April 5, 2008
February 20, 2008
Congratulations!
Congratulations to my sister-in-law, Gaby, and my new brother-in-law, Dana, on their recent marriage in Costa Rica (or, Why I Haven’t Been Writing For The Past Week - thanks, Jayson, for filling in). Congratulations also to Barack Obama for his current 10-in-a-row winning streak. Quick notes: I saw Michael Clayton recently and liked it quite a bit - a great look at law, corporate malfeasance, and the intersection of the two, it features pitch-perfect performances from George Clooney and Tilda Swinton in particular (had a nice back-and-forth about it with Dan Sallitt over at his blog); Mr. Untouchable was a solid documentary about Nicky Barnes, the man at the center of the Harlem heroin trade in the 1970s and the high-level players he betrayed - it brought to mind the excellent Cocaine Cowboys, a doc about the Miami cocaine wars that peaked a little bit later.
February 7, 2008
February 4, 2008
Congratulations!
Congratulations to the New York Giants, who won a Super Bowl for the ages with great pass defense and a resolute quarterback. Congratulations to Kristen, who made it down to the bottom of the blog and saw my favorite thing of January 2008 - she is our reader of the month! Some quick notes: I have received emails and comments concerning my review of Bachelor Party. It seems I’ll have to defend myself… My mother writes, “Do you ever see movies that are less, shall we say, noir? I’d love to see reviews of things more along the line of My Life as a Dog, Tears of the Camel, etc. You don’t have to put them on your blog if it makes you look less cool, but you could send them to me.” She means The Story of the Weeping Camel and, yes, it will make me ”look less cool”.
January 27, 2008
January 20, 2008
Speaking of 2007…
A bit late, but here are my favorites (in alphabetical order):
Black Book, Eastern Promises, Hot Fuzz, No Country for Old Men, Superbad, There Will Be Blood, Zodiac.
Let me know what I missed.
January 19, 2008
January 16, 2008
Quote Of The Day
“You like poetry, hon? George hated poetry. He hit me once when I recited Robert Burns; he hit me right in the eye… George was no good.”
Jean Hagen (bottom left in the poster) in Side Street (1950)
January 13, 2008
Watch This Space! (Norman Mailer vs Rip Torn)
We’re gonna be posting about stuff we watch: mostly movies, but also TV shows, YouTube videos, music videos - whatever catches our eye…
