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Monthly Archives: April 2014
Movie Still Du Jour
Blowhard, Esq. writes: Anaïs Reboux and Roxane Mesquida in Catherine Breillat’s FAT GIRL. And if you haven’t already, you really should read PR’s essay on Breillat’s ROMANCE. As you can probably tell, the actors are looking in a mirror in this … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Movies
Tagged Anaïs Reboux, catherine breillat, faces in mirrors, Roxane Mesquida
14 Comments
Gaudi and the Perfection of the Gothic Style
Sir Barken Hyena writes: First let us begin with a video. This shows via clever CGI what remains to be built of Catalan architect Antonin Gaudi’s signature building, the Basílica i Temple Expiatori de la Sagrada Família in Barcelona, Spain, under … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture
11 Comments
Architecture Du Jour
Blowhard, Esq. writes: An old schoolhouse in Midland, Michigan, now used as an archive. Source. Click on the image to enlarge. Related Me on brick, PR on corrugated metal.
Linkage
Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: Is Steve Sailer onto something here? How long before the National Telecommunications and Information Administration is monitoring your online activity? Manly bookplates. What if Sterling had been revealed as The Worst Person Ever two weeks later, … Continue reading
Posted in Linkathons
Tagged Camille Paglia, Donald Sterling, Judgy Bitch, Manwich, Steve Sailer, Zooey Deschanel
4 Comments
“Nymphomaniac”
Paleo Retiree writes: Right up front, let me admit that I’m not going to be reviewing “Nymphomaniac.” If a review’s what you want, read a damn reviewer. They get paid to do that shit. Instead, I’m going to invoke my … Continue reading
Posted in Movies, Sex
Tagged art, catherine breillat, charlotte gainsbourg, gaspar noe, jean-claude brisseau, lars von trier, movies, sex
25 Comments
Architecture Du Jour
Blowhard, Esq. writes: Bayeux Cathedral, France. Source. Click on the image to enlarge.
Posted in Architecture
Tagged Bayeux, cathedrals, France, medieval architecture, medieval history, Romanesque, traditionalism
1 Comment
Knockin’
Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: Slim Pickens’ demise in “Pat Garret & Billy the Kid” is probably my favorite movie death scene. Pickens, a cowboy-movie staple, was typically a farcical figure — the guy you’d laugh at between the shoot-outs and the daring feats of … Continue reading
Posted in Music, Performers
Tagged Bob Dylan, Film, Katy Jurado, movies, Pat Garret & Billy the Kid, Sam Peckinpah, Slim Pickens, westerns
10 Comments
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