Earth. The mind boggles."

Maltin BOMB: "Off-putting gobbledygook...Despite its pedigree (a novel by Richard Matheson, a good director and cast), this film fails to evoke any tangible emotions. It just doesn't work. Its elaborate (in fact, overelaborate) special effects won an Oscar." 


 

Darya Yanchik


 

New Stuff: Sight & Sound

 


Sunday, December 5, 2021

The Lady and the Monster (1944)

 

A millionaire's brain is preserved after his death, and telepathically begins to take control of those around him. 

Little dark sci-fi nonsense is fairly entertaining; Erich von Stroheim does an excellent job as the mad scientist.

Halliwell (no star): "Fair, over-padded version of a much filmed thriller..."

Maltin**: "Gloomy, minor entry in the "brain swap" school of sci-fi..." 


 

Lily Donaldson

 
ph: Sebastian Kim

New Stuff: The New Yorker

 

(Art: Diana Ejaita)

Who's That Girl?

 

ph: Ormond Gigli

Art: Alice Helena Watson


 
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