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... can pick up this album and feel the dislocation that might not be directly related to a national tragedy, but still exists in many of our lives from time to time . What Yankee Hotel Foxtrot does is what ...
... his bicycle is stolen.
Full of pathos yet unsentime ntal, Bicycle Thieves tells the story of Antonio and his son, Bruno, searching the streets of Rome for his bicycle. Set during postwar Italy, the production ...
... you is the simple beauty of connection despite - and because of - our culture.
In an interview with the NY Time s, Balmès, who had only made rather serious documentaries until this one, claimed Babies ...
... cherry on top.
He saw something in this particular group of boys, from this particular school in his city, that few of us would have eyes to see. He saw past circumstances - jail time , violence, failing ...
... and Swing Time (the definitive Fred Astaire – Ginger Rogers vehicle). In the midst of that, Stevens gave us I Remember Mama, a movie set in the early 1900’s about a Norwegian immigrant family living in ...
... this is a season where we intentionally face death as a practice that leads to a resurgence of life. Whether Lent is a sacred time and practice of yours or not, Harold Crick’s story about death and life ...
Is it time to wake up?
As I received the opening images of The Descendants, I leaned over, looked at Kate (my wife) and spoke a truth we both already knew: “She’s a goner.” Alexander Payne opens The ...
... 2. When it comes to loving or having the ‘right’ view, we must choose love. Every time . 3. We must foster communities of love, justice, and inclusion for all people. ...
Who knew that anarchy could be so much fun? The next time you find yourself overwhelmed with the tragic sense of life, when you just need to watch a film that’s a good laugh from start to finish, check ...
... this is “real” hip-hop.
Typically we like our rappers with a history of drug dealing (Jay-Z), jail time (Lil Wayne), or at the very least a pimp limp (50 Cent). So how does a kid starring in a hit sit-com, ...
... at the same time the concrete of all colors; is it for these reason that there is such a dumb blankness, full of meaning, in a wide landscape of snows?” The people living here send mammoth balloons 40km ...
... in the early 1950’s, naming people in the movie industry he knew were Communists. Kazan was greatly reviled for his willingness to testify. As late as 1999, when a 90-year-old Kazan was awarded a lifetime ...
... single (although divorced), still aging in England, still confused as hell about himself and reality itself.
As Tony reflects on his life in The Sense of an Ending, he realizes time is not as static ...
... While it is still debated who the first pitcher was to throw a curveball, no one who watches baseball can imagine the game without it. The curve, at one point in time , had never been seen. When it slashed ...
... McCandless’ final words carried a similar sentime nt as he took his final breath on Bus 142 in March of 1992. Except Chris was totally alone, penniless, starving and malnourished in the middle of the Alaskan ...
... men who, having left everything on God’s behalf, must now question– sometime s with anger–what else they must relinquish. What resources can be drawn from at such a moment? Watching this fragile community ...
... might have thought it at one point (a previous tweet of mine: When SNL & The Lonely Island can make a track as hot as any pop song, it's time to rethink the music industry), and surely a kid in skinny ...
... will tell if this movie has the same transcendence beyond the time that made it. We follow Daniel Plainview as he adopts a partner’s son and battles Eli Sunday—a preacher in the area who is Daniel’s spiritual ...
... known for his weekly columns: “On the Street” and “Evening Hours” in the New York Time s. Cunningham is a remarkable anomaly of a man. He is kind, daring, and humble. He is an egalitarian and a maverick. ...
... And coincidentally, there is a story behind such photos.
As Picasso said, “Inspiration does exist, but it must find you working.” What are the stories behind the great art of our time ? A man revisits ...
... hardest work at time s may be on the receiving end.
Is it possible that being loved is a state of being that exists whether or not the beloved receives it? Is being loved the state of receiving love from ...
Of course beauty won’t save the world. That’s preposterous. Except, when we hear Dostoevsky initially dropped the phrase, then we’re not so sure. Like obedient lab rats, we’ve been trained to always agree ...
A noose for the news? Unsurprisingly, the headquarters of our nation’s third most read newspaper, the New York Time s, is a tense place. Yet the tensions represented in the recent documentary Page One: ...
