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Archive for February, 2007

Half Nelson

Posted in Watching, tagged , , , , on February 26, 2007 | 1 Comment »

Filmed jerkily and using desaturated, low contrast stock, Half Nelson is slightly abrasive to watch, at least at first. It takes a while to adjust to the almost constant movement of the camera and the slight shudder as it pans across a classroom.
Yet within minutes, the actions of the characters on screen are so intriguing, [...]

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Damien Rice

Posted in Listening, Watching on February 24, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

This video treads the thin line between utter innovative genius and slightly cringe-inducing self-consciousness. Just can’t decide, but it’s a beautiful song anyhow.

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Rowan, Rowan, Rowan.

Posted in Thinking on February 21, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

For those disheartened by the seeming hardline stance taken yesterday in Dar Es Salaam by Archbishop Rowan Williams, check out:http://www.igreens.org.uk/bodys_grace.htmHe made this speech back in 1989, while still a Professor of Divinity at Oxford University. That same year he established the Institute for the Study of Christianity and Sexuality. I don’t think he’s really changed [...]

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Vintage Pacino in Scarecrow

Posted in Watching on February 16, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

Winner of the Palme d’Or at Cannes in 1973, ‘Scarecrow’ is a little-known cinematic gem; a film from another decade and a whole other world of movie-making. Director Jerry Schatzberg ingeniously paired Al Pacino and Gene Hackman as fellow drifters Lion and Max, who meet while hitching lifts through the wide open expanses of the [...]

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