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December 30, 2017
A Male Eye
A Male Eye. John Berger from Marina Trigueros on Vimeo.
The male gaze: Most pictures are meant to be seen by a male. This determines not only most relations between men and women but also the relation of women to themselves. John Berger wrote his book ‘Ways of Seeing’ (1972) on this premise, which has been used as the script for this video essay aimed to be a tribute to his work.
The Legacy of Paranoid Thrillers
The Legacy of Paranoid Thrillers from Travis Lee Ratcliff on Vimeo.
Paranoid thrillers are constant in cinema's history, but at any given moment they reflect our specific anxieties back to us and reveal how we feel about our institutions.
Here, I explore how paranoid thrillers crystalized as a genre in American cinema and examine the possibility of a contemporary renaissance in conspiracy fiction.
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Referenced Film...
December 29, 2017
The Weekend
SZA has shared a new CTRL visual directed by Solange. Watch “The Weekend” below. In the clip, SZA dances on a balcony, in a parking garage, as well as other empty spaces.
December 28, 2017
To A God Unknown
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"To a God Unknown" from the album "Whatever It Is You're Seeking, Won't Come In The Form You're Expecting" played live at Centro Cultural e de Congressos das Caldas da Rainha as an encore.
Composed by João Hasselberg
Feat:
Moises Fernandes, sax
Joana Espadinha, voice
Luis Figueiredo, piano
Bruno Pedroso, drums
João Hasselberg, double bass
Video by João Pombeiro, Ricardo Rezende and Gonçalo Santos
December 27, 2017
Your God
To the man standing on the corner holding the sign that said
“God hates faggots.”
I’ve never seen,
exactly
who it is that you paperclip your knees,
meld your hands together and pray to
But I think I know what he looks like:
I bet your God is about 5’10”.
I bet he weighs 185.
Probably stands the way a high school diploma does when it’s next to a GED.
I bet your god has a mullet.
I bet he wears flannel shirts with no sleeves,
a fanny pack
and says words like “getrdun.”
I bet your god—I bet...
December 26, 2017
December 24, 2017
The Alternativity
The story of how Britain’s favourite artist Banksy teamed up with Britain’s favourite film director Danny Boyle to put on a moving nativity play at The Walled Off Hotel in December 2017.
Samantha Zighelboim - Fat Dream with Blue Whale
We are gliding alongside each other in the North Atlantic ocean,
weightlessly propelling forward in the freezing water. I am as
immense as you are, reveling in the length and breadth of our imperfect
barnacled bodies, giant as we are graceful. It’s as if the entire sea is
a reverent procession for our massiveness. I am learning from you;
mimicking your precise d...
December 23, 2017
A Thin Red Photogram
A Thin Red Photogram: Regarding a Millisecond in Malick's Antiwar Epic from RW on Vimeo.
Since I first saw Malick’s THE THIN RED LINE (1998) the year of its release, I’ve been intrigued by an instant of screen time – a flash of red when opposing forces finally meet at bayonet range. Second and third viewings were needed to confirm that I had, in fact, seen this flash. Years later, when I examined a 35mm print of the film at the level of the strip, I saw that this brief shock of red was the w...
December 22, 2017
Samantha Zighelboim - When I Look Outside My Window I Can’t Get No Peace of Mind
Demise might not happen today what do I see
a large woman walking with two canes a striation
of exhaust fluid pooling in a left-over rain puddle
from a downpour this morning that I watched
intently from my windowsill while eating a yogurt
Believe everything is actually working against you
because it is regardless of how much lipstick
you put on or whether or not the new deodorant
actually responds to stress as advertised which
by the way it does not but If it’s possible the m...
