makes me think of pigeons

i found these photos of edouard plongeon's last week i think, somewhere here.





the first one somehow reminds me of this series of mitch epstein's that i saw once at moma. the photos were of these long blond-haired hippie women, sitting around in a similar environment...and i think one of them was holding a baby? i'm having trouble remembering exactly, but i loved that photo.

another best of list

um, i kind of like this guy. who is he? i stumbled on this post of his through 15 minutes to live. in it he lists the best films of the 90s (as well as a few from this decade thus far) and he's pretty much on point. he even lists david lynch's pilot episode of twin peaks in there. um--amazing!

change!

watch as the arcade fire covers sam cooke's "a change is gonna come":

mourning after

click here and watch kyle mcnally's beautiful, quiet short melodrama, mourning after.

food + music

the music playlist at los angeles' fraiche, according to frank bruni:

Galaxy 500, “Ceremony”
Air, “Afternoon Sister”
Arcade Fire, “Haiti”
Azure Ray, “Fever”
Bjork, “Unravel”
Blonde Redhead, “Top Ranking”
Broken Social Scene, “Cranley’s Gonna Make It”
Morcheeba, “Coi”
Chungking, “Angel Eyes”
Zero 7, “Distractions”
Guru, “The Traveler”
Massive Attack, “Three”
Her Space Holliday, “Hassle Free Harmony”
Martina Topley Bird, “Sandpaper Kisses”
Innocence Mission, “Every Hour Girl”
Jane’s Addiction, “Classic Girl”
Morrissey, “Every Day is Like Sunday”
Modest Mouse, “Blame it on the Tetons”
Pixies, “Wave of Mutilation” (UK Surf Mix)
Sigur Ros, “Hoppiolla”
The Smiths, “Half a Person”
The Sundays, “Can’t Be Sure”
Let’s Go Sailing, “Icicles”
Sinead O’Conner, “Petit Poulet”
Astrud Gilberto, “Gentle Rain”
Elliott Smith, “Baby Britain”

chadwick tyler

stumbled upon these photographs that i like very much by photographer chadwick tyler...

4 months, 3 weeks, 2 days

I saw the most incredible film yesterday at the brilliant IFC Center: 4 months, 3 weeks, and 2 days, directed by Cristian Mungiu, and winner of the highest prize at the Cannes film festival in 2007, the Palm D'Or.

i had sort been avoiding the film for awhile. i had read much about the difficult content (it's about a university student who helps her roommate attain an illegal abortion in 1987 Ceauşescu-run Communist Romania), plus heard horror stories about people having to leave the theater, my mom included. I am incredibly over-sensitive when it comes to films--I get way too engrossed in the action and tears often well up in my eyes as the characters undergo the slightest amount of pain or injury. And yet, I am a cinematic masochist--I love watching difficult movies, despite the horrendous mood they put me in afterward.

Anyway, 4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 weeks was a challenge for me to sit through. It's incredible tense, with the camera movement (or unnerving stillness) constantly matching the building drama in the story. Manohla Dargis says brilliantly notes that the film "doesn't follow the action, it expresses consciousness itself." It's impossible for me to match her keen perceptive review...so just, please, read hers.





Also, be sure to check out Mungui's director's notes on the film's official website.