#The Manhattan Review

[martyncrucefix]

New review of my translation of Peter Huchel's 'These Numbered Days'

When Shearsman Books published my translations from the German of Peter Huchel’s 1972 collection These Numbered Days (Gezählte Tage), we were still in the early days of Covid restrictions and so launch events and so on were very difficult. I was pleased when the book was recognised in 2020 by winning the Schlegel-Tieck Prize for translation from German awarded by the Society of Authors. The…

[ursulawhosoever]

🌸Nyx Lip Pencil + Manhattan Gloss + Revolution Gloss🌸

Nyx Lip Pencil: Expresso

Manhattahn Gloss: 56N

Revolution Gloss: Distortion

Song : Again - Flyleaf 💕

[popcultureoverdosed]

Blood Blockade Battlefront is New York at its Finest

NYC often gets a bad rep. Most people either see it as a smelly hellhole filled with crime and crappy attitudes or a breeding ground for hipsters and vapid socialites. People only see what they want to see without looking at the whole picture. This makes Leonardo's all-seeing eyes of God all the more important. Instead of lumping NYC into a box, he sees it for what it truly is; a chaotic blend of volatile elements.

The storytelling of Blood Blockade Battlefront is pure chaos from beginning to end. Leonardo is thrown into a world of highly deadly scenarios with very little breathing room in between. Each episode focuses on a moment in the character's life. One episode will focus on Leonardo befriending an amnesiac monster who loves burgers and another will feature a brigade of Charlie's angels-esque spies who happen to be invisible werewolves. It's the type of show that always keeps you on your toes because you never know what to expect. Some have criticized the show for its lack of an overarching plot and treat it as if that's inherently bad. Blood Bloockade isn't the type of show that needs a complex narrative. Its biggest appeal is simply seeing its eccentric cast interact with each other. Its episodic nature made watching it a breeze since viewers are never overwhelmed with too much information.

Worldbuilding is done at a casual pace where background lore is only given when it's relevant to what's currently happening. Since most characters are already well familiar with the lore, they usually cut the small talk and get straight to the action. In this way, the narrative mirrors New Yorker's aversion to beating around the bush. Show don't tell at its finest. We need more shows that just get to the point. Rie Matsumoto, director of season 1, feels a bit different about the story than I do, though. She inserted two original characters, Black and White, a pair of siblings who share a character arc that Intersects with Leo's. Under normal circumstances, this would have been an incredibly bad move. Filler in anime tends to feel pointless and just detracts from the story. Luckily, Rie Matsumoto made sure that the filler didn't feel like filler. It was fun watching the mystery surrounding the sibling duo unravel with each episode. It eventually culminated in a finale that was nearly an hour long. Matsumoto took a huge risk with her bold decision, but she definitely stuck the landing.

The production values of the show are also top-notch. Pretty much every episode is a reminder of why studio Bones is such a beloved company. They seriously put their key animators to work in both seasons. The fluidity of the fight scenes always left me impressed. Character designer Toshihiro Kawamoto did a great job at bringing Yasuhiro Nightow's art to animation with his iconic style. I love how even when Toshihiro is adapting someone else's character design, his style still shines through.

Special mention needs to be given to composer Taisei Iwasaki because he really killed it with this soundtrack. It's an eclectic blend of jazz, RNB, hip-hop, rock and more genres that perfectly captures the vibe of a busy New York City. Each track is a different flavor of the city and made me feel at home. The soundtrack truly embodies the chaotic feel of the show and captures its occasional serene moments perfectly.The true musical highlights are the openings and endings. BBB is one of those shows where you feel compelled to watch the full episode because the opening and ending are too good to skip. They're all incredibly upbeat songs that make you wanna stop everything and dance. Sugar song and bitter step is one of my favorite anime endings because of it's colorful animation and cheerful aura.

Blood Blockade Battlefront is the type of show that can really resonate with native New Yorkers. We see all the highs and lows of the city almost every day and you have to be just a little bit crazy to appreciate NYC for what it is.

[maysshortmoviereviews]

Oppenheimer (2023)

🎬During World War II, Lt. Gen. Leslie Groves Jr. appoints physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer to work on the top-secret Manhattan Project. Oppenheimer and a team of scientists spend years developing and designing the atomic bomb. Their work comes to fruition on July 16, 1945, as they witness the world's first nuclear explosion, forever changing the course of history.

