#Daniel neumeier

[fashionbooksmilano]

Akris - A Century in Fashion

Selbstverständlich

Edited by Peter Kriemler, Albert Kriemler,  With photographs by Iwan Baan,    With contributions by Daniel Binswanger, Jessica Iredale, John Neumeier, Nicole Phelps, Anne Urbauer, Nicole Urbschat, Roland Wäspe

Lars Müller Publishers, Zürich 2022, 320 pages, 265 illustrations,  22 × 30 cm, paperback, English, ISBN  978-3-03778-707-6

euro 85,00

«Selbstverständlich» is the German expression which, in the mind of Albert Kriemler, best encapsulates the aesthetic ideal that he wishes to accomplish with his fashion designs. For the creative director at Akris, the embodiment of natural modernity is «selbstverständlich» – evident in the wearer and the use and functionality of the clothes.

Taking the collections as waymarks, Akris – A Century in Fashion encompasses the house’s hundred-year history: its humble beginnings as an apron atelier, its ascent into the world of high fashion and its rootedness in St. Gallen, center of a once booming Swiss textile industry. Contributions from different authors, among them fashion writer Jessica Iredale, explore the history, uniqueness and forward-looking nature of the house. Photo essays by Iwan Baan illustrate its hometown and inside world. Choreographer John Neumeier and artist Thomas Ruff discuss their creative collaborations with the designer.

09/03/23

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[ladyherenya]

Another exhausting month, with a new puppy added into the mix.

Total: Five novels (including two audiobooks), one story collection, and one short story.

My favourite: Keraunani, because I enjoy the marriage-of-convenience trope, especially in the hands of a storyteller I trust.

I’d also recommend: Radar Girls and “If the Fates Allow”.

I probably wouldn’t recommend: Cinderella Must Die.

Cover thoughts: The Last Garden in England and Radar Girls both caught my eye when I was scrolling through the library catalogue. In both cases, it was the combination of the cover and the title.

Titles, authors, genres and ratings listed below, with links to my reviews on LibraryThing.

The Last Garden in England by Julia Kelly (narrated by Shiromi Arserio, Marisa Calin, Danielle Cohen, Katherine Littrell, Siobhan Waring). Historical fiction, set on an English estate in the early 1900s, the 1940s and the present day. 3½☆

Good Neighbors: The Full Collection by Stephanie Burgis. Two short stories and two novellas. Romantic fantasy. 3☆

Keraunani by Rachel Neumeier. Part of the Tuyo series, set concurrently to Tarashana. Romantic fantasy. 3½☆

Cinderella Must Die by W.R. Gingell. Fairytale retelling. 2½☆

Radar Girls by Sara Ackerman. Historical, set on Hawaii during WWII. 3½☆

Romancing Mister Bridgerton by Julia Quinn. Historical romance.

“If the Fates Allow” by Rainbow Rowell. Short story about a minor character from Fangirl, set at Christmas during the pandemic. 3½☆

[gramilano]

Stravinsky celebrated in music and dance at Nervi, Ravenna and Rome festivals

Nervi Music Ballet Festival 2021 celebrates the 50th anniversary of Stravinsky's death in a programme of music and dance.

Simone Repele and Sasha Riva in Pulcinella suite italienne, photo by Paolo Laudicina On 8 July at the Nervi Music Ballet Festival 2021, a new programme of music and dance called Stravinsky’s Love will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the composer’s death*. The celebrated Russian dancer Vladimir Derevianko will play Igor Stravinsky, recalling moments from the composer’s life, with anecdotes…

[brokehorrorfan]

RoboCop will be released on 4K Ultra HD on March 29 via Arrow Video. Paul Shipper designed the cover art for the 1987 sci-fi action classic; the original poster will be on the reverse side. A Steelbook edition with the theatrical art (right) will also be available.

Paul Verhoeven (Total Recall, Starship Troopers) directs from a script by Edward Neumeier (Starship Troopers) and Michael Miner (Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid). Peter Weller, Nancy Allen, Daniel O'Herlihy, Ronny Cox, Kurtwood Smith, and Miguel Ferrer star.

RoboCop has been restored in 4K from the original camera negative by MGM, transferred in 2013 and approved by Verhoeven, with Dolby Vision. It features original lossless stereo and four-channel mixes plus DTS-HD MA 5.1 surround sound option on both cuts.

The two-disc limited edition set includes both the theatrical and director’s cuts along with six postcards, a double-sided poster, and an 80-page booklet. Special features are listed below, where you can also see the contents.

Disc 1: Director’s cut:

Audio commentary by director Paul Verhoeven, co-writer Ed Neumeier, and executive producer Jon Davison (re-edited for Director’s Cut)

Audio commentary by crew member/film historian Paul M. Sammon

Audio commentary by fans Christopher Griffiths, Gary Smart and Eastwood Allen

Interview with co-writer Michael Miner

RoboTalk - Conversation with co-writer Ed Neumeier and filmmakers David Birke (Elle) and Nick McCarthy (The Pact)

Interview with co-writer Michael Miner

Interview with actress Nancy Allen

Interview with casting director Julie Selzer

Interview with second unit director Mark Goldblatt

Analog - Special photographic effects featurette with Peter Kuran and Kevin Kutchaver

More Man Than Machine - A tribute to composer Basil Poledouris with film music experts Jeff Bond, Lukas Kendall, Daniel Schweiger, and Robert Townson

RoboProps - A tour of super-fan Julien Dumont’s collection of original props and memorabilia

