Monthly Archives: March 2014

Movie Poster Du Jour: “Beauty and the Beast”

Posted on March 9, 2014 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: Issued for the ’50s re-release of Cocteau’s great fantasy film. With suitably enchanting art by Jean-Denis Malcles. The movie can be streamed on Hulu.

Posted in Commercial art, Movies | Tagged Beauty and the Beast, Film, Jean Cocteau, Jean-Denis Malcles, Movie Posters, movies | 1 Comment

Political Post Du Jour

Posted on March 9, 2014 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes:

Posted in Politics and Economics | Tagged special forces, Ukraine | 3 Comments

L.A. Burrito Blogging Part 2: La Azteca Tortilleria

Posted on March 8, 2014 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: When a Mexican restaurant is located in East L.A., on Cesar Chavez Blvd., across the street from a Catholic Church, and next door to a botanica burning enough incense to summon Quetzalcoatl himself, chances are you’re gonna … Continue reading →

Posted in Food and health, Photography, The Good Life, Travel | Tagged burritos, La Azteca Tortilleria, Los Angeles, mexican food | 7 Comments

Quote Du Jour: “Fuck the Prose”

Posted on March 8, 2014 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: A lot of my students just can’t tell a story. They can write sentences but they don’t know how to make a story go from there all the way through to the end without people dying of … Continue reading →

Posted in Books Publishing and Writing | Tagged creative writing, genre fiction, Hanif Kureishi, literary fiction, MFA | 2 Comments

Every Man for Himself

Posted on March 8, 2014 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: The world the movie shows us is a world waiting to be transformed. It’s a peculiarly American landscape: what it shows us isn’t exactly what it means — or values. Like the heart-stirring, oddly affecting plainness … Continue reading →

Posted in Books Publishing and Writing, Movies, Sex | Tagged Clark Gable, Claudette Colbert, Frank Capra, It Happened One Night, James Harvey, Romantic Comedy | Leave a comment

Naked Lady of the Week: Mia Sollis

Posted on March 7, 2014 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: Do you like redheads? I do. Especially when they have big green doll eyes and whole galaxies of freckles swirled across their cheeks. Mia, who is from the Czech Republic, has posed for a lot of … Continue reading →

Posted in Photography, Sex, The Good Life | Tagged Czech Republic, Mia Sollis, naked lady of the week, nude photography, Porn, redheads | 7 Comments

The Metro Theater

Posted on March 7, 2014 by Eddie Pensier

Eddie Pensier writes: Blowhard, Esq.’s recent post on the glorious Art Deco Pantages Theater brought to mind another theater of the same era in New York that has unfortunately been a casualty of New York’s notorious real estate developer wars: … Continue reading →

Posted in Architecture, Movies, Personal reflections | 1 Comment