Month: July 2020
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Black Is…Black Ain’t – Spotlight on Marlon Riggs (Part 4)
Our final piece on Marlon Riggs covers his posthumously released documentary, “Black Is…Black Ain’t.” Taylor wraps up Riggs’ legacy and his zeal for black activism. “I think we have such an obsession with naming ourselves because during most of our history we’ve been named by somebody else.” – Angela Davis One of the core ideas…
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Palm Springs
Palm Springs is a comedy for the masses that has another layer of deep though beneath the surface. One of the best of the year. Palm Springs is a fascinating intersection of art and commerce. It has all the hallmarks of a goofy little 90-minute mainstream comedy, but it’s also a Trojan Horse for the…
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Greyhound
Greyhound, starring Tom Hanks, is a nail-biting World War II naval battle film that probably could have been great, but instead, comes out merely watchable. Greyhound is yet another movie that was meant to be released in theatres, but ended up being dropped on Apple+ — they paid a whopping $70 million for it. I…
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O Melhor Cassino da Madeira: Uma Experiência Inesquecíve
Introdução Bem-vindo ao nosso artigo sobre o melhor cassino da Madeira, onde oferecemos uma visão detalhada sobre esse destino de entretenimento de primeira classe. Aqui, você encontrará informações valiosas sobre as instalações, jogos emocionantes, serviços excepcionais e muito mais. Se você está procurando uma experiência inesquecível em um ambiente luxuoso, o casino da Madeira horário…
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Because You’ve Seen Silence Of The Lambs So Many Times
Kim takes us on a trip down memory lane to a time when the world’s biggest problem was just a few measly serial killers. It’s been a long time since I was frightened by the thought of a serial killer being loose on a murder spree. Certainly not since Trump, North Korea, global warming, the…
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Color Adjustment – Spotlight on Marlon Riggs (Part 3)
Taylor continues with his retrospective on Marlon Riggs. This week, he examines his documentary Color Adjustment, an examination of black representation on television. Color Adjustment (1991) finds Marlon Riggs picking up where he left off in Ethnic Notions (1986), which ended with a brief discussion of images of Black life on the American television of the 70s…
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Babyteeth
First time feature-length director Shannon Murphy comes through with an immensely charming and suitably quirky flick about falling in love and dying out of Australia. You could describe Babyteeth, the assured directorial debut of Shannon Murphy, in a multitude of ways. You could say it’s the type of indie flick we’ve seen countless times before,…
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Ron’s Album Picks – The Hold Steady
Ron has another album recommendation for us, just in time for Canada Day. This time it’s for Brooklyn-based, long standing alt rock stalwarts The Hold Steady. Continuing my daily routine of re-discovering some of the albums that have appeared on my annual Top Ten lists during the past 35 years that I’ve been hosting Nightwaves on…