http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/18/movies/18clov.html I’m learning to like Manohla Dargis, the relatively new NYTimes film reviewer. This Cloverfield* review may cinch it – it’s like A.O. Scott on bitchy pills. For a brief, hopeful moment, I thought the filmmakers might be making a point about how the contemporary compulsion to record the world has dulled us to actual […]
Tag Archives: Multimedia
Anarchists in the Aisles? Stores Provide a Stage – New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/24/us/24shopdrop.html?_r=1&pagewanted=1&oref=slogin This is the season of frenetic shopping, but for a devious few people it’s also the season of spirited shopdropping. Otherwise known as reverse shoplifting, shopdropping involves surreptitiously putting things in stores, rather than illegally taking them out, and the motivations vary. Sometimes I need an “undecided” thumb in my SU toolbar. The idea […]
Norman Mailer, Towering Writer With Matching Ego, Dies at 84 – New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/10/books/11mailer.html?pagewanted=all Another missed obit, this time for larger-than-life writer, Norman Mailer. I’ve read and re-read The Executioner’s Song, and have seen him in a fascinating interview with a French documentarian. For these, I’m willing to excuse his brashness, his anti-woman 60s pronouncements, and the fact that I haven’t read any of his other works. But […]
Tom Poston – Obituary – New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/02/obituaries/02poston.html After 8 months away, with only haphazard access to The Internet ™, I’m catching up on the obits I’ve missed. Tom Poston (aka Mr. Bickley) was a fixture in most of the TV from my childhood, but my childish mind was clearly unattuned to straight man genius. Many of the anecdotes presented here are […]
Notable Deaths of 2007 – New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/27/obituaries/notable-obits-2007.html The New York Times has a list of the year’s most notable obituaries, with a brief description of the individual’s claim to fame. A thoughtful addition: Richard Jewell, 44, hero of Atlanta Olympic bombing.
Restaurants in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia – Travel – New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/18/travel/18choicetables.html Here’s a timely article on Ethiopian food; I had my first such meal last night, prepared by a thoughtful friend who knows my tolerance for heat and spice lies only slightly above black pepper. Injera, cumin/lentil hummus and – shock of healthy shocks – braised kale are now three of my favourite dishes. All […]
Killing of Briton by U.S. Pilot Was ‘Criminal,’ Coroner Rules – New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/17/world/europe/17britain.html There is a Stumble currently making the rounds of WWII posters created by the US Army, which identify the headgear and uniforms of the Allied forces with the message, “This man is your FRIEND.” Apparently friendly fire deaths at the hands of American soldiers are a longstanding tradition. Since the invasions of Afghanistan and […]
Another Grim Week in Iraq – New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/10/opinion/10sat1.html Fox News fans, take note. There are a lot of big words in this editorial, but bear with me – this is what we call “shades of gray”. It means that we can disagree with the Bush administrations policies, without taking the side of the terrorists. The “decider” President hasn’t proven himself capable of […]
More Sabers to Rattle, Perhaps Fewer to Thrust – New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/25/weekinreview/25shanker.html Another important yet incredibly depressing article the effect one bad decision – invading Iraq – has had as it ripples through the strength (real and perceived) of the American military engine, the US position in global politics, and the decreasing ability to safeguard homeland security. (The capitalised version, of course, receives all the funding […]
Young Directors of the 1990s – Movies – New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/04/movies/04waxm.html An article about the current state of the film directors’ union (meant more in a general sense than the DGA specifically). Really, though, this should be two articles. One focussing on the “where are they now?”-dom of Spike Jonze, David O. Russell et al. and another on the inspiring trio of Mexican artists (and […]