2012 panel discussion with director Paul Verhoeven, writers Ed Neumeier and Michael Miner, executive producer Jon Davison, actors Peter Weller and Nancy Allen, and animator Phil Tippett

RoboCop: Creating a Legend - 2007 featurette with cast and crew interviews

Villains of Old Detroit - 2007 featurette with cast and crew interviews

Special Effects: Then & Now - 2007 featurette with cast and crew interviews

Paul Verhoeven Easter Egg

4 deleted scenes

The Boardroom Storyboard with commentary by animator Phil Tippett

Director’s Cut Production Footage - Raw dailies from the unrated gore scenes (4K)

2 theatrical trailers

3 TV spots

Image galleries

Disc 2: Theatrical cut:

Audio commentary by director Paul Verhoeven, co-writer Ed Neumeier, and executive producer Jon Davison

Composer’s original soundtrack isolated score track

Final theatrical mix isolated score track

Television edit of the film (standard definition)

Split screen comparisons of theatrical and director’s cuts, and the theatrical and TV cuts

RoboCop: Edited For Television - Alternate scenes from 2 TV versions

Also included:

80-page booklet with writing by Omar Ahmed, Christopher Griffiths, and Henry Blyth, a 1987 Fangoria interview with effects artist Rob Bottin, and publicity materials

Six collector’s postcards

Double-sided fold-out poster

Set in Detroit in the not-too-distant future, heroic cop Alex Murphy (Peter Weller) is gunned down in the line of duty, only to be resurrected as RoboCop – a cybernetic mix of spare human parts and Motor City steel, and the latest defense against crime designed by the all-powerful OCP Corporation. As RoboCop’s memories of his former life as Murphy resurface, only his ex-partner (Nancy Allen) stands beside him to fight against the vicious thugs responsible for his death, as well as a nefarious top-level OCP executive orchestrating the chaos from above.

[dukovich]

In Russia - в России from Vincent Urban on Vimeo.

A landmass so vast it’s hard to wrap your head around, spanning over 11 timezones and 2 continents, filled with otherworldly landscapes, countless discrete cultures and crowded cities with rather turbulent histories. On the one side, this film shows a slice of this relentless diversity of a place rarely visited by tourists - and on the other, it is an exploration of all the different lenses, viewpoints and expectations one can apply in a travel film about a mysterious country riddled with stereotypes.

If you want to learn more about this film, check out our Q&A-series: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXGdggHu_yMIdNdurvdze3zWm9Qu6sKOQ

We also posted extra footage, BTS and more info on our Instagram channels: @vincenturban, @muxsux, @timhoeddinghaus, @27km

For this film, I teamed up with my friends Maximilian Neumeier and Tim Höddinghaus. The 3 of us went on a total of 4 trips, each spanning over roughly 10 days, which brought us to 6 distinct locations in 3 different seasons: Moscow in spring, Kamchatka in fall, St. Petersburg, Murmansk, Salekhard and Lake Baikal in Winter. This project could have never been realised without the help of the production company 27km, our local guides Andrey Manirko, Vadim Makhorov and the countless other people who helped on-location in Russia and in postproduction back in Germany. It has been a very long journey and we are forever grateful.

MUSIC "Polyushka Polye" Composed & re-arranged by Hermann Schepetkov, 2WEI Additional music by Thomas Muis, 2WEI Music supervised by Christoph Körner, 2WEI The music was specifically composed for this film and is based on an old Soviet song, written by Lev Knipper & Viktor Gussew You can find the music here: soundcloud.com/2weimusic/schepetkov-feat-2wei-in-russia or youtube.com/watch?v=DssWj0r2Y5c

Produced by: Lars Doehring, 27 Kilometer Entertainment GmbH Local producers: Andrey Manirko & Vadim Makhorov Main Camera: Tim David Höddinghaus Additional Camera: Max Neumeier Additional Drone: Vadim Makhorov Edit: Vincent Urban & Max Neumeier Colorist: Lutz Forster, C.S.I. Sound Design: Max Neumeier VFX: Hans Hartmann Title Design: Moril Gnoyke Sound Mixing: Nepomuk Heller Executive Producer: Pacco Nitsche Research: Manuel Iljitsch, Annegret Feistl & Sophia Stoltenberg Postproduction assistance: Daniel Kremser & Jona Winkler

Shot on Arri Alexa Mini, Sony a7s II, Panasonic GH5, DJI Mavic Pro 2

[culturacosplay]

In Russia - в России from Vincent Urban on Vimeo.

A landmass so vast it’s hard to wrap your head around, spanning over 11 timezones and 2 continents, filled with otherworldly landscapes, countless discrete cultures and crowded cities with rather turbulent histories. On the one side, this film shows a slice of this relentless diversity of a place rarely visited by tourists - and on the other, it is an exploration of all the different lenses, viewpoints and expectations one can apply in a travel film about a mysterious country riddled with stereotypes.

Find extra footage, BTS and more info at 27km.de/inrussia and on our Instagram channels: @vincenturban, @muxsux, @timhoeddinghaus, @27km

For this film, I teamed up with my friends Maximilian Neumeier and Tim Höddinghaus. The 3 of us went on a total of 4 trips, each spanning over roughly 10 days, which brought us to 6 distinct locations in 3 different seasons: Moscow in spring, Kamchatka in fall, St. Petersburg, Murmansk, Salekhard and Lake Baikal in Winter. This project could have never been realised without the help of the production company 27km, our local guides Andrey Manirko, Vadim Makhorov and the countless other people who helped on-location in Russia and in postproduction back in Germany. It has been a very long journey and we are forever grateful.

