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Rainy first day of December 2019 in Fresno, CA and that’s a good day for a Niilo Smeds record #goldrobotrecords #niilosmedsI know I just posted about David Berman’s last record, Purple Mountains, but I can’t stop listening to it. What a staggering, unexpected, and tragic elegy. #davidberman #dragcityStarting my day off with some vinyl therapy, courtesy the Portland Latinx trio Sávila. Saw this band at Mississippi Studios in Pdx when they opened for the surf rock grrls La Luz two summers ago, and then this past summer I found a copy of their LP in the used bin at Little Axe Records in Pdx’s Hollywood District. They got the smoothness I need today. #savilabandI’m so glad I picked up this vinyl copy of Deerhunter’s 2010 masterpiece, Halcyon Digest. Used to play the hell out of this record when I had a college radio show. Feels as urgent and interstellar almost a decade on as it did then. #halcyondigest #4adrecordsA rare weekday afternoon to myself at home and I’m playing the last David Berman record and hanging with my dog and sometimes crying. Purple Mountains to the max. #davidberman #dragcity #purplemountainsNew #fresnowriters tees dropping real soonFor C. W. MoultonGreat pumpkin😍 . #angelolsenRecent Tweets
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Category Archives: Movie reviews
Foodies fond of delectable French films
This post was originally published on the Film Forum blog at FresnoFilmworks.org. Disclaimer: I serve as President on the Filmworks board of directors. Movie lovers have long developed a hearty appetite for films about international food. The Danes have Babette’s … Continue reading
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Shakespeare on film
This post was originally published on the Fresno Filmworks Film Forum blog. Disclaimer: I serve on the Filmworks board of directors. In March, Filmworks will screen the Italian drama Caesar Must Die, a film that The Hollywood Reporter calls “a … Continue reading
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The worldwide revival of short films
This blog post was originally published on the Fresno Filmworks Film Forum blog. Disclaimer: I serve on the Filmworks board of directors. Some filmmakers prefer to keep things short. Famed auteur Wes Anderson got his start by making a short … Continue reading
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On Christopher Walken and acting normal
This blog post was originally published on the Fresno Filmworks Film Forum blog. Disclaimer: I serve on the Filmworks board of directors. In a film, stage, and TV career that spans more than fifty years, sixty-nine-year-old Christopher Walken — the … Continue reading
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Movie review: “A Face in the Crowd”
“A Face in the Crowd” Directed by: Elia Kazan Format: DVD from the public library Viewed: Thursday 8/09/2012 by myself at home The swirl and gnash of this season’s presidential politicking has turned my thinking to an unexpected subject: Andy … Continue reading
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Movie review: “I Wish”
“I Wish” Directed by: Hirokazu Kore-eda Format: Big screen Viewed: Friday 8/10/2012 by myself at the Tower Theatre in Fresno Sometimes, when I least expect it, I find exactly the right movie at exactly the right moment. “I Wish,” written … Continue reading
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Movie review: “Bernie”
“Bernie” Directed by: Richard Linklater Format: Big screen Viewed: Wednesday 8/08/2012 with my wife at the Regal Manchester Stadium 16 in Fresno As a longtime fan of independent filmmaker Richard Linklater, I was beyond stoked to hear that his latest … Continue reading
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