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Category Archives: Art
Wonder and Weirdness #1 – Ed Emshwiller
I was familiar with Ed Emshwiller’s science fiction illustrations long before I knew his name or anything about his career. From 1951 to 1979, he created over five hundred covers for many science fiction magazines and paperbacks. In the 1960s, … Continue reading
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New York Film Festival 2021 – Part 2, The Wrap Up
The 59th edition of the New York Film Festival concluded on Sunday, October 10. Based on the fourteen films I saw, it was a very good year. I don’t know any actual figures, but from what I could tell there … Continue reading
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Best TV, Cable & Streaming 2020/2021 – Supplemental
For those who would like to go a little deeper, here is a selection of interviews, discussions, and featurettes for some of the titles covered in parts 1 and 2. Running times for videos are indicated. Pick and choose, as … Continue reading
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Best TV, Cable & Streaming – 2020 & 2021 (so far) – Part 2
Here are twelve more titles to wrap up this survey of what I’ve liked on the small screen in 2020 and so far this year. ________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ Miss Scarlet and the Duke (PBS Masterpiece) Set in Victorian London of 1882, … Continue reading
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Best Documentaries 2020 – Supplemental
For those who would like to go a little deeper, here is a selection of interviews, discussions, reviews, and performance clips for the documentaries in the previous post. Running times for videos are indicated. ________________________________________________ The Bee Gees: How Can … Continue reading
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What I Saw Last Year – Best Documentaries 2020
I didn’t see nearly as many documentaries in 2020 as I have in previous years. When Film Forum and the IFC Center closed down last March (along with all other movie theaters in New York City), the venues where I’d … Continue reading
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Dieselpunk – Retro Futures
As often happens, when I was recently looking online for one thing, I came across something else entirely that took over my attention. These are images depicting such things as flying locomotives and aircraft carriers, which are highly detailed, simultaneously … Continue reading
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Tagged 20000 Leagues Under the Sea, Blade Runner '82, Brazil, Cyberpunk, Dark City, Dieselpunk, Mad Max: Fury Road, Metropolis, Mister X - comic, Mortal Engines, Neuromancer, Retro Futurism, Robocop, Science-Fiction, Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow, Snowpiercer, Steampunk, The Rocketeer, Victoria era, William Gibson, World War I, World War II
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Happy New Year 2020- Part 2
Here’s some stuff I didn’t have when I put yesterday’s post together. I could save it until next New Year’s, but if the presidential election goes sideways, I might be in the hills with the Resistance. But more likely I’d … Continue reading
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“Shooting the Mafia” – Supplemental
KIM LONGINOTTO – Director (From press notes provided by Cohen Media Group, the film’s distributor) Kim Longinotto is a multi-award-winning documentary filmmaker, well known for making films about female outsiders and rebels. Among her 20 films, she has followed a … Continue reading
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