Bir başkadır benim memleketim (Something else my homeland is) Turkish song from the '70s Turkish melodrama is a billion-dollar industry, with an export value second only to that of shows made in the US. 'Dizi,' the term of choice for these sweeping, soapy affairs, that are marked by heavy dollops of drama, lush original scores, … Continue reading One of the best shows on Netflix is a Turkish soap
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Re-watch Rumination 101 | a post about Community
So I'm wrapping my second re-watch of Community -- as well as the third. Bear with me. I'm looking up the dates of when seasons run and I'm figuring it out myself. It turns out Community's troubled lifecycle align with the phases of my early twenties. I'm also framing it within a J̴̝̦̼͕̹̣͇̯͙̅̑̌͝ͅȩ̸̧̼̻͓͖̭̥͈́̕s̶͖̆̌̈̏̒̋͋̾̕u̸̦̦̔̉̊͒͒̐̿̆ŝ̸̡̪͔͎͍̬̂͗̎̌̚ analogy, which … Continue reading Re-watch Rumination 101 | a post about Community
The best scene in Tinker Tailor (2011)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KfU7M3RU63I&list=LL&index=1 Not the whole scene, but you should watch it anyway. Benedict Cumberbatch said about working in this scene that all he had to do was sit back and enjoy Gary Oldman do a one-man show. God bless, so do we. "What did he say?" his character asks a tipsy, midnight hour Smiley. A protagonist … Continue reading The best scene in Tinker Tailor (2011)
TOOL suck | but I still love them
Tool lyrics do read a bit like Maynard's therapy notes: "I've been wallowing in my own confused / and insecure delusions." And that's what most people need, therapy. But Maynard was the kind of rockstar who put you on a walkabout, stepping through your shadow and prying open your third eye. In the same lyric, he continues: "I wanna feel the change consume me / feel the outside turning in / I wanna feel the metamorphosis and cleansing I've endured." It's 'Break on Through' for the post-grunge generation, candid about the breaking, too, eventually: "[I choose to] kill and die and to be / paranoid and to lie / hate and fear and to do / what it takes to move through[5]"
Martha’s pearls
A few good words on the final Tom King issues of Batman.
In Praise of Natalie Wynn | 4 must-watch videos
Nolan films and YouTube heroes--we're really shilling for clicks today at the Budafoki amended. I find Natalie to be a refreshingly sane person and a remarkably self-aware thinker. With argumentation so good it makes you forget the laughs are legit, and the production values simply extravagante, she could well be the only Internet figure posterity … Continue reading In Praise of Natalie Wynn | 4 must-watch videos
Semi-short and bittersweet Nolanology for kvetches
Tenet is a goofy film. You have to be a really intellectual auteur to be allowed to work on such silly timey wimey stuff.
The Dragon’s Baby
Μαργαρίτα Παπαγεωργίου We only know her as Baby, and she does do baby, damsel in distress. She also does femme fatale. She does abuse survivor, war survivor, class survivor. She does tease and faithful friend. His friend. iMDB calls him Ogre, Franzen called him Fiend, the movie really calls him the Dragon. That's what you still call … Continue reading The Dragon’s Baby
In praise of Bill Pullman’s soft-boiled detective
Harry Ambrose of The Sinner is the opposite of every Loose Cannon protagonist cramming the nicotine-stained hallways of detective shows—at least in terms of affect. Affable yet aloof, mumbling and groaning as he's searching for words, he's a man barely present. Loose Cannons take on cases either reluctantly or with the self-destructive fixation to match … Continue reading In praise of Bill Pullman’s soft-boiled detective
The best scene in Wonder Woman
Patty Jenkins' film about an idealist warrior's rude awakening is among the best entries in its genre. I don't think it's perfect, but I don't think any superhero movie is. Wonder Woman was of course lauded for flying through the old glass ceiling. But representation aside, I think the real takeaway from this comes after … Continue reading The best scene in Wonder Woman
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