... a better picture in your own head than he can on the screen, he waits to show his audiences things that they crave to see. Sometime s, he never shows you at all, leaving the imagination reeling.
Super ...
We all grow up and at some point dream of becoming a prince or princess, right? At the very least William and Kate have reminded us of this. Herein lies the allure of the “once upon a time ” in all great ...
... But like Nolan and others, Ripley, alongside Jones, is playing with the notion of manipulating reality. Can it be done? Is there a rabbit hole (a.k.a. Source Code) by which one can enter the space time ...
... and dysfunction of the family has become a successful (and lucrative) media pastime -- just think, Modern Family. Why is it that families fascinate and entertain us? This isn’t just a recent phenomena. ...
... your place in the world. Over and over again the question driving Burt and Verona’s journey is “How will we live?” And each character they encounter on the way has a very different (sometime s strange, ...
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But wait… it’s a made-for-TV western about a couple of old-time rs on a cattle drive!
Let me explain. I’m admittedly a sucker for westerns, so you will have to take my endorsement with a little caution. ...
... inspiration for John Lasseter’s team at Pixar numerous time s.) But let me table my own opinion on the matter in favor for what has truly intrigued me about the film – my 10 year-old daughter’s (Grace) ...
... wrote of him, "It feels like he's from another time or planet...removed from the everyday in a way that speaks to either incredible discipline or admirable disregard." "Removed from the everyday." To be ...
... it, questioning it, exploring... well, our own intrigue with reality. When Cobb sees Mal for the final time in limbo, he discovers a clarity of perspective that allows him to let go of his desperate attempts ...
... together to celebrate in wonder and, for the first time in a month, light.
The source of this "arctic sun" you ask. Tropicana. Yes, the same company that makes the orange juice you enjoy each morning.
In ...
... My life? My identity? Will Nike help me do that? Will a shoe help me do that? Do I need new friends? Do I need friends at all? Will their shoe help me cure the dissatisfaction, the boredom I sometime s ...
For musician and first-time director, Justin Dillon, what began as a way to personally process his shocking realization of the scope of modern-day slavery quickly turned into a sort of open-mic concert ...
Anytime someone tells me that “the next U2” is here, I know that I no longer need to pay attention to what they are about to say. There will not be, nor should there be, another U2. But when I heard Steve ...
... it in justifying jargon. There is little chance of standing up to injustice in our world in hopes of trying to overpower injustice. Often time s injustice is what it is because of the power it has accumulated. ...
... 2009 are listed by US release date rather than some ranking of 'greateness' - if they made the list, we think they are worth your time and money. Soon we will announce our rednoW film (and album) of the ...
... than some ranking of 'greateness' - if they made the list, we think they are worth your time and money.
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... across from a friend who is telling you the personal story of a life-time . The experience is so interesting, you become immediately absorbed into the images in their mind and emotions expressed through ...
... This thought rolls around in my head often. Late one night, being eluded by sleep, I found myself flipping through the channels. A couple time s through the channels (no easy task these days) and I come ...
... while much of the time the band sounds resigned to natural selection's final say, there are moments, like this one from "Cage the Songbird," that allow for more mystical questions.
Was your hunger your ...
... seem a bit disingenuous for us at this point to simply dismiss Bazan's sentime nt on this album. It would seem that if there are questions to be asked and feelings to be felt in response to this narrative ...
... as your basis for writing it off. You also have the choice to learn from a hypocrite. This is the same choice you have every time you learn anything from anyone. It’s just that it is more obvious with ...
... for by the United Nations. The question remains: Who cares? According to recent thought, you don't. And here's why. When was the last time you actually did anything to benefit a particular crisis as a ...
... speak the same language?" The music of Explosions in the Sky leads to a necessarily idiosyncratic experience, one that all I was with at the time agreed was "Awesome." Sometime s "Awesome" simply has to ...
... Great little commentary on Twitter [which is just blogging 140 characters at a time ] [youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PN2HAroA12w] ...
... form. With rumors of Sunny Day Real Estate once again getting the band back together (this time with Nate Mendell peeling himself away from the Foo Fighters to make it a complete reunion) and another solo ...
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It's still a secret, so keep your voice low... but Derek Webb has found a "loophole." We're still trying to piece it all together, but Webb seems ...
