Tag Archives: Switzerland

Best Films (Released and Undistributed) of 2017: Film Comment

Posted on December 12, 2017 by sheila

I voted in Film Comment’s critics’ poll for best of the year: released and undistributed (I love that they have that second category, for smaller films that may not have gotten distribution yet. I haven’t seen the majority of them, … Continue reading →

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NYFF 2014: Clouds of Sils Maria (2014); directed by Olivier Assayas

Posted on October 6, 2014 by sheila

The buzz for Olivier Assayas’ latest film was deafening; it made it difficult to avoid not only spoilers, but a glut of opinions that may somehow color my own. (The same thing just happened with the Inherent Vice premiere that … Continue reading →

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Libraries of the World: Heart-achey Beauty

Posted on December 20, 2006 by sheila

This is for my father, and for all library-lovers everywhere. Theology Room at St. Deiniol’s library, North Wales Herzog August Bibliothek, Germany Austrian National Library (the Prunksaal) Strahov Monastery – the 1st library, Prague, Czechoslovakia Another one of Strahov Monastery … Continue reading →

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