Holland Animation Film Festival 2012
My favourite shorts from the Holland Animation Film Festival 2012
Goudemalion. Jean Paul Goude A Retrospective
Goudemalion, the Jean-Paul Goude retrospective at the Musée des Arts décoratifs in Paris, is both inspiring and joyful.
Danser Sa Vie at the Centre Pompidou
The Centre Pompidou has organized an ambitious exhibition which explores the relationship between dance and the visual arts. A large selection of paintings, sculptures, films, installations and dance works testifies to the ongoing exchange between both disciplines.
Oscar Wilde: The Picture of Dorian Gray
The Picture of Dorian Gray is full of the witticisms that Oscar Wilde has become famous for. Here are some of my favourites.
Philip Glass Looks Back on his Life
Portrait of Philip Glass in the Village Voice on his 75th birthday. Turns out he drove a cab till he was 41.
The Best Albums of 2011
The Black Keys, Kurt Vile, Nicolas Jaar, PJ Harvey. These are the stand-out albums of the year as far as I'm concerned.
Museo del Prado
The other day I had a chance to revisit the Prado. Again I found myself overwhelmed by emotions upon entering the Vélazquez room.
A Separation
"A Separation", by Iranian director Asghar Farhadi, is a masterpiece. It's an intensely moving film about real human beings who face real dilemmas.
Jean-Marie Blas de Robles: Where Tigers Are At Home
La ou les tigres sont chez eux (Where Tigers Are At Home) is a kaleidoscopic, multi-strand novel that blends Lévi-Strauss, Indiana Jones, Umberto Eco, Joseph Conrad and Malcolm Lowry.
The Tree of Life
I'd been looking forward to seeing "The Tree of Life", but it's one of the most bombastic and boring movies I've seen in a long time. I still love the trailer though.
The Trip (2010)
The Trip, directed by Michael Winterbottom and starring Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon, is surprisingly funny and really enjoyable.
Edward Glaeser: Triumph of the City
In Triumph of the City Edward Glaeser presents a refreshing analysis of cities.