Friday, January 28, 2022

A day in the life, Sep 15, 2020

 

A day in the life, Sep 15, 2020, objet trouvé

Linnea Mullen


 

The Satan Bug (1965)

 

A germ that could destroy life on Earth is stolen from a biological warfare lab and the thief threatens to release it into the open, prompting a security officer to act. 

Well-staged and photographed sci-fi thriller has an interesting premise, but with stiff performances and due to too many plot twists is only mildly suspenseful.

Halliwell*: "Slow-moving, portentous, gadget-filled actioner which looks good but seldom stimulates." 

Maltin***1/2: "Overlooked little suspense gem...Taut script...and direction, stunning photography..."


 

Wednesday, January 26, 2022

Françoise Dorléac


 

Today's Cat


 

Lorna Foran

 

ph: Lena C. Emery

A day in the life, Sep 1, 2021

 

A day in the life, Sep 1, 2021, a cobblestone missing

Lonneke Engel

 

ph: Ellen von Unwerth

New Stuff: John Grant


 

Twiggy

 

ph: Helmut Newton

New York

 


Sun Feifei



Author: Joan Didion

 

(ph: Julian Wasser)

Joan Didion was an American writer. Her career began in the 1950s after she won an essay contest sponsored by Vogue magazine. Her writing during the 1960s through the late 1970s engaged audiences in the realities of the counterculture of the 1960s and the Hollywood lifestyle.

Bio:

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

Raven Lissette


 

Monday, January 24, 2022

A day in the life, Sep 14, 2020

 

A day in the life, Sep 14, 2020, under the bridge

Georgia Polks


 

La vie d'Adèle (2013)

 

Adèle's life is changed when she meets Emma, a young woman with blue hair, who will allow her to discover desire and to assert herself as a woman and as an adult. In front of others, Adèle grows, seeks herself, loses herself, and ultimately finds herself through love and loss.

Extensive, intimate lesbian romance profits from its cinéma vérité approach, good cast and a stellar performance by Adèle Exarchopoulos; however, the controversial explicit love scenes are indeed incongruent to the story and some of the dialogue seems more implausible than realistic.

Maltin***1/2: "Controversial film is directed in a fluid, naturalistic style and features several very graphic sex scenes. One might question whether the rather conventional love-and-loss story is worth three hours, but the two leads are excellent, particularly Exarchopoulos whose face - framed mostly in loving close-ups - conveys a world of conflicted feelings." 


 

Emma Roberts


 

Today's Cat


 

Alexis Kapaun