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. 🎥