MUSIC "Polyushka Polye" Composed & re-arranged by Hermann Schepetkov, 2WEI Additional music by Thomas Muis, 2WEI Music supervised by Christoph Körner, 2WEI The music was specifically composed for this film and is based on an old Soviet song, written by Lev Knipper & Viktor Gussew You can find the music here: soundcloud.com/2weimusic/schepetkov-feat-2wei-in-russia or youtube.com/watch?v=DssWj0r2Y5c

Produced by: Lars Doehring, 27 Kilometer Entertainment GmbH Local producers: Andrey Manirko & Vadim Makhorov Main Camera: Tim David Höddinghaus Additional Camera: Max Neumeier Additional Drone: Vadim Makhorov Edit: Vincent Urban & Max Neumeier Colorist: Lutz Forster, C.S.I. Sound Design: Max Neumeier VFX: Hans Hartmann Title Design: Moril Gnoyke Sound Mixing: Nepomuk Heller Executive Producer: Pacco Nitsche Research: Manuel Iljitsch, Annegret Feistl & Sophia Stoltenberg Postproduction assistance: Daniel Kremser & Jona Winkler

Shot on Arri Alexa Mini, Sony a7s II, Panasonic GH5, DJI Mavic Pro 2

[flyguy]

Robocop Gets A Very Nice 4k Blu Ray Release & Steelbook

I’d buy that for a dollar! Sadly it costs more then that!

If for some reason you’ve never seen it, you need to watch this! Set in the not-too-distant future, a newly transfered Detroit police officer is remade into an indestructible cybernetic cop after being dismembered by a gang of thugs in an abandoned warehouse. Reborn as RoboCop he is programmed to serve and protect the citizens of Detroit and eliminate the rampant crime in the city streets so that a massive city-wide reconstruction project can get under way. But once he has completed his task, he sets his sights on the corruption inside Security Concepts - the corporation that created him.

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LIMITED EDITION CONTENTS

4K restoration of the film from the original camera negative by MGM, transferred in 2013 and approved by director Paul Verhoeven

Newly commissioned artwork by Paul Shipper

Director's Cut and Theatrical Cut of the film on two High Definition (1080p) Blu-ray discs

Original lossless stereo and four-channel mixes plus DTS-HD MA 5.1 surround sound option on both cuts

Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing on both cuts

Six collector's postcards (Limited Edition exclusive)

Double-sided, fold-out poster (Limited Edition exclusive)

Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork

Limited edition collector's booklet featuring new writing on the film by Omar Ahmed, Christopher Griffiths and Henry Blyth, a 1987 Fangoria interview with Rob Bottin, and archive publicity materials (some contents exclusive to Limited Edition)

DISC ONE – DIRECTOR'S CUT

Archive commentary by director Paul Verhoeven, executive producer Jon Davison and co-writer Ed Neumeier (originally recorded for the Theatrical Cut and re-edited in 2014 for the Director's Cut)

New commentary by film historian Paul M. Sammon

New commentary by fans Christopher Griffiths, Gary Smart and Eastwood Allen

The Future of Law Enforcement: Creating RoboCop, a newly filmed interview with co-writer Michael Miner

RoboTalk, a newly filmed conversation between co-writer Ed Neumeier and filmmakers David Birke (writer of Elle) and Nick McCarthy (director of Orion Pictures' The Prodigy)

Truth of Character, a newly filmed interview with star Nancy Allen on her role as Lewis

Casting Old Detroit, a newly filmed interview with casting director Julie Selzer on how the film's ensemble cast was assembled

Connecting the Shots, a newly filmed interview with second unit director and frequent Verhoeven collaborator Mark Goldblatt

Composing RoboCop, a new tribute to composer Basil Poledouris featuring film music experts Jeff Bond, Lukas Kendall, Daniel Schweiger and Robert Townson

RoboProps, a newly filmed tour of super-fan Julien Dumont's collection of original props and memorabilia

2012 Q&A with the Filmmakers, a panel discussion featuring Verhoeven, Davison, Neumeier, Miner, Allen, star Peter Weller and animator Phil Tippett

RoboCop: Creating a Legend, Villains of Old Detroit and Special Effects: Then & Now, three archive featurettes from 2007 featuring interviews with cast and crew

Paul Verhoeven Easter Egg

Four deleted scenes

The Boardroom: Storyboard with Commentary by Phil Tippett

Director's Cut Production Footage, raw dailies from the filming of the unrated gore scenes

Two theatrical trailers and three TV spots

Extensive image galleries

DISC TWO – THEATRICAL CUT

Archive commentary by director Paul Verhoeven, executive producer Jon Davison and co-writer Ed Neumeier (originally recorded for Theatrical version of the film)

Two Isolated Score tracks (Composer's Original Mix and Final Theatrical Mix) in lossless stereo

Edited-for-television version of the film, featuring alternate dubs, takes and edits of several scenes (95 mins, SD only)

Split screen comparison of Theatrical and Director's Cuts

RoboCop: Edited For Television, a compilation of alternate scenes from two edited-for-television versions, newly transferred in HD from recently-unearthed 35mm elements"

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[gomaringenblog-blog]

In den letzten Wochen ist bei der Kfz Werkstatt 1a autoservice Schneider in Gomaringen einiges in Bewegung gekommen. Das zeigt sich nach außen mit der Baustelle an der Südseite, in der Werkstatt hat sich personell etwas verändert.

