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Month: February 2017

  • Nocturnal Animals

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    The second part of my Amy Adams double bill was Tom Ford’s Nocturnal Animals, and wow, I enjoyed this even more than I thought I would. I liked Ford’s first film, A Single Man, quite a bit, but mostly for its luscious look. This film also looks quite nice, but it’s not what really grabbed…

  • Arrival

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    Without even planning it, I ended up doing an Amy Adams double bill last night, starting with Arrival. I was quite looking forward to watching this — not only because I’ve had so many friends tell me they enjoyed it, but also because I am such a fan of Denis Villeneuve’s films (especially Enemy). And…

  • Belle de Jour

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    So it didn’t take long after finishing my 1985 movie marathon that I got in the mood to explore another year’s releases, and this time I’ve decided to go back even further, to 1967 — I picked ’67 for the simple reason that it marks a 50 year jump back. I’m definitely not going to…

  • Katherine Ryan: In Trouble

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    I’d never heard of Katherine Ryan, but I saw her Netflix comedy special, In Trouble, pop up while I was browsing for something to watch and was in the mood for some laughs. I ended up really enjoying her routine — I definitely do tend to enjoy crass comedy from female comics (think Sarah Silverman, Ali…

  • Finding Dory

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    So following Moana, I watched the latest Pixar film, hoping that I’d be into it — I say this because I’ve started losing interest in Pixar films, as I wasn’t crazy about Inside Out, and I still haven’t found myself wanting to watch The Good Dinosaur. The verdict? It was pretty good, I liked it…

  • Moana

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    I did a Disney double bill tonight by watching Moana and Finding Dory back-to-back. Starting with Moana, you can’t find fault in the brilliant visuals, and it was mostly fine in terms of keeping my interest, but I wasn’t particularly engaged. I didn’t care for all of the songs, so the movie constantly lost me…

  • The Manga Concierge

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    Anne Ferrero is one of my favorite creators of video content (Branching Paths, Toco Toco TV) and she has just launched yet another series you can watch on YouTube called The Manga Concierge. As the title suggests, each episode takes a look at a few manga series. The first episode is themed on games, and…

  • Kazuki Umezawa

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    The latest episode of Toco Toco TV covers artist Kazuki Umezawa. It’s interesting to see how he mixes digital (collages) and physical (paint) in his works, as well as the influence from being part of a collective.