This was kind of a fun excercise. I was thinking about what lists to compile and I found a few ‘genius’ lists and of course, the women were largely absent. I don’t mind doing a male list as well (lists are so much fun) but I did have to address this with a top ten […]
Monthly Archives: October 2011
More than Interesting: The Tumours of Matthew Revert.
posted by lisathatcher
In the film ‘We Need to talk about Kevin’ a debate rages (following on from the book) about the nature of Kevin’s psychopathy and his relationship to his mother. Kevin is bad. His mother struggles with his ‘bad-ness’. I‘ve heard this book (and now film) described as the lamentations of the middle class housewife. […]
Top ten Films Blog-a-thon
posted by lisathatcher
So the great blog Top ten Films is having a blog-a-thon. The deal is, you have a magic ticket and you can hop into any film you want to grab a ride on. Once you have these choices available, how would you answer the following questions: 1. What character would I most like to be sat […]
Death and the Maiden: Dorfman’s guide to Hell
posted by lisathatcher
If you live in London or are going to London between now and January, then you are lucky enough to be able to grab a ticket to the performance of Ariel Dorfman’s Death and the Maiden. Teh Guardian have done a wonderful review of this amazing play. Read it here. I haven’t been lucky enough […]
Why Chomsky is right about Twitter.
posted by lisathatcher
An Article in Salon today (you can access it here) suggested Noam Chomsky is wrong about Twitter. I wasn’t au fait with Chomsky’s complaints, observations or otherwise about Twitter. Generally I am a Chomsky fan, but he can lean too much away from Continentalism for me to take him at that Guru status, which probably […]
My favorite Leonard Cohen Album: Songs of Love and Hate.
posted by lisathatcher
(I have also reviewed Leonard Cohen’s latest album.) So what’s your favourite Leonard Cohen Album? We are told that a new album is on its way, due January 2012. The Net-town is a a-buzz with chat about which album is the best, and I confess to it being a delicious way to fizzle away time. After all, […]
The deep Freeze Mice – music for the future of somewhere.
posted by lisathatcher
Just a little plug for The Deep freeze Mice ’cause I’m blissing out to My Gerainiums are Bulletproof and falling in love with this kewell Brit new wave band all over again. This is such a great album. Check out the blurb from the cover: Credits from MOLE 1 – photocopied sleeve Sherree Lawrence Alan […]
Midnight in Paris – Woody’s letter to himself.
posted by lisathatcher
Woody Allen likes to make films for himself and if other people like them too, well, that’s just darling. If he wants to copy a Bergman, he does it. If he wants to bash on endlessly about his neurosis, he does it. if He wants to be asking the same questions about the invisible pathways between men […]
Off to see Midnight in Paris this afternoon.
posted by lisathatcher
OK – So I am off to see this tonight. I’m going to suspend my Woody “opinions” (like can we PLEASE make something other than an Annie hall remake?) and see if I can just get into the celebration of modernism. I mean, hey! I’m up for a midnight visit with Gertrude Stein right? I’ll post a […]
Bad as Me: Tom Waits and the new jazz.
posted by lisathatcher
Bad as Me is Tom Waits fist studio album in seven years and the great news for Tom Waits fans is that it is a proper and decent return to style. On Bad as Me we have the return of that tinkly piano we love so much. There is also more guitar work than more […]
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