25 Jahre bei Schneider-Kfz

Seit 25 Jahren dabei: Wolfgang Krehl

Schneider-Kfz verbindet Innovation und Erfahrung. Das zeigt sich auch bei Mitarbeiter Wolfgang Krehl. Gleich bei seinem Bewerbungsgespräch 1993 dämpfte der damals 32-Jährige erst mal alle Erwartungen auf Beständigkeit: “Das ist aber nur vorübergehend, bis ich etwas besseres gefunden habe!” Aus seiner Einschränkung wurde ein Vierteljahrhundert – vor kurzem feierte der Kfz-Mechaniker dieses Jahr 25 Jahre Betriebszugehörigkeit in der Kfz-Werkstatt. So lange schon stellt der gebürtige Unterhausener sein Fachwissen und seine Geduld in den Dienst der Kundenautos. “Wenn er einen Fehler sucht”, sagt sein Chef Werner Schneider, “bleibt er konsequent so lange dran, bis er eine Lösung gefunden hat”.

Inhaber Werner Schneider

Und wenn es Freitagabend ist – am Montag bringt Krehl die Lösung mit.

Der Allrounder macht seinen Job richtig gut, findet Schneider, selbst gelernter Kfz-Technikermeister. Vor allem im Bereich Fahrzeugelektronik sei er kaum zu schlagen – nicht zuletzt dank ständiger Fortbildungen.

  Neuer Werkstattmeister

Auch der künftige neue Meister ist auf dem Laufenden. Seit Februar 2017 absolviert Daniel Neumeier den zweijährigen Meisterkurs in Metzingen; Werner Schneider stellt ihn dafür zwei Tage in der Woche frei. Der Kfz-Mechatroniker arbeitet seit Ende 2014 in Schneiders Team – „ein Top-Arbeiter“. Auch den 32-Jährigen erlebt Schneider als sehr guten Allrounder, aber auch als guten Manager. Trotz der Doppelbelastung derzeit ist Neumeier auch ehrenamtlich aktiv: Als Feuerwehrmann bei der Betzinger Feuerwehr bildet er den Nachwuchs aus.

Bis Neumeier im Februar 2019 als Werkstattmeister übernimmt, erfüllt Inhaber Werner Schneider diese Funktion. Der bisherige Meister, Andreas Schurr, wollte sich nach vier Jahren Werkstattleitung verändern. Er war seit 2008 bei Schneider und hat hier 2013 die Meisterschule besucht. Künftig wird Schurr bei der DEKRA als Gutachter tätig werden.

Topaktuell mit Erweiterungsbau

Bewegung ist auch in das Werkstattgebäude gekommen. Seit zwei Jahren ist die Erweiterung geplant; nun wird an die bestehende 12×24 m große Halle von 1988 nach Süden auf einer Fläche von 12 auf 12 m angebaut. Neben zunehmendem Lagerplatzmangel war der neue Raum auch notwendig geworden durch Anforderungen von TÜV und DEKRA: Ein aktueller Mess- und Einstellplatz muss ganz genau passen und der Boden exakt im Wasser liegen: „die Geräte sind hochempfindlich“, erklärt Schneider. Die Bodennivellierung hat der TÜV selbst vorgenommen. „Mit dem künftigen Bremsenprüfstand, dem Abgas-Untersuchungs- und dem Lichteinstellgerät für die neuen Scheinwerfergenerationen sind wir als freie Werkstatt – wie die Vertragswerkstätten – wieder vollständig auf dem neuesten Stand“. Das gilt künftig auch für Elektrofahrzeuge – der neue Werkstattmeister ist bereits geschult.

Schneider Fotos und Milliways Publishing mit neuem Standort

Auf dem rund 20 Ar großen Grundstück wird im ersten Obergeschoss sowie im Dachgeschoss des zweistöckogen Anbaus auch das Gomaringer Fotostudio Schneider-Fotos und das Gomaringer Verlagsunternehmen Milliways Publishing GmbH ein neues Domizil finden.

Auch der Gomaringer Blog, der ja Teil des Gomaringer Verlagsdienstleister Milliways Publishing ist, bekommt so endlich einen prominenten Platz in Gomaringen und neue,  moderne Büro- und Redaktionsräume.

Der Einzug in das neue Domizil des Gomaringen Blogs dürfte gegen Oktober erfolgen, die Kfz-Werkstatt wird bereits ab Juni in den neuen Lager- und Werkstatträumen starten.

Schneider-Kfz, Schneider-Fotos, Milliways-Publishing und der Gomaringer Blog – Prominent positioniert: direkt am Ortseingang Gomaringen

    …

Bewegung und Beständigkeit bei 1a autoservice Werner Schneider In den letzten Wochen ist bei der Kfz Werkstatt 1a autoservice Schneider in Gomaringen einiges in Bewegung gekommen.

[pledge-of-demon]

I originally got this poster on my 21st birthday, 3 years later I finally got a frame for it and put it up 👍

[bookbuddies]

BOOK LIST | Authors

Agatha Christie

Andrew Mathews

Anthony Robbins

Benjamin Graham

Bo Sanchez

Brandon Sanderson

Brian Tracy

Charlaine Harris

Charles Duhigg

CS Lewis

Dale Carnegie

Dan Brown

Daniel Pink

Danielle Steel

Donald Miller

Grant Cardone

Haruki Murakami Collection

Harvey Mackay Collection

Helen Fisher

Helena Fox

James Buckley

James Clear

Jeffrey Gitomer

Jim Rohn Collection

Joe Dispenza

Joel Osteen

John Eldredge Collection

John Maxwell

Jordan Belfort

Julia Quinn

Junji Ito

Lang Leav

Leil Lowndes

Lisa Jewell

Lynne Graham

Margaret Truman

Mark Manson

Marty Neumeier

Max Lucado

Mitch Albom

Napoleon Hill

Nicholas Sparks

Oliver Burkeman

Paulo Coelho Collection

Peter Swanson

Pittacus Lore

R. L. Stine

Rachel Ward

Rainer Maria Rilke

Reid Taylor Jenkins

Rhonda Byrne

Rick Riordan

Rick Warren

Robert Greene

Robert Kiyosaki

Robin Sharma

Robyn Schneider

Ryan Holiday

Sidney Sheldon

Simon Sinek

Sophie Kinsella

Stasi Eldredge Collection

Stephen Covey

Stephen King

Steve Burns Collection (Investing and Stock Market)

