After reading rage mail, take Long Pauses
Darren Hughes’ Long Pauses is one of my almost-daily stops.Read more
Weird Movie News: Joan of Bark?
Since Paul Thomas Anderson recently directed Adam Sandler in a film, hey, why not have David Mamet work with Will Ferrell?Read more
Rating the churches
Oh how we love to rate things.
I love top ten lists. They’re fun, interesting, and there’s an art to writing one well so that it reads with some music, humor, and suspense.
I reluctantly rate movies by a letter-grade system when I review them, so that I have simple language for separating the rewarding experiences from those that are a waste of time.
But this?
Sam Phillips live in Seattle: Tuesday
Sam Phillips is playing this Tuesday at the Century Ballroom in Seattle. I’ll be there.Read more
Move Review Quote of the Week: The Day After Tomorrow
The New Yorker's Anthony Lane, describing what happened in the theatre halfway through The Day After Tomorrow...Read more
Masked and Anonymous... and Misunderstood?
David Dawes has just posted an argument, postulating that the all-star box-office flop Masked and Anonymous was one spectacularly misunderstood motion picture.Read more
Tarkovsky's Polaroids
Turns out the great Russian film director Andrei Tarkovsky had a talent for Polaroids as well.Read more
100% Pure Yorkshire Beauty
Ever dream about going down to a pub and discovering one of those mysteriously gorgeous Yorkshire lasses with that mysteriously gorgeous way of singing, the voice that just carries you off into melancholy storytelling about the sea, about unrequited love, about hardship and longing...?
Okay, maybe that's my sort of thing.
I basked all weekend in the glow of the new album by Kate Rusby. Underneath the Stars is my favorite Rusby record yet — beautifully recorded, giving her voice all the space it needs, and supporting her with delicate musicianship. The lyrics are like a collection of good old-fashioned Irish poetry. And the song "Falling" is going to make it onto any mix-disc I make this year.
Here's a review from AllMusic.com.
Many thanks to my good friend Kenny Heaton for introducing me to Ms. Rusby's bewitchingly beautiful talents.
Now You Can Edit the Violence Out of Movies!
CT Movies posted a point/counterpoint today regarding the new "U-Edit-the-movies" ClearPlay DVD Player, which can be set to filter out cussing, violence, and nudity.Read more