Stay at Home, Day 26
Sunday, April 12, 2020 Easter Sunday was for taking two naps, paying our tax bills, and eating leftovers. We strung two wires to a newly staked post and tied our grapevine canes to the wires. The...
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Monday, April 13, 2020 I read a tweet that said high BMI is currently being used to exclude fat people from ventilator treatment due to the pandemic shortage. I seize on a memory of multiple Burger...
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Tuesday, April 14, 2020 Reportedly, it is neurologically impossible to participate in a videoconference while scrolling a social media feed. Which is to say, maybe back in high school I should have...
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Wednesday, April 15, 2020 My body woke me up an hour early today, perhaps so I could stare the whole time at a line of moonlight from a crack in the drapes, falling on the back of your head. My left...
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Thursday, April 16, 2020 Well, I did write at least 3 lines a day for (most of) 30 days, and so now I have a few more than 90 lines. I only went outside once today, to walk the dog in the early...
View ArticleFilms I Watched, April 2020
In the Ethiopian sci-fi fantasy “Crumbs,” Daniel Tadesse is a revelation as Candy, the film’s big-hearted, figurine-like Superman. (Photo: IndiePix) APRIL 2020 Year to date: 26 films in 121 days, or 1...
View ArticleFilms I Watched, May 2020
French actress Adèle Haenel is mesmerizing in Portrait of a Lady on Fire, the latest from master filmmaker Céline Sciamma. (Photo: Neon) MAY 2020 Year to date: 41 films in 152 days, or 1 film every...
View ArticleFilms I Watched, June 2020
My favorite movie from the We are One Film Fest was the German classic Ticket of No Return, starring the incomparable Tabea Blumenschein. (Photo: Berlinale) JUNE 2020 Year to date: 63 films in 182...
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The Melvin Van Peebles classic of Blaxploitation, “Sweet Sweetback’s Baad Asssss Song,” confounded me with its surrealistic editing and dizzying jump cuts. (Photo: Cinemation Ind.) JULY 2020 Year to...
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I loved wandering NYC with Allie in Jim Jarmusch’s “Permanent Vacation,” but I was left heartbroken after his apartment scenes with Leila. (Photo: Cinesthesia) AUGUST and SEPTEMBER 2020 Year to date:...
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