ira glass and philip glass are first cousins once removed. of course they are.
the chugging juggernaut
i read that the recently deceased playwright harold pinter loved cricket most of all; and why shouldn’t he? like his work, the game is filled …
cadillac records
i’m not usually a purist, but, damn it, cadillac records (just watched) is graceless. particularly beyoncé’s cover of etta james’s ‘at last’. the film offers enjoyable …
la brea tar pits
i think part of the reason i’m fascinated by elephants is having this tragic family scene, from the la brea tar pits, ingrained deep in …
betty
there’s an ever-present danger that this will turn into a tumblog about pitbulls. betty: 2008.12.21 3.04pm, los angeles, ca.
infrasonics
when i designed cherry orchard at the atlantic’s stage two, an exchange i had with darron west prompted an experiment: use infrasonic frequencies (sounds whose …
world of glory
the opening shot of roy andersson’s 1991 short, härlig är jorden (world of glory, recently – obsessively – watched), sears itself into viewers’ minds, brutalising …
breaking the waves, elegy
i’ve been bedridden for around a week, and my condition fostered upon me many movies i might otherwise not have seen. there were two quite …
shall think themselves accurs’d
And gentlemen in England now abed Shall think themselves accurs’d they were not here And hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks That fought with …
i am young and confused and obsessed
I am young and confused and obsessed with certain problems that I think right now distill the experience of being human. david foster wallace, in …