On November 25th, 2011, JEAN DUJARDIN…
…’where have you been all of my life?’ is what I was asking myself – surprised I had never heard of him and being such a French film…
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On July 4th, 2011, INDEPENDENCE DAY…
…American Academy-style involved an Americanissimo coleslaw, homemade potato chips, grilled hamburger with fixins, potato salad, and watermelon lunch (making for a strange greeting for newly arrived guests who…
On May 9th, 2011, THE BILL CUNNINGHAM DOCUMENTARY…
…is in now in theatrical release, coinciding with my my short U.S. visit, which was welcome news since it is the film that I have been waiting for…
On March 15th, 2011, PIER PAOLO PASOLINI…
…is on my mind again – as he often is while contemplating the materially impoverished, but joyous, lively, celebratory, marginal, scrappy, hard-working, essential, common, quotidian, local, humane, modest,…
On March 1st, 2011, VALERIA DE FRANCISCIS…
…is the 95 year old newcomer/up-and-coming actress who plays Gianni Di Gregorio’s mother in his new film ‘Gianni e Le Donne‘ (a follow up to his 2008 low…
On December 12th, 2010, PASOLINI’S ‘CHE COSA SONO LE NUVOLE?’
…the short film featuring Totò and Ninetto Davoli from the 1968 collection ‘Capriccio all’Italiana‘ – is actually bringing some tears to the eye tonite – especially the last…
On November 29th, 2010, TEOREMA…
…the 1968 film by the singular Italian genius and poet Pier Paolo Pasolini is what we were up late watching tonight, reminding me of another Italy not too…
On September 22nd, 2010, A VIDEO BY ‘CASUAL PROFANITY’…
…otherwise known as my little brother, is a finalist for the new Vimeo Awards – so you need to drop everything and check out the Fluid Sculpture video…
On August 26th, 2010, ‘THE OATH’…
…the amazing documentary that tells the story of Osama bin Laden’s former bodyguard was shown to us tonight by the director Laura Poitras, also in residence here at…
On July 8th, 2010, BOB FOSSE…
…is someone I am going through a little obsession with, having just watched lots of his choreography including the “Rich Man’s Shrug” from the 1969 film Sweet Charity,…
On May 22nd, 2010, DONNE-MOI LA MAIN…
…the 2008 film by Pascal-Alex Vincent featuring handsome twin brothers Alexandre and Victor Carril, which I just watched last week is a very slow picturesque film with almost…
On April 30th, 2010, “HERB & DOROTHY” – THE DOCUMENTARY ABOUT THE VOGELS, THE UNLIKELY CONTEMPORARY ART COLLECTORS…
…is such a great story – just watched it last night – about the librarian and postal worker who gradually and obsessively amassed one of the great collections…
On April 29th, 2010, JULIETTE BINOCHE…
…in The Unbearable Lightness of Being reminded me of how awesome she is – and now I’m having a Juliette Binoche moment – watching Damage (1992), Le Voyage…
On March 21st, 2010, THE EXPOSE’ DOCUMENTARY ON THE BARNES COLLECTION FIASCO, “THE ART OF THE STEAL” …
…which I went to see today in Pasadena, is an amazing, depressing, and outrageous (though one-sided) Philadelphia tale revealing a toxic stew of MONEY! (25 billion dollars worth…
On March 13th, 2010, DR. OLIVER SACKS, M.D…
…just sent out this exciting announcement: Last week, production began on a new feature film based on Dr. Sacks’s essay “The Last Hippie,” in An Anthropologist on Mars.…
On March 7th, 2010, MERYL STREEP BY CHRIS MARCH AT THE OSCARS…
…looks just great – like a superhero’s mom from the future. This is from an interview with QueerSighted: She was a fan of mine during season four of…
On February 26th, 2010, “DAMELO TODO” (GIVE ME EVERYTHING)…
…is the title of an upcoming documentary directed by friend Wu Tsang, which is described as “…a hybrid documentary/narrative depicting Latina transgender women who build community with queer…
On January 25th, 2010, RUPERT FRIEND…
…is a delicious Prince Albert in The Young Victoria – and he’s wearing a different great outfit in every scene.
On January 17th, 2010, YVONNE RAINER…
…was in conversation with artist Simon Leung tonight after a screening of her 1971 (1980) film “Journey’s from Berlin” – hosted by the L.A. Film Forum at the…
On January 9th, 2010, MERYL STREEP…
…is just amazing to me, and I’m still trying to figure out why I love her so much, but I think it’s mostly because she takes such obvious…