Monthly Archives: November 2023
This too shall pass…
Oh Scotty
“Don’t pinch pennies to save dollars” – Scotty Kilmer
The Measure of A Man, A Brief Review
A French film on the daily struggles of an ordinary man trying to be a good father to his disabled son, a good husband to his wife, a good worker at his job and a good man to the people around him. As the emotional stress takes it toll, he still does it again, day after day.
Come and See, A Brief Review
A tragic, sobering war film about the atrocities of war generally and of the German war machine in WWII on the eastern front in particular. Harrowing, personal and political, Come and See is filmed from the perspective of a boy made a man by human cruelty, racism and violence.
The Elderly, A Brief Review
A chilling, original Spanish science fiction horror film about a rising climate, an elderly population who appears to be losing touch with reality in disturbing ways and an unseen force that seeks to dominate all. Beautiful vistas of Madrid mixed with dark and unsettling moments.
Paprika, A Brief Review
A team of dream tech researchers deals with the unintended repercussions of the development of a new device designed to allow someone to explore another’s dreams, but as the line between world and dream world blurs, will they be consumed by a nightmare? Recommend!
90s alternative
90s alternative rock was special, I think, for its real and authentic engagement with human melancholy. It didn’t purport to wallow in it or shake it off (or pretend like they were too cool for it): it just embraced and faced the reality of human struggle.
“Every man has your voice”
– Paris, Texas
The Village, Quote, Love
“The world moves before love…it kneels before it in awe”
Bearer of Pity 