#Wilfred Lucas

[makeitquietly]

A Chump at Oxford (1940)

[fourorfivemovements]

Films Watched in 2023: 59. A Chump at Oxford (1939) - Dir. Alfred J. Goulding

[travsd]

Born 150 Years Ago: Wilfred Lucas

Actor/writer/director Wilfred Lucas (1871-1940) was born 150 years ago this day. Lucas was a major figure at Biograph with D.W. Griffith and at Mack Sennett’s Keystone, and played well-remembered roles in comedy classics of the ’30s, among numerous other distinctions. Like Sennett, Marie Dressler, and Mary Pickford, Lucas was one of several important Canadian players in the early American film…

[2ndsk8terboy]

**There was a knock on your door.** "Lucas Lee! I have something for you!" **God, he's back. at least he knocked this time.** 🌿~WILFRED~🌿

Oh... it's you. What do you want?

[pupsmailbox]

Do you have any name idea that are similar to “billy” ?? 💜

some might be closed so make sure to do your own research !!

BILLY / BILLIE︰ abad. adamah. agnes. albert. albie. alfy. alice. amelia. andrew. antone. ashtin. ava. axil. bahula. bail. bailee. bailey. bala. baldwyn. baret. barret. barrey. barrie. bart. bayle. baylee. bayly. baze. bea. beale. beil. beile. bel. bela. belah. belay. bell. bella. belle. bello. benatar. benjamin. berkley. berti. bertie. berty. betty. beulah. beyla. bilal. bill. billie. billy. birdie. blanche. blu. blue. bly. bo. bobbee. bobbie. bobby. bonnie. boyle. briley. brinley. bucky. bull. caleb. cardon. carsyn. charlie. charlotte. chloe. collie. darcy. eddy. edie. elishua. elizabeth. ella. emma. ernie. etta. fantasya. finley. finn. finnley. frankie. freddie. freddy. grace. hardin. harlee. harper. hazel. henry. ida. ivy. izora. jack. james. jasper. kali. kit. lana. leo. liam. lillie. lilly. lily. linux. lottie. lucas. luke. mae. majorca. max. millie. milo. monty. mortimer. nisse. noah. noll. olive. oliver. olivia. pavlina. peggy. piper. prys. quinn. ridley. ripley. robbin. rory. rose. ruby. rylee. rylie. scarlett. sierra. sonny. stevie. sylvie. ted. tom. tommy. tre. vallea. viane. vic. vine. violet. whitley. wilfred. william. willie. willow. winnie. worthy.

[chers-cheekbones]

Cher as Elsa Morganthal in Tea with Mussolini trying to make Luca (Baird Wallace) stop being mad at her with a butt-in from Lily Tomlin as Georgie Rockwell and Paul Chequer as Wilfred 'Lucy' Random

The last gif: me too, dude

[irish-dress-history]

I’m wondering if you have any examples of Irish clothing from the early 1600s (around 1610-1615)? I haven’t been able to find much from this era so I’d appreciate any sources or museum collections that you could recommend.

Starting this out with the caveat that if you're looking for the same level of detail and precision that we have for English dress history in this period, you are going to be disappointed. The types of English primary sources we have for this period (well-dated detailed paintings, well-preserved rich-people clothing, wills, printed books, etc) just don't exist for Ireland. There also seems to be much less research interest in 16th-17th c. Irish dress history, so there isn't nearly as much for secondary sources (books, articles etc.).

You don't mention if you are interested in a specific region in Ireland. Ireland in the early 17th c. was a pretty heterogeneous place. People in Dublin and Waterford wore English-influenced styles. According to British-appointed solicitor-general Sir John Davies, by 1606 a few of the wealthier people in Connacht had started wearing English dress, but many others were still wearing Irish clothing. Ulster was a mix of Irish who were wearing Irish dress and incoming English and lowland Scots settlers.

All of the extant Irish clothing I know of from the early 17th c. comes from either bogs or archaeological excavations. It looks like you've already seen my post on extant garments at the NMI. The NMI also has a couple of felt hats that might be early 17th c. This one is from Knockfola, Co. Donegal. It originally had a decorative cord or band where the pale line is:

There are also another cóta mór and brat, found on a bog body from Leigh, Co. Tipperary, which I don't think the NMI has on display. I did not bother to include them in my post, because they are so similar to the ones from Killery, Co. Sligo, but the fact that these have been found in multiple places suggests that they were common, widely-used garments.

The other major garment-find from this period is the Dungiven outfit which is in the Ulster Museum. a short video The bright blue thread was added by a modern conservator; it's not original. (Side note: The identification of this outfit has gotten unfortunately politicized. Tartan trews were worn by both the Irish and the Scots during the 17th century (McClintock 1943, Dunlevy 1989). The presence of tartan should not be used to draw conclusions about the ethnicity of the wearer.) The primary publication for this outfit:

Henshall, Audrey, Seaby, Wilfred A., Lucas, A. T., Smith, A. G., and Connor, A. (1961). