erholt Ich habe einfach geduscht und fühle mich deshalb erholt. Diese Woche war okay. Meine Laune war allerdings etwas getrübt, weil ich einige Absagen auf Bewerbungen erhalten habe. Absagen auf BewerbungenAm Montag habe ich eine Absagen auf eine vielversprechende Bewerbung erhalten. Ich hatte im Juni ein Vorstellungsgespräch und habe fast einen Monat auf eine Antwort gewartet. Ich war sehr hoffnungsvoll. Am Dienstag habe ich eine weitere Absage erhalten. Aus diesem Grund hatte ich keine…

Film Storyboard A new historical film titled "Stomping Freedom", produced by Caesar's Ford Theatre, Inc. and directed by Kane Stratton. Jake portrays Weyanpersenwa (Whirlpool/Blue Jacket) in the film. Director @kanestratton stated: "an homage to the dignity and pride of American Indian peoples who resisted the American Revolution, this film will show you a side of history that's not ever been seen before."There are more photos and information about this film on the American Indian-led arts…

This 1911 L’ODYSSEA is pretty good from a spectacle viewpoint. It’s from that naive period of cinema where the intertitles tell you want you’re ABOUT to see, relieving the images of the burden of telling the story. It’s a bit like a very thin book with massive illustrations. Does this, admittedly in some ways primitive, […]

I watched The Testament of Ann Lee this morning—thanks to @canneddragons for reminding me of it. Could not have loved it more.

★★★★: Manages to stand on its own as a touching action movie, but also cash in on nearly 20 years of Spider-Men in film. It's just such a delight. A crushing, emotional delight. FYI: My reviews are scored out of 4. Also, thanks for subscribing to my RSS feed and supporting the indie web!

Another book I'm going to have to add to the pile. A fascinating chapter moves between Sumner’s laudatory musings about how “competition is hurrying on the survival of the fittest” and Carnegie’s more tormented conscience. The concept of "competition" is embedded in our culture. The other night, in an effort to get her son into bed, Mitzi's daughter posed the effort as a race, "I'm going to beat you!" I'm not suggesting that competition is a toxic concept. I am saying that the thoughtless…

It’s a thin soup at this point.

Welcome to day 8 of 13 on The Great Balkans Road Trip. This is a group tour with Just You. We started in Romania, have travelled through Bulgaria, North Macedonia and Kosovo, before landing in Serbia yesterday. If you’ve missed the earlier episodes, you can find the full series here. This blog contains affiliate links to help support my writing. Breakfast at the Belgrade City Hotel I’d enjoyed another great night’s sleep. I’d been on the move all day every day, travelling and sightseeing,…

finished on 21 July 2025 I had grabbed this from the public library in a moment of caprice. Seeing the title, I had thought, Wait, wasn’t there a film adaptation that I had decided was a rental on the basis of the trailer—and then never bothered renting? Turns out there had been. I’m still not going to rent it, stream it, or bootleg it. Jumper (2008) original trailer (1080p HD) Fortunately, the original novel is actually worth reading. Yes, Occasional Reader, I’m reading a YA novel and not…

Yesterday I was discussing how Marvel's comics are struggling and I don't see much of note with their cinematic slate besides the immense hope that, "Avengers: Doomsday," is a hit. Well, Marvel did hold an event today in the fabled Hall H of Comic-Con International/San Diego Comic-Con and whilst it occurred, Ryan Reynolds appeared in a gray Deadpool suit (like from, "Uncanny X-Force,") and that was fun, but two other announcements really perked my ears up. Ryan Gosling will be the new Ghost…

Felt like a follow up to the 2013 remake in four tone, but way more gross. There’s lots of gore but it was the no blood moment that made me gag.

Opens with a tiresome assembly of college revolutionaries, and closes with a fancy house exploding again and again, all of its contents blasted into the air in lovely slow-motion. In between is a shaggy story of aimless young people with inconsistent dubbing, just what you’d expect from Antonioni. Mark, a white guy with sideburns, has maybe shot a cop and definitely stolen a plane. He’s flying over the desert when he spots a girl in a car, and starts casually north-by-northwesting her. This is…

The first recording today starts with the end of Bear Behaving Badly. There’s a trail for What’s New Scooby Doo. There’s another short episode of Leon. It’s getting windy. After this there’s a trail for Total Wipeout. Then it’s a repeat of Shaun the Sheep – The Bull. Media Centre Description: Children’s animation. Set on a remote rural farm, Shaun’s flock lives a peaceful life under the watchful eye of their sheepdog Bitzer. When a bull wanders into the sheep’s field, Shaun discovers that it is…

I’ve watched part one before. Color fields flash and fade. Shots of the house and children have been turned into reddish defocused funhouse blobs. Almost-normal photography at the very end of a young kid feeding an even younger kid with a spoon. 2. Distinct textures in this one, not just more of the same. Added to the funhouse effect is some Melies house transformations with the kids as actors/witnesses, shimmering particle effects, and some really nice superimpositions, while the film…

Director: Sam RaimiStarring: Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, Willem Dafoe, James FrancoWhat it is about: Your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man's origin story.Spoiler-free review: Although a few good superhero movies had been made before Sam Raimi's Spider-Man, it was this movie that showed, yes, it was possible to make a superhero movie that looked and felt like the original comic books.I've wanted to introduce my children to Spider-Man for a while, and I've wondered whether I should start with…

Huge thanks to Farokh Talati, Head Chef at St John Bread & Wine, for so generously baking this magnificent Apple Strudel for the guests on The Gentle Author’s Tour of Whitechapel this Sunday. Click here to book for a Whitechapel Tour At this time of year, the canopy of trees over-arching Arnold Circus is an awe inspiring sight to behold, as if a forest clearing had been magically transported and placed at the centre of a maze of city streets. From within the tiny park you see the towering red…

Was für eine sonnige Powerfarbe hat bitteschön dieser Auflauf, mein Apfelphone ist beim Knipsen beinahe explodiert! Er wird in einer Pfanne - neudeutsch One Pan ;o) - zubereitet, die Nudeln werden nicht einmal vorgekocht, man ist fleischlos glücklich mit ganz viel Gemüse und eine goldene Käsekruste gibt es obendrein dazu. Ein tolles Rezept, daß sich an Deine Gemüsefachvorräte anpassen läßt.

THE WOMAN WITH RED BOOTS (1974), directed by Juan Luis Bunuel (some of the great Don Luis) made an amusing double feature with TRISTANA, since it stars Catherine Deneuve and Fernando Rey again, and they’re again in opposition. It could almost be another dream of Tristana, like the one where she sees Don Lope’s severed […]

Some of my favorite things to identify are framed artwork found in iconic scenes and sets from Mark Frost and David Lynch’s wonderful and strange world. Examples of these pieces include “Return from the Hunt” at The Roadhouse, “Sea Foam” at the Double R Diner or the floral still life in Laura Palmer’s bedroom. I’m... The post Twin Peaks Set Decoration – “Still Life with Flowers and Fruit” by Henk Bos in Palmer’s Dining Room appeared first on TWIN PEAKS BLOG.

Miscellaneous bits of news and fun stuff from around the Internet......Very good news this week: Hollywood's Cinerama Dome, which opened in 1963 and has been closed since 2020, will be reopened in 2026 by the Sony-owned Alamo Drafthouse chain. Alamo announced the Cinerama Dome will "retain its original name and branding." Particular kudos go to Ben Steinberg of Save Your Cinema, who has tirelessly campaigned for this iconic Hollywood venue to reopen. I wonder if the Cinerama Dome might become a…

SHAKESPEARE: OUTDOOR, OUTRAGEOUS AND OPEN-HEARTED Start by knowing that this is a bangingly entertaining evening out under the Suffolk skies, with ragamuffin costumes and lovely ramshackle beach-huts under the great chestnut tree. Red Rose Chain has been doing outdoor productions for years, and their venue ever has been, in recent years, this field at the Anglo-Saxon ship site, well supported by the National Trust. The summer show’s tradition, which Shakespeare would probably approve, involves…

This past Thursday, I had the incredible opportunity to meet one of my heroes: Joel-Peter Witkin. Show here.About I My Book | Consulting I X I Instagram I LinkedIn I Email

Another day, another short film package at the Museum seemingly scheduled with the intent of overlapping everything else in the schedule. But first, Niko. Director Julien Birban Levy is French, apparently spent a fair amount of his youth in New York, lives and works in Tokyo, and decided that this particular film needed to be set in Seoul. I can't necessarily say that it captures that place

Adorei esse mini documentário sobre uma das cenas mais engraçadas de Saturday Night Live. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1Kzy0Os9mo

This carried on neatly from the previous season (which I had largely forgotten), in that the fallout from the corrupt DI revealed in season two still had a major impact on this story. A good reminder that stories never exist in isolation, even in supposedly episodic TV shows. This season we have some murdered teenagers, a traveller encampment and the Laird of the estate they are staying on all mixed up in things. By the end of the second episode it looks like everything is wrapped neatly and…

James Stewart in The Man from Laramie (1955) Vitals James Stewart as Will Lockhart, freight hauler and former cavalry officer New Mexico, Late 1870s Film: The Man from Laramie Release Date: September 20, 1955 Director: Anthony Mann WARNING! Spoilers ahead! Background Since 2008, the National Day of the Cowboy has been observed on the fourth Saturday in July to recognize the spirit of the pioneering men and women who helped establish the American West. James Stewart’s homespun persona naturally…

Die Stiftung Zollverein zeigt noch bis zum 2. August 2026 in der Mischanlage der Kokerei Zollverein die Ausstellung bau1haus – die Moderne von Essen bis Asmara. Rund 300 Fotografien des in Berlin geborenen Fotografen Jean Molitor, in Zusammenarbeit mit Dr. Kaija Voss, sind auf der Bunkerebene der Mischanlage zu sehen. Seit 2009 arbeitet Jean Molitor bereits an seinem bau1haus-Projekt und reist dafür durch Afrika, Nord- und Südamerika, Europa und den Nahen Osten. Seit ich mich im…

Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey. At time of recording, it was ranked 122nd on the list of best movies of all time on the Internet Movie Database. Show notes, including links: https://them0vieblog.com/2026/07/25/448-the-odyssey-122/ Follow us on twitter at @thetwofifty.

This blog has profiled 1920's and 1930's comics Harry Sweet, Lloyd Hamilton, Joe Rock's Three Fat Guys series and such Columbia Shorts Department stalwarts as The Three Stooges, Andy Clyde, Leon Errol and Harry Langdon in search of laughs. Now we travel across the pond and leap several decades later to 1980's and 1990's with French & Saunders and The Vicar Of Dibley.Enjoyed the Comic Relief Special 2015 - The Bishop Of Dibley. Dawn French gets this comedy fan thinking of Melissa McCarthy,…