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Just Books, No Cookies
h/t to the Greene County Public Library Filed under: Animation, Books, Libraries, movies, Writing Tagged: Ghost Busters, Muppets, Seinfeld
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Isn’t all art derivative ?
Three well-known international street artists are suing former Python Terry Gilliam, charging the director with ripping-off one of their collaborative murals painted in Buenos Aires, Argentina nearly...
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Tales From the Public Domain
Yesterday was Public Domain Day in the United States and in many other nations around the world. The first day of every year creative works that have outlived their legal copyrights enter the public...
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Disney Gone Baroque
Canadian photographer Benjamin Von Wong worked some magic of his own when he secured permission from the Abbot of the historic Admont Monastery in Styria Austria for a decidedly Disneyesque fashion...
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Time and Again
Between 2012 and 2014, photographer Kien Lam traveled 80,000 miles through 15 countries snapping thousands of photos along the way. When he returned home, he turned them into this joyous, frenetic,...
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Hollywood vs Cannes
The other day we had “New York City vs San Francisco”, today it’s the “Academy Awards vs Cannes Film Festival”. Filed under: Europe, Film, movies, Tourism, USA Tagged: Cannes, Film Festivals, LA, Oscars
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traveling book
Last month, the Associazione Italiana Edtitori (the Italian Publishing Association) launched a national campaign to promote reading—and book buying. They recruited thousands of social media savvy...
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The Third Man
I’ve seen the noir thriller The Third Man so many times that when I walk the streets of Vienna I swear that I hear zither music. So I was thrilled to hear that Rialto Pictures is releasing a new 4K...
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It’s Elementary
British graphic designers Jim Kynvin and Adam Frost have teamed up to create a marvelous series of infographics exploring more than a century of Sherlockiana . Filed under: Books, Europe, movies,...
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Who You Gonna Call
If you are visiting NYC, and you are a true movie fanatic, be sure to swing by the actual Ghostbusters firehouse in Tribeca at Hudson and N. Moore streets. The crew of the functioning station recently...
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Do You Like To Read
If you are a fan of Wes Anderson films, the little video below will make perfect sense to you. Those who haven’t yet discovered the joys of Anderson’s movies may want to start with Moonrise Kingdom,...
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What Makes It Noir ?
Melanie Patrick and Adam Frost have created this marvelous infographic to answer that question about film. Filed under: Art, Film, movies, USA Tagged: Double Indemnity, Film Noir, Lady From Shanghai,...
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Offworld Vacations
Chicago-based graphic designer Justin Van Genderen has created a wonderful series of minimalist posters that imagine Star Wars planets as travel destinations. Filed under: Art, Film, movies, Tourism...
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Postcards
Manila-based illustrator Mark Dingo is a huge fan of Wes Anderson films. As an homage to the quirky director, he has created a marvelous collection of postcards that celebrate the locales—both real...
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Ireland, 1912
Set in 1912 Ireland, “Uisce Beatha” (Gaelic for Water of Life) is based on the true tale of a feckless young Irishman who leaves his rural home with hopes of finding his fortune in America. Irish...
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Is Globalization Now Complete ?
On December 18th, the new Bollywood film Dilwale starring the always popular Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol will be released. Nothing unusual about that. What’s noteworthy is that the movie was filmed in...
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Appearances Can Be Deceiving
Sometimes Paris can seem like one enormous movie set. Apparences is a beautiful, if somewhat surreal, video experiment directed by French duo Clarice et Maxine,who morphed iconic attractions and...
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Undiscovered Territory
In 2013, we followed artist and filmmaker Doug Aiken’s transcontinental traveling light/art/music show as it made its way from New York City to San Francisco. Aiken’s train-based, 24 day nomadic art...
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The Girl On The Train
Read it quick before the film is released. Filed under: Books, Europe, movies, Public Transport, Writing Tagged: Film, London, novels
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Hitchcock meets Hopper
I always encourage visitors to New York City’s amazing Metropolitan Museum of Art to save time to see the special exhibitions on the roof. For the past 30 years or so, the museum has commissioned...
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