📝A truly magnificent film, based on the equally excellent book ('American Prometheus'). It's full of excellent cast and tells us about the Golden Age of Physics as well as the dark age of the bomb. A thought provoking film and Cillian Murphy is just phenomenal. I highly recommend that you watch this in the cinema.

[lostcryptids]

I feel like it should be against the rules of the universe to give a diner a bad review based on their food....got to preserve the diners

[prideprejudce]

all this hype on Oppenheimer for MONTHS and the actual movie was just kind of…….ehhhh

[dwimpossblog]

The Doctor and Martha are in New York, but so is an old foe of the Doctor's. Daleks in Manhattan is this week's Time Travel Tuesday post!

[brantzwoolsey]

“Christopher Nolan does do a good job with directing beautiful looking, cerebral films. His use of sound editing in this film, leaving breaths or rests in the sound verged on symphonic composure.”

“For a three hour movie about a bomb, it shouldn’t be too hard to pass the Bechdel test but somehow Nolan fails to pass it.”

I’m dropping opinion bombs over on my Letterboxd! Go read more of my thoughts on Oppenheimer below.

[demonger]

Venom toy (Generation Records, NYC)

[azazel-dreams]

Murder in Manhattan by Verity Bright (A Lady Swift Mystery)

Rating: ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤

Lady Eleanor Swift Mysteries in reading order:

A Very English Murder

Death at the Dance

A Witness to Murder

Murder in the Snow

Mystery by the Sea

Murder at the Fair

A Lesson in Murder

Death on a Winter’s day

A Royal Murder

The French for Murder

Death Down the Aisle

Murder in an Irish Castle

Death on Deck

Murder in Manhattan

Murder by Invitation

Murder on the Cornish Cliffs

A Death in Venice

Murder in Mayfair

[foxmulderautism]

my hot take is i like letterboxd silly one liner reviews i think they’re fun sometimes it’s fun to have a joke and a laugh after watching something with the Movie Heads in my phone. the problem with them is people sometimes try too hard to get a Hit Most Liked Review + the people who do them for movies you should absolutely not be responding to with a silly one liner. time and place etc

[bargainsleuthbooks]

Astor: The Rise and Fall of an American Fortune by Anderson Cooper & Katherine Howe #BookReview #AudiobookReview #September2023Books #AmericanHistory #Biography

The bestselling authors of #Vanderbilt return with the history of the #Astors, and how they built and lavished their fortune. #AndersonCooper #KatherineHowe #Bookreview #newbooks #biography #americanhistory #harpercollins #blackstoneaudio #bargainsleuth

The number one New York Times bestselling authors of Vanderbilt return with another riveting history of a legendary American family, the Astors, and how they built and lavished their fortune. The story of the Astors is a quintessentially American story–of ambition, invention, destruction, and reinvention. From 1783, when German immigrant John Jacob Astor first arrived in the United States, until…

[gregdotorg]

Well, I have my fit sorted for when I receive the Chevalier de l'Ordre des Lettres et Arts: I'll be going as this c. 1899-1900 mitron snapped by noted workwear/streetwear photographer Eugène Atget. [s/o Manhattan Art Review]

[rye-views]

Manhattan (1979) dir. Woody Allen. 7.3/10

I would not recommend this movie to my friends. I would not rewatch this movie.

Wow I really know this cast.

It's really Isaac and Mary who are perfect for each other. Donny needs to get it together. I've never seen a skeleton like that one.

Poor Tracy. Everyone else sucks.

The wrong kind of orgasm part was funny.

[biblionerdreflections]

Series Review - Magic in Manhattan

Hello, everyone! Today I’m doing something a bit different. Usually, I review books individually, but I just finished this series, Magic in Manhattan, and wanted to gush about it. It is a trilogy of MM romantic fantasy stories set during prohibition in New York. I picked them up on a whim and never planned to review them or feature them in any special way on the blog, but here we are… Series…

[scooby-snacs]

thought if the day:

oppenheimer = very good fucking movie.

frankly my education did not encompass what really went on during the manhattan project enough and the armed races between differing countries. the acting was phenomenal, I enjoyed how they brought to light the red scare sweeping through the usa and how that impacted everything. what I liked most was the realism behind it at points. again this is all coming from a person with very little historical background besides what was mandated in school. honestly Oppenheimer’s last phrase to Einstein during the movie really fucking sold me over all + plus his contact morals vs academia battle when coming to full fruition with the project.