Steve Harvey

Sylvia Plath

The Lonely Planet

Timothy Ferris

Trudi Canavan

Warren Buffett_s Ground Rules by Jeremy C. Miller

Warren Wiersbe

Zig Ziglar

[fashionbooksmilano]

Tanz der Farben Nijinskys Auge und die Abstraktion

Edited by Hubertus Gaßner, Daniel Koep and John Neumeier

Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg 2009, 362 pages, 24,5x17 cm,ISBN  978-3938002292

euro 60,00

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This catalog was prepared to accompany the exhibition at the Hamburger Kunsthalle in 2009. Nijinsky, famous as a dancer for the Ballets Russes, was also a prolific artist. This publication was timed to appear on the 100th anniversary of the first performance of the Ballets Russes in May 1909. More than 100 works on paper by Nijinsky were assembled for this exhibition, and were shown in context with other abstract artists of the period: Sonia Delaunay, Kupka, Alexandra Exter,  Léopold Survage   etc.

20/04/21

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[ladyherenya]

I realised that this has been sitting in my drafts, ready to post, for ages.

Reread: From All False Doctrine by Alice Degan.

Total: nine novels (including one reread), one novella and one short story collection.

Cover thoughts: These are all effective covers (even Yours Cheerfully, which uses a shade of pink I detest). Of Absence, Darkness is my favourite.

Did not finish: The Left-Handed Booksellers of London by Garth Nix and The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah.

Still reading: Love in the Blitz: The Greatest Lost Love Letters of the Second World War by Eileen Alexander.

Next up: Winterkeep by Kristin Cashore.

My full reviews are on Dreamwidth and LibraryThing. 

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Death’s Lady trilogy by Rachel Neumeier: Portal world fantasy, set 16 years after The Year’s Midnight.

Of Absence, Darkness: When an enemy summons Tenai back to her own world, the spell also brings her friend Daniel and his daughter Jenna. I liked seeing the portal-fantasy-experience from the perspective of a middle-aged father! This story quietly simmers with tension until suddenly it boils over. 3½ ★

Of Shadows, a Light: Arguably the second half of Of Absence, Darkness, except Jenna becomes a POV character. I like that her adventures allow her to meet a greater variety of people, and give her a wider understanding of this world. This was very gripping, with the right sort of ending for this sort of story. I want to reread the whole trilogy now. 3½ ★

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The Order of the Pure Moon Reflected in Water by Zen Cho: Fantasy novella.

Tet Sang is part of a group of bandits who run into trouble after a nun from the Order of the Pure Moon insists on joining them and uncovers the truth of their mission. This was definitely intriguing. Occasionally amusing. A well-constructed story. 3 ★

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The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah: Historical fiction set in Nazi-occupied France.

After a chapter and a half, I wasn’t sure about the writing style and was rather relieved when reviews gave justification for not reading further! Even if the ending is good, I didn’t feel like reading that many pages of so-so prose and melodrama just to get there.

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Chaos on CatNet by Naomi Kritzer: YA science-fiction. Sequel to Catfishing on CatNet.

As a near-future story about social media apps and AIs, this was tense and really interesting! But there’s not room for a lot of depth to the relationships. It’s a successful story without that, but nevertheless, my personal preference is for more depth. 3 ★

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The Book of Firsts by Karan K. Anders (aka  Andrea K. Höst): A high school girl, a trio of beautiful boys and a series of secret lunchtime trysts.

While I love Höst’s fantasy, I was not planning on reading this. Read it on an impulse. Am still surprised how it made me care about the characters. This is, in spite of the setting and the sex, such a Höst story. She’s still writing about characters who are exceptionally intelligent, talented and attractive! It’s just that none of them have magic. 3½ ★

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Fletchers End (1962) by D. E. Stevenson: Romantic fiction. Sequel to Bel Lamington.

Less focused and not quite as delightful as Bel Lamington, but I still liked it. It revolves around the newly-married Bel’s efforts to discover the history of Fletchers End, the house she and her husband have bought, and the romantic prospects of her friend Louise. 3 ★

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Between Decisions by W. R. Gingell: Australian YA urban fantasy murder mystery. Set in Hobart. Eighth in The City Between series, set after Between Cases.

There’s a problem with some sirens and social media, and meanwhile the story builds, somewhat deceptively and very effectively, to a dramatic development. It could be a disappointing turn of events -- for the characters, it’s devastating -- but I was surprised by how satisfying it was to see the aftermath taken seriously.  3½ ★

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Shadows of the Past by Sharon Shinn: Short story collection. A magic school, a haunted house, an alien soulmate, randomly appearing objects, phone calls from ghosts, a healer in hiding, and wintermoon wishes. The first three are murder mysteries. The next three are about  dealing with bereavement. All but the first two include romance. These are decent stories. Only one I didn’t really like (the third one). But my favourite was something I had already read -- “Wintermoon Wish”. It’s still lovely. 3 ★ 

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You Have a Match by Emma Lord: YA, a bit like The Parent Trap for the Instagram generation.

