Monday, May 31, 2010

Background to Danger - Raoul Walsh (1943)

This was supposed to be a follow up to the success of Casablanca, but it is a pale imitation. George Raft gets no love interest. Peter Lorre and (especially) Sidney Greenstreet give this B&W flick some nice color.

Burma Chronicles - Guy Delisle (2008)



Tuesday, May 18, 2010

Sunday, May 16, 2010

Two books by Nate Powell


Please Release by Nate Powell (2006)

Cakewalk by Rachel Bormann & Nate Powell / Bets Are Off - Nate Powell (2008)

Live From the Edge - Universes

Four person poetry/hip hop/acapella/beat box. Political, but not pushing political boundaries.

Part of the Emerging America Festival sponsored by ART, ICA and Huntington

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Vicious Dogs on Premises - Witenss Relocation

Dance theater. Brutal and screaming. OCD motions, but the funny kind. Scenes repeated give a sense of what we take for granted in personal communcations.

Part of the Emerging America Festival, sponsored by ART, ICA and Huntington

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Monday, May 10, 2010

Krazy Kat in Tiger Tea - George Herriman (1936)

Krazy Kat dailies from 1936 and 1937. Herriman's longest Krazy Kat continuous narrative.

Saturday, May 8, 2010

Iron Man 2 - Jon Favreau (2010)

Screened at the Boston Common in IMAX

Wednesday, May 5, 2010

The Haunted Castle - F.W. Murnau (1921)

Made just one year before Murnau made Nosferatu. Chamber murder mystery. Almost no redeeming qualities, static, slow and poorly acted.

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The Annie Darcy Band at Club Oberon

Sunday, May 2, 2010

Somerville Open Studios

Visited most of the artists at the Vernon Street Studios

In the Footsteps of M. Hulot - Sophie Tatischeff (2000?)

2 hr documentary about Jacques Tati