still loving ‘The Man in the High Castle’ (Season 2 open thread)
Season 2 is even better than the first. [This post is not behind the paywall.]
Barcelona photos: Casa Batlló interior (part 1)
I’ll start with just the two light wells in the center of the townhouse.
Live by Night movie review: criminal tedium
Commits the cardinal sin of cinema: it’s boring. Feels like two hours of highlights from a 20-episode miniseries that only hint at a rich story tapestry.
Operation Avalanche movie review: to the moon?
This Apollo-era would-be suspense-thriller mockumentary is more an exercise in “look how film-school cool and clever we are” than anything else.
Barcelona photo: Casa Batlló exterior
Designed by Gaudí, and breathtakingly gorgeous.
Monster Trucks movie review: what a car-tastrophe
What if “monster trucks” actually meant — wait for it — that there were monsters in the trucks? From an idea by a four-year-old (really), and it shows.
Barcelona photo: sunset from Montjuïc Castle
One of the most gorgeous sunsets I’ve ever seen in my entire life.
OFCS 2016 awards winners announced
Moonlight wins big…
A Monster Calls movie review: the monster is within us all
A fairy tale of the Grimm sort: no happy ending, no heroes or villains, just hard truths about life and human nature. Important, beautiful, heartbreaking.
curated: happy new year from Werner Herzog
He always knows the right thing to say.
