1. Attention Chicagoans! The summer’s most literate and budget-friendly event is this weekend with the Newberry Library’s annual book fair. Use paper money to buy paper books, read those books, scribble notes in the margins, and then donate them back to Newberry so some other lucky reader can buy them at next year’s book fair. […]
With Thom Yorke being in the news recently for pulling his music from Spotify, I was reminded of his dancing. Beyond what you may think of his couple ventures into the act, when it’s part of the narrative, dancing can be an amazing aspect of any film, television show, or music video. So, with this […]
This week has seen a promotion explosion for Alfonso Cuarón‘s upcoming film Gravity. Like many, I have been waiting to see a new film from Cuarón for years. Though he’s presented a few bits of content in the form of shorts here and there, and has a new television show starting this fall, the big viewing on […]
I’ve highlighted filmmakers enough recently who are making all sorts except their typical—the feature film—so this may become a somewhat regular posting if the trend holds true. Now we have something new from Paul Thomas Anderson (though he supposedly shot this prior to shooting The Master and has been working on it ever since) in […]
“Well, you’ve got to be known for something. The Danger of extreme versatility is that you don’t spring to mind for anything.” -Julian Fellowes (supposedly) Over the holiday weekend I fed the urge to rewatch Independence Day by buying it on blu-ray (which actually sports a fantastic image/sound job despite being a release from the earlier […]
