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“The Lady of Shalott”
Recently found this great dramatization of the classic poem, set to Loreena McKennitt’s song. Filed under: Arts, Language and Literature
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The Skeleton Dance
A 1929 Disney short, with music by the great Carl Stalling. Lots of fun here! Filed under: Arts
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2013: My Year in Film
I got out of the habit of keeping track of what I watched last year. I’m back in it, but for now, here are the first 12 movies I can remember seeing for the first time last year, in alphabetical...
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The Art of J.R.R. Tolkien
This link collects some drawings by Tolkien. They’re quite good. Reminds me of when we were in Seattle last summer and we visited the EMP museum. The fantasy wing had an exhibit of Tolkien’s...
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God’s Art
The word “art” is related to words like “artifice” and “artificial,” which reminds us that art refers to things people create to represent beauty and other ideas. All human art is, by definition,...
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“Beware of the Blob!”
Saw the old, original version of The Blob this weekend. Three notes: 1. It’s surprisingly mediocre–not bad, but not great. 2. There’s a Criterion Collection edition. 3. The best part is the opening...
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Reviewed: Days of Heaven
I was interested in the work of Terrence Malick after seeing Tree of Life. As I started watching his much earlier film Days of Heaven, I was at first reminded of Ron Howard’s Far and Away: young...
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How Frozen Should Have Ended
For all the hyperbolic praise lavished on it and all the interpretive controversy surrounding it, here’s what I took away from finally seeing Disney’s Frozen last week: it’s very good, and decently...
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The LEGO Movie
Haven’t seen this one yet? Definitely should. The Lego Movie features voice talent from three of the best shows of the last ten years: Arrested Development (Will Arnett), Community (Alison Brie), and...
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Famous Directors’ Favorite Films
Guillermo del Toro has great taste in movies. (So did Akira Kurosawa.) More fun lists of famous faves here.Filed under: Arts
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My Favorite Hudson River School Paintings
Albert Bierstadt Frederic Edwin Church Thomas Cole (An interesting recent article about Cole) Jasper Francis Cropsey Asher Brown Durand (source) (source) (source) John Frederick...
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More of Mill on Living Well
From chapter 5 of the autobiography… On happiness through ignoring yourself: The enjoyments of life (such was now my theory) are sufficient to make it a pleasant thing, when they are taken en passant,...
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The New Star Wars Trailer–A Cinematic Appreciation
The best thing about the new Star Wars teaser trailer is how thoroughly cinematic it is. Most trailers, especially teaser trailers, are just a lazy mess of spotlighted clips. This one, though, was...
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Ingmar Bergman on YouTube
Last week I found this channel that, among other things, has several complete Ingmar Bergman films. Check it out: https://www.youtube.com/user/WagnerSanfordChannelFiled under: Arts
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