Tag Archives: Michelangelo Antonioni

August 2024 Viewing Diary

Posted on September 15, 2024 by sheila

Tumbledown (2015; d. Sean Mewshaw) Allison and I re-watched this. I reviewed for Ebert when it came out in 2016. I really like it. Gosh, August feels like a long time ago. I was in New York for half of … Continue reading →

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R.I.P. Jeff Beck

Posted on January 12, 2023 by sheila

“I’ve never made the big time, mercifully.” – Jeff Beck, 2018 Here’s Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page, showing up in one of the uber-mod scenes in Michelangelo Antonioni’s uber-mod 1966 film Blow-Up. Always dug his collaboration with ZZ Top. Their … Continue reading →

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R.I.P. Monica Vitti

Posted on February 2, 2022 by sheila

One of those rare actresses who could hold the screen just by standing there. Literally. She just stood there and you are afraid to move or avert your eyes because you don’t want to miss anything. Of her just standing … Continue reading →

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Watch What You Want. Find Comfort Where You Can.

Posted on April 1, 2020 by sheila

I originally posted this on Facebook. It is not directed (as far as I know) to anyone who reads me here. But I still think it’s important to share, as a general commentary on the VIBE I have noticed post … Continue reading →

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May 2016 Viewing Diary

Posted on June 2, 2016 by sheila

Supernatural, Season 3, Episode 5, “Bedtime Stories” (2007; d. Mike Rohl) So silly. Supernatural, Season 3, Episode 6, “Red Sky at Morning” (2007; d. Cliff Bole) I like this episode a lot. I don’t care that the SPN writers threw … Continue reading →

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May 2015 Viewing Diary

Posted on June 1, 2015 by sheila

The X-Files, Season 2 Episode 20 “Humbug” (1995; d. Kim Manners). Mulder and Scully investigate murders among circus-folk. Laugh-out-loud funny, especially Mulder in the fun-house, sliding out of the wall, gun drawn. The X-Files, Season 2 Episode 22 “The Calusari” … Continue reading →

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January 2015 Viewing Diary

Posted on February 2, 2015 by sheila

I’m going to start listing everything I saw each month. It’ll be a good way for me to keep track, and also a good record for my end-of-year lists. So here’s everything I watched in January, 2015. Inherent Vice (2014; … Continue reading →

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Movie Poster: Blow-Up

Posted on February 10, 2009 by sheila

Another classic image, evocative of a whole time and place.

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Bergman and Antonioni

Posted on August 2, 2007 by sheila

A spectacular tribute piece.

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R.I.P. Michelangelo Antonioni

Posted on July 31, 2007 by sheila

Michelangelo Antonioni: “My habit of shooting rather long scenes was born spontaneously on the first day of filming Ceonaca di un Amore. Having the camera fixed to its stand immediately caused me real discomfort. I felt paralysed, as if I … Continue reading →

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