Thoughts and sketches on humans, nature, running, and the end of the world
Yesterday I saw Alfonso Cuarón’s Roma on the big screen (where it should be seen). This movie drew me in so deeply in that when it ended I struggled to get myself back to reality. In it, I recognized the time, the people, and the place, even if I’ve never been to Mexico City....
Note: Last year in Marienbad is playing at the Film Forum in NYC through January 31. This article contains spoilers: consider yourself warned if you have not watched the movie but you are planning to do so. The “story” A (Delphine Seyrig), accompanied by M (Sacha Pitoëff), who may or may not be her...
Husband seems to believe that watching the same movie over and over again is fun. He likes how old movies feel familiar–you’ve learned all the lines by hearth and known exactly what to expect. They become part of...
Voyeurs 1 Jeff Wall’s pictures are huge. You have to step back to grasp the whole, get all the pieces, and see how they fit together. Jeff Wall’s pictures have tiny details that tell the story. Sometimes you have to get close to recognize an object, and when you get close you can see...
I didn’t have any intention to watch Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert’s documentary A lion in the house that aired on PBS last Wednesday and Thursday. Who in their right mind would want to watch a documentary on very sick kids going through cancer treatment? Especially with no reassurance that, as it usually happens...
Sorry, I could not pass this one. David Pescovitz at BoingBoing.net has published the link to the trailer of the movie adaptation of Philip K. Dick’s A Scanner Darkly. The director is Richard Linklater, the guy who directed Waking Life. From the trailer it seems an awesome sci-fi animation movie. This summer, let’s go...
