Thursday, March 1, 2012

The Artist

Is it possible to forget that "The Artist" is a silent film in black and white, and simply focus on it as a movie? No? That's what people seem to zero in on. They cannot imagine themselves seeing such a thing. At a sneak preview screening here, a few audience members actually walked out, saying they didn't like silent films. I was reminded of the time a reader called me to ask about an Ingmar Bergman film. "I think it's the best film of the year," I said. "Oh," she said, "that doesn't sound like anything we'd like to see."
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Antonio Berardi Fall 2012 Ready-to-Wear

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http://www.style.com/fashionshows/review/F2012RTW-ABERARDI

Grimes - Visions

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http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/16211-grimes-visions/

Visions - Grimes

Dolce & Gabbana Fall 2012 Ready-to-Wear

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http://www.style.com/fashionshows/review/F2012RTW-DGABBANA

Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Macrocosm and Microcosm

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macrocosm_and_microcosm

Primordial Weirdness: Did the Early Universe Have One Dimension? Scientists Outline Test for Theory

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http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/04/110420152059.htm

We Need to Talk about Kevin

It must be something like this to have a nervous breakdown. We find ourselves inside the mind of a woman whose psychopathic son has driven her over the edge. This is not entirely his fault. We gather she didn't want to get pregnant, isn't sure why she's married, is a mother who tries to mask hostility with superficial kindness. If she had her way, she would put her life on rewind and start all over again — maybe even as somebody else, since she's not very fond of herself.
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A Separation

"A Separation" is a film in which every important character tries to live a good life within the boundaries of the same religion. That this leads them into disharmony and brings them up before a judge is because no list of rules can account for human feelings. The film involves its audience in an unusually direct way, because although we can see the logic of everyone's position, our emotions often disagree.
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Lambchop - Mr. M

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http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/16221-lambchop-mr-m/

Mr. M (Bonus Track Version) - Lambchop

Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Frankie Rose - Interstellar

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http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/16304-frankie-rose-interstellar/

Interstellar - Frankie Rose

Rampart

Woody Harrelson is leaner in "Rampart," the skin tight over the skull, the jawline defiant. His eyes are busy. He is a cop in the Los Angeles police district that became notorious in 1999 as a cesspool of corruption, but this man takes corruption with him wherever he goes. The movie is co-written by the unsurpassed crime writer James Ellroy, who no doubt knows enough stories about Rampart to write a dozen movies, but his inspiration here is to make this cop a stand-alone character study, isolated within himself. He doesn't require the reprehensible environment of Rampart. He's self-fueled.
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Rampart

Serotonin

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serotonin

"The Artist" and "Hugo": A very French Oscars

It was like an episode from "The Twilight Zone." The Academy Award for best picture went to a silent film in black and white. The unstoppable "The Artist," which had nothing going for it but boundless joy, defeated big-budgeted competitors loaded with expensive stars because … well, because it was so darned much fun. Its victory will send Hollywood back to its think-tanks.
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Doodle Unto Others

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David Shrigley (Wikipedia, Official)

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http://www.artnews.com/2012/02/23/doodle-unto-others/