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Oct
12

YOU MAKE ME FEEL BRAND NEW

Sometimes when the noise of the increasingly insane world gets too much, I drown it out of my mind with
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Oct
08

MAY THE WIND BE GENTLE

It was sad to hear of Terence Davies's death early this morning. I have long held the belief
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Oct
07

THE PROBLEM WITH LEO

Leo I've tried, I've really tried to convince myself that Leonardo DiCaprio is a great actor
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Oct
06

THE ABSENCE OF A TREE

“This solitary Tree! a living thing Produced too slowly ever to decay; Of form and aspect too magnificent To be
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Sep
24

IN A RESTLESS WORLD LIKE THIS

Some songs you just take for granted and for me, 'When I Fall In Love' has always been
3 min read
Sep
22

DAS RHEINGOLD, DON GIOVANNI & THE BRAND INQUISITORS

"The desire to be loved is the last illusion. Give it up and you will be free." -
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Sep
17

SMILES OF A BERGMAN NIGHT

"It is not night when I do see your face, Therefore I think I am not in the night;
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Sep
16

THE NAKED ISLAND

No man, woman or child is an island, perhaps, but in Kaneto Shindo's 'The Naked Island'
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Sep
11

9/11 BLUES

“New York was his town and it always would be." - Issac Davis (Woody Allen) I remember staying up
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Sep
09

LA PICCOLA BELLEZZA (THE LITTLE BEAUTY)

It was Sorrentino's 'La Grande Bellezza' on a microbudget and instead of the rooftops of Rome,
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