Pizza fresh from the oven topped with some local peppers, basil, and pesto that I made.

It’s time for the Giornate del Cinema Muto again and I’m watching some of the great silent films that they are streaming again this year. It always provides a different and wonderful perspective on world cinema and history. 🎥🤫

Currently reading: Cue the Sun! by Emily Nussbaum 📚

Favourite new-to-me films for September 2024:

Native Tongue, Never Look Away, Presence , Black Box Diaries, When the Light Breaks, Bird, Julie Keeps Quiet, Dahomey, Bob Trevino Likes It, and How to Smell a Rose: A Visit with Ricky Leacock at His Farm in Normandy.

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Watching Rob Reiner’s 1984 film This is Spinal Tap again. It amazes me how many of the details of the film I remember. 🎥

Another great day of films at the Atlantic International Film Festival where I saw films from India, Japan, Iceland, and the UK. 🎥

First day of seeing films at the Atlantic International Film Festival with 3 features and a short viewed. A nice start to my festival this year.

Watching ‎the Coen Brothers’ 1998 masterpiece _The Big Lebowsk_i again. 🎥

Best new-to-me films seen in August 2024: City of Gold,
Werner Herzog: Radical Dreamer,
Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes,
Hail the Conquering Hero,
_Cirque du Soleil: Without a Net _,
Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger, Janet Planet.

Watching ‎the Coen Brothers’ love letter to the golden age of Hollywood – Hail, Caesar! again. 🎥

Watching ‎Annie Baker’s 2023 film Janet Planet. 🎥

Starting my preparations for the Atlantic International Film Festival which happens from September 11 – 18 this year. I make up Letterboxd lists of all of the films which gives me a chance to see what is screening and then I can figure out what I am going to see.

Finally watching ‎Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga directed by George Miller. 🎥

View from the back of the ferry.

Watching ‎René Clément’s 1960 noir Purple Noon again in the Criterion Channel’s Vacation Noir collection. 🎥

Favourite new-to-me films for July 2024:

You Can’t Take It With You, Copa 71, Faye, Mary Jane’s Not A Virgin Any More, Flaming Lips Space Bubble Film, Hotel, Kiss Me, Stupid, Le 15/8, and Postcards From the Edge.

Coneflowers

Took a lovely 50 km bike ride this morning and saw lots of cows and a deer beside the trail eating some grass. I love living in a rural area.

Mourning dove on a wire.

Bee on echinacea.

Close to a coneflower.

Watching ‎the 2024 documentary Faye directed by Laurent Bouzereau. 🎥

Coneflower.

Burger buns fresh from the oven.

Lichen on a fencepost.