After Abby’s DNA ancestry test reveals she has an older sister, she signs up for the same summer camp so they can get to know each other and try to find answers -- why was Savvy given up for adoption and kept a secret from her siblings? This is a compelling mystery, and also an entertaining and optimistic novel that keeps all the balls it’s juggling in the air.  3½ ★ 

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The Left-Handed Booksellers of London by Garth Nix: Fantasy.

A fabulous title but the worldbuilding doesn’t strongly appeal to me. Based on the little I’ve read, and on my experiences with Nix’s other books, I suspect this would be a book I would like but not love. Unfinished.

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Yours Cheerfully by A J Pearce: Historical, set in London in 1941. Sequel to Dear Mrs Bird.

The government has requested that magazines promote women’s war work, so Emmy writes a series of articles about a munitions factory and befriends a group of women who are trying to juggle work and motherhood. This isn’t a coming-of-age story like Dear Mrs Bird was -- Emmy’s learning about other women’s personal circumstances and workplace dilemmas. But these things are still compelling.  3½ ★ 

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Eleonora Abbagnato,Teatro Massimo di Palermo @ Marco Glaviano

There are many, many Italian dancers scattered around companies throughout the world. Some are in the corps de ballet, others are principal dancers, but all continue the tradition that made Italian dancers some of the most famous of all. Even leaving the men aside, we have Pierina Legnani (noted as ‘maybe’ being the first to perform 32 fouetté turns) who was a prima ballerina assoluta at the Mariinsky; Giuseppina Bozzacchi who created the role of Coppélia for the Paris Opera Ballet when she was 16; Fanny Cerrito and Carlotta Grisi (together with Marie Taglioni – herself half Italian – and Lucile Grahn) who created the roles in Perrot’s Pas de Quatre in London; Virginia Zucchi (for whom Petipa created La Esmeralda pas de six), Carlotta Zambelli (the star of the Paris Opera Ballet for three decades), and more recent exports: Fracci, Ferri, Galeazzi, Durante, Savignano, Abbagnato and others who have become principal ballerinas with major international companies.

Eleonora Abbagnato in Puccini by Julien Leste © Rolando Paolo Guerzoni 01

Eleonora Abbagnato in Puccini by Julien Leste © Rolando Paolo Guerzoni

It is Paris Opera Ballet’s Eleonora Abbagnato (also director of the Rome Opera Ballet company) who heads the bill of Daniele Cipriani’s latest starry gala, this time for the 62nd edition of the Festival of Two Worlds in Spoleto, a town which has seen many of the world’s most famous dancers pass through over the last half-century.

The programme, curated by Cipriani, ranges from the great classical repertoire to pieces by important contemporary choreographers, as well as original creations by young Italian dance makers.

Joining Abbagnato in the line-up are Davide Dato, from Biella, who since 2016 has been First Soloist with the Vienna State Ballet (who will dance in George Balanchine’s Tarantella, which the company has in its repertoire); Gabriele Frola, from Aosta, who became principal dancer of the National Ballet of Canada and, at the same time, of the English National Ballet in 2018; and Rachele Buriassi, a soloist at Boston Ballet.

Davide Dato 2017 © Cositore

Rachele Buriassi in Don Quixote © Stuttgarter Ballett

Davide Riccardo

Gabriele Frola © Aleksandar Antonijevic

There is also 18-year-old Davide Riccardo, from Messina, who graduated from the School of American Ballet and, since August 2018, has become the first Italian at the New York City Ballet (and will present Jerome Robbins’s Andantino as a tribute to the NYCB choreographer who also had strong links with Spoleto); as well as six Italian dancers from the Stuttgart Ballet: Fabio Adorisio, Daniele Silingardi, Alessandro Giaquinto, Matteo Miccini, Vittoria Girelli and Elisa Ghisalberti.

Coincidentally, the gala – on Sunday 30 June – coincides exactly with the tenth anniversary of the death of Pina Bausch, and Damiano Ottavio Bigi, who dances with the Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch in Germany, will present his own creation dedicated to the great choreographer and interpreter.

Contemporary choreographers are represented by Claudio Cangialosi, from the Vlaanderen Opera Ballet, who will dance a piece by Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, and Sasha Riva and Simone Repele, formerly at John Neumeier´s Hamburg Ballet and now at the Ballet du Grand Théâtre de Genève, will perform a work by Marco Goecke.

Sasha Riva and Simone Repele

Claudio Cangialosi

Sasha Riva and Simone Repele

Damiano Ottavio Bigi

Rachele Buriassi in Jiří Kylián’s Wings of Wax © Rosalie O’Connor

There are also national premieres by young Italian authors whose talent has been acknowledged abroad: Alessandro Giaquinto and Fabio Adorisio, of the Stuttgart Ballet, present two creations, especially for the Spoleto Festival, danced by the six Italian dancers from the same company. Tommaso Beneventi from the Royal Swedish Ballet will dance with Buriassi (together with Giacomo Castellana of the Rome Opera Ballet) in a world premiere by Francesco Ventriglia on the music of Saint-Saëns’ Danse Macabre.

Among the (non-Italian) guest artists who complete the lineup are Nikisha Fogo and Liudmila Konovalova from the Vienna State Opera who will dance the Le Corsaire pas de deux along with the young dancer from La Scala, Mattia Semperboni, who set the stage alight in Milan recently as the slave. There’s also Friedmann Vogel from Stuttgart, Megan LeCrone from the New York City Ballet, Katja Khaniukova from English National Ballet and Nancy Osbaldeston from the Royal Ballet of Flanders.

