curated: how we look at art… and how we think about looking at art
I suspect these essays hit me hard because how we see and think about the world is changing rapidly and dramatically as everything pauses during the coronavirus pandemic…
BBC News
Crazy Rich Asians movie review: a Golden Age of Hollywood romance with an overdue fresh twist
An opulent, juicy, splendidly silly, tears-of-joy spectacle reminiscent of the escapist fluff of 1930s Hollywood… yet also a romantic fantasy that a progressive, feminist gal can actually feel good about.
London photo: Jurassic breakout
Somehow today a shipment destined for the Jurassic World theme park ended up at Waterloo, with disastrous results.
Peter Capaldi sends words of encouragement to the Glasgow School of Art
I might have a little something in my eye…
London photo: entering the Thames Tunnel
Walking into the historic Thames Tunnel…
does spaghetti grow on trees? check out this classic BBC News report
Apparently this fooled a lot of viewers, and some people consider this the best April Fools joke ever.
a lost Star Wars movie?! well, sort of…
I had never before heard of “Black Angel,” a short film that accompanied The Empire Strikes Back in some non-U.S. cinemas in 1980.
evening clickbait: who will play JRR Tolkien in the biopic?; Katniss and her movie girlfriend
Stuff I found on the Net today.
Doctor Who thing: yes, missing episodes have been found!
And you can download them now from iTunes…
what do you think will be some unexpected side effects of global warming?
I’d never heard, for instance, about a potential impact on airline travel: commercial airliners may not operate safely in extreme heat.
