Song for Marion (aka Unfinished Song) review: ode to joy
Powerfully poignant, a bumpy, bittersweet journey through grief and joy.
Month: June 2013
Doctor Who thing: if you give a Dalek an iPhone…
…you get photos that only a Dalek would take. (But now you can take them, too, with the iOS app EyeStalk.)
The Act of Killing trailer: song and dance numbers are written by the winners
I’m hearing very conflicting reactions to this film. Cannot wait to see it to find out which side I end up on…
London photo of the day: Lego tube map
The 1933 tube map, replicated in little plastic bricks, on display at Piccadilly Circus station…
The East review: content to be a mosquito when it could have been a black widow
Brit Marling never knows what to do with her great ideas. She runs them right up to a moment when all that electric potential zaps itself out of existence in a flash.
Jon Stewart’s summer vacation is better than yours
I haven’t seen John Oliver’s Daily Show yet, but I just watched Jon Stewart’s guest appearance on the Egyptian equivalent of The Daily Show on the Web.
Doctor Who thing: the Doctor is Jewish, no?
Liel Leibovitz at Tablet has decided that the Doctor is “the greatest Jewish character in the history of television.”
The Way, Way Back trailer: the untold tale of awkward male teendom
I’m so glad someone finally has the guts to tell the truth about what it’s like to be an awkward teenaged boy.
how much national cultural protectionism is feasible in a wired world?
Would you want your country to protect you from too much entertainment from another culture (such as Hollywood)?
London photo of the day: Shaftesbury buddha
Contemplating the moment.