Not only is there a fancy lineup – and quite unique – but the gala will be performed in the Piazza del Duomo with the stage backdrop being Spoleto’s stunning cathedral.

Nancy Osbaldeston 1

Nancy Osbaldeston 2

Liudmila Konovalova © Fotografia Massimo Danza 01

Liudmila Konovalova © Fotografia Massimo Danza

  Eleonora Abbagnato con le Stelle italiane nel mondo – Sunday 30 June at 21.30.

Some tickets are still available: Festival Di Spoleto – Abbagnato.

Eleonora Abbagnato at Teatro Massimo in Palermo @ Marco Glaviano

Dance in Italy – Spoleto Festival’s Dance Gala with Abbagnato, Vogel, Frola, Dato and many more on 30 June There are many, many Italian dancers scattered around companies throughout the world. Some are in the corps de ballet, others are principal dancers, but all continue the tradition that made Italian dancers some of the most famous of all.

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RoboCop will be released on Blu-ray on November 26 via Arrow Video. It features new cover art by Paul Shipper, with the original poster on the reverse side. A Steelbook edition will also be available.

The two-disc limited edition set includes both the theatrical and director's cuts along with six postcards, a double-sided poster, and a booklet featuring new writing on the film by Omar Ahmed, Christopher Griffiths, and Henry Blyth, a 1987 Fangoria interview with effects artist Rob Bottin, and publicity materials.

The 1987 action classic is directed by Paul Verhoeven (Total Recall, Starship Troopers). Peter Weller, Nancy Allen, Daniel O'Herlihy, Ronny Cox, Kurtwood Smith, and Miguel Ferrer star.

RoboCop has been restored in 4K from the original camera negative by MGM, transferred in 2013 and approved by Verhoeven. It features original lossless stereo and four-channel mixes plus DTS-HD MA 5.1 surround sound option on both cuts.

Special features are listed below.

Disc 1: Director’s Cut:

Audio commentary by director Paul Verhoeven, executive producer Jon Davison, and co-writer Ed Neumeier (re-edited for Director’s Cut)

Audio commentary by film historian Paul M. Sammon (new)

Audio commentary by fans Christopher Griffiths, Gary Smart, and Eastwood Allen (new)

RoboTalk - A conversation with co-writer Ed Neumeier and filmmakers David Birke (Elle) and Nick McCarthy (The Prodigy) (new)

Interview with co-writer Michael Miner (new)

Interview with actress Nancy Allen (new)

Interview with casting director Julie Selzer (new)

Interview with second unit director Mark Goldblatt (new)

Composing RoboCo - A tribute to composer Basil Poledouris featuring film music experts Jeff Bond, Lukas Kendall, Daniel Schweiger, and Robert Townson (new)

RoboProps - A tour of super-fan Julien Dumont’s collection of original props and memorabilia (new)

2012 panel discussion with director Paul Verhoeven, executive producer Jon Davison, writers Ed Neumeier and Michael Miner, actors Peter Weller and Nancy Allen, and animator Phil Tippett

RoboCop: Creating a Legend; Villains of Old Detroit; Special Effects: Then & Now - 3 featurettes from 2007 featuring interviews with cast and crew

Paul Verhoeven Easter egg

4 deleted scenes

The Boardroom: Storyboard with commentary by animator Phil Tippett

Director’s Cut Production Footage - Raw dailies from the filming of the unrated gore scenes

2 theatrical trailers

3 TV spots

Image galleries

Disc 2: Theatrical Cut:

Audio commentary by director Paul Verhoeven, executive producer Jon Davison, and co-writer Ed Neumeier

2 isolated score tracks in lossless stereo: composer’s original mix and final theatrical mix

Television cut of the film (standard definition)

Split screen comparison of Theatrical and Director’s Cuts

RoboCop: Edited For Television - Alternate scenes from 2 TV versions, newly transferred in HD from recently-unearthed 35mm elements

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SELECTA, LA APLICACIÓN DEDICADA EXCLUSIVAMENTE A LA MÚSICA CLÁSICA LE DA LA BIENVENIDA A SU CATÁLOGO A LA ESCUELA SUPERIOR DE MÚSICA REINA SOFÍA

SELECTA le da la bienvenida a su catálogo a la Escuela Superior de Música Reina Sofía, que está considerada como una de las mejores escuelas de Europa para jóvenes talentos que desean dedicarse profesionalmente a la música.

Fundada en 1991 por Paloma O’Shea como centro de alta formación profesional con un doble objetivo: apoyar el desarrollo de jóvenes músicos y acercar la música a todos los públicos.

Cada año, alrededor de 150 estudiantes procedentes de más de 30 países se forman con prestigiosos profesores internacionales en sus instalaciones, ubicadas en el corazón de Madrid.

Se realizan más de 300 conciertos por año, en los que los jóvenes músicos tienen la oportunidad de mostrar al público el fruto de su trabajo en diversos formatos, destacando las actuaciones de la Orquesta Sinfónica Freixenet de la Escuela, que a lo largo de su historia ha sido dirigida por directores como Luciano Berio, Sir Colin Davis, Peter Eötvös, Zoltán Kocsis, Lorin Maazel, Yehudi Menuhin, Zubin Mehta, Antoni Ros Marbà, o Pablo Heras-Casado, entre otros.

Desde su creación, la escuela ha formado a más de 750 músicos que hoy ocupan puestos destacados en orquestas, desarrollan exitosas carreras como solistas o enseñan a jóvenes músicos en las mejores escuelas de música. Entre sus antiguos alumnos se encuentra, entre otros, Pablo Ferrández, Arcadi Volodos, Sol Gabetta, Eldar Nebolsin, Celso Albelo, Xabier Inchausti o Asier Polo.

ACERCA DE SELECTA

  SELECTA es una Aplicación Nativa para IOS y Android VOD (Video On Demand) dedicada exclusivamente a la Música Clásica, disponible en todos los dispositivos: APP para Smart TV, Desktop, Tablet y Smart phones.

  Un equipo de especialistas en música clásica, selecciona los eventos musicales con valor relevante a nivel internacional.

• Los mejores conciertos

• Los mejores directores

• Los principales teatros, eventos y festivales alrededor de todo el mundo

• Con calidad HD de sonido e imagen

  SELECTA se comercializa por suscripción -con tarjeta de crédito en

Apple Store y Play Store, en Latam y en los Estados Unidos, con un abono mensual de 9.99 dólares.

  El contenido de SELECTA está catalogado según el criterio relevante de la música clásica en 3 secciones: CONCIERTOS, ÓPERAS y BALLETS.

A esto se agrega la sección ESPECIALES.

Cuenta, además, con un Buscador Predictivo y ofrece selección de idiomas: Español, Inglés y Portugués.

Cada concierto, ópera o ballet presenta una descripción detallada de:

Artistas, Orquesta, Director, Programa, Compositor, Duración y Lugar.

  Conciertos Destacados:

PLÁCIDO DOMINGO & LANG LANG

Gala en Río de Janeiro

BELA BARTÓK PIERRE BOULEZ:

El Mandarín Maravilloso

LOS TRES TENORES

En Concierto

MARTHA ARGERICH & DANIEL BARENBOIM

Interpretan a Mozart

CARMINA BURANA

por Simon Rattle

VIVALDI & PIAZZOLA:

Las cuatro estaciones

ENNIO MORRICONE

Dirige su propia música de cine

SIMON RATTLE & DANIEL BARENBOIM

Play Brams

GIDON KREMER & THE KREMERATA BALTICA

Sempre Primavera

  SE INCORPORAN NUEVOS CONTENIDOS TODOS LOS MESES SEGÚN UN ESTUDIO RIGUROSO DE LAS PREFERENCIAS Y EL INTERÉS DE NUESTROS

SUSCRIPTORES, A NIVEL INTERNACIONAL.

  Óperas Destacadas:

DON GIOVANI

Verbier

Manfred Honeck

LA TRAVIATA

Ernst Marzendorfer

RIGOLETTO

Fabio Luisi

CARMEN

Rolando Villazón y Daniel Barenboim

MANON

Lescaut

Baden Baden

Simon Rattle

Ballets Destacados

EL LAGO DE LOS CISNES

Per Kristian Skalstad

THE LITTLE MERMAID

John Neumeier

CARMEN

Antonio Gades

JULIA & ROMEO

Mats Ek

EL CASCANUECES

Tchaikovsky

Valery Gergiev

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In Russia - в России from Vincent Urban on Vimeo.

A landmass so vast it’s hard to wrap your head around, spanning over 11 timezones and 2 continents, filled with otherworldly landscapes, countless discrete cultures and crowded cities with rather turbulent histories. On the one side, this film shows a slice of this relentless diversity of a place rarely visited by tourists - and on the other, it is an exploration of all the different lenses, viewpoints and expectations one can apply in a travel film about a mysterious country riddled with stereotypes.

Find extra footage, BTS and more info at 27km.de/inrussia and on our Instagram channels: @vincenturban, @muxsux, @timhoeddinghaus, @27km

For this film, I teamed up with my friends Maximilian Neumeier and Tim Höddinghaus. The 3 of us went on a total of 4 trips, each spanning over roughly 10 days, which brought us to 6 distinct locations in 3 different seasons: Moscow in spring, Kamchatka in fall, St. Petersburg, Murmansk, Salekhard and Lake Baikal in Winter. This project could have never been realised without the help of the production company 27km, our local guides Andrey Manirko, Vadim Makhorov and the countless other people who helped on-location in Russia and in postproduction back in Germany. It has been a very long journey and we are forever grateful.

MUSIC "Polyushka Polye" Composed & re-arranged by Hermann Schepetkov, 2WEI Additional music by Thomas Muis, 2WEI Music supervised by Christoph Körner, 2WEI The music was specifically composed for this film and is based on an old Soviet song, written by Lev Knipper & Viktor Gussew You can find the music here: soundcloud.com/2weimusic/schepetkov-feat-2wei-in-russia or youtube.com/watch?v=DssWj0r2Y5c

Produced by: Lars Doehring, 27 Kilometer Entertainment GmbH Local producers: Andrey Manirko & Vadim Makhorov Main Camera: Tim David Höddinghaus Additional Camera: Max Neumeier Additional Drone: Vadim Makhorov Edit: Vincent Urban & Max Neumeier Colorist: Lutz Forster, C.S.I. Sound Design: Max Neumeier VFX: Hans Hartmann Title Design: Moril Gnoyke Sound Mixing: Nepomuk Heller Executive Producer: Pacco Nitsche Research: Manuel Iljitsch, Annegret Feistl & Sophia Stoltenberg Postproduction assistance: Daniel Kremser & Jona Winkler

Shot on Arri Alexa Mini, Sony a7s II, Panasonic GH5, DJI Mavic Pro 2