‘Movies & Art’ Category

Two Gentlemen Directors

So much to write about! Instead of feeling overwhelmed by it all (thanks, Rekha) I’m going to just focus on a few choice treats. Namely movies! Rad movies! By wild old guys!

3-D Herzog

I’ve gone and done that dummy move again, where I see something amazing, mean to write about, start a draft, then forget about it. By the time I post these things, they have faded, or I can’t find the right …

SIFF so far this year

Behr came to visit a few weeks ago, and her last day here coincided with the opening of SIFF (Seattle International Film Festival). We decided to do a super movie day which involved watching a movie in the morning, having …

Dance, Dance, Devotion

I really need to write performance reviews RIGHT AFTER I GET HOME. Or better yet, IN THE CAR ON THE WAY HOME. Otherwise I start a draft of a post with a few keywords and some links and then come …

Digging the Dancing Dream

We watched a spectacular documentary/dance film earlier this week: Dancing Dreams (2010) shows 40 teens learning and performing a dance piece under the supervision of Pina Bausch and two of her principal dancers. The kids have never danced …

Case Study No. 8

While in LA for Sky’s brother’s wedding, we snuck away at near the crack of dawn to visit the Eames House & Studio (also known as Case Study House No. 8). We took a bus that dropped us off …

True Grit (2010)

This was a pretty fantastic movie. It could maybe have been just mediocre and I still would have enjoyed it owing to the following facts:
1) I was really, really in the mood to escape into another world for 2 …

ハウス/Hausu/House

This movie, I mean, wow. I’m not even sure I can really write much of a post about it. I’d rather you just immediately drop this computer (on a soft, padded surface) and go pick up a copy of the …

Purging to Plato’s Cave

It’s sunny out. I’m purging myself of all manner of things.

Counsellor, Disco, Marijuana

Memes can be fun once in awhile.

Go to IMDb and look up 10 TV shows you like(d).
-Post three official IMDb “Plot Keywords” for these 10 picks.
-Have your friends guess the show names (no cheating!)

1. prodigal son, …