September 23, 2018
September 22, 2018
The Endings
"Most people want to move on after breakups, but celebrity photographer Caitlin Cronenberg and art director Jessica Ennis have turned heartache into fine art. For their new book, The Endings: Photographic Stories of Love, Loss, Heartbreak and Beginning Again, they collected true tales from friends, family and strangers. Then they created characters based on the stories, styled costumes and sets, and photographed famous actors—including Julianne Moore, Keira Knightley and Tessa Thompson—who reconstructed the scenes of love gone awry."
September 20, 2018
The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire (2017)
"At the demise of empire, City of London financial interests created a web of secrecy jurisdictions that captured wealth from across the globe and hid it in a web of offshore islands. Today, up to half of global offshore wealth is hidden in British jurisdictions and Britain and its dependencies are the largest global players in the world of international finance."
September 19, 2018
Bloody Spear at Mount Fuji (1955)
"Bloody Spear at Mount Fuji (血槍富士 Chiyari Fuji) is a 1955 black-and-white Japanese film directed by Tomu Uchida. It is a 'gruelling cruel tale' from the Edo period. Daisuke Katō won the 1956 Blue Ribbon Award for best supporting actor."
September 18, 2018
Soap opera effect
"Christopher Nolan and Paul Thomas Anderson, two directors known for their meticulous filmmaking styles, have joined forces against motion smoothing, that effect TV manufacturers think gives a clearer picture, but that only makes movies and shows look odd to anyone paying attention."
Fourth wall
"I think New York is one of those cities where, whatever your ambition is, you can look around and instantly see someone achieving that dream, often at a level that you never even knew was possible. That experience can be dispiriting, but also extremely inspiring, and that’s part of what I was trying to capture."
September 17, 2018
Sleuth (1972)
"Sleuth is a 1972 British-American mystery thriller film directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz and starring Laurence Olivier and Michael Caine. The screenplay by playwright Anthony Shaffer was based on his 1970 Tony Award-winning play. Both Olivier and Caine were nominated for Academy Awards for their performances."
September 16, 2018
PBS - Napoleon: About Napoleon - Ep. 1 To Destiny
"Episode I recounts the story of Napoleon's extraordinary rise from Corsican obscurity to the victories in Italy that made him a hero to the French people and convinced him that he was destined for greatness. It also tells of his love for Josephine Beauharnais, a woman of extravagant habits and tastes, who did not at first return his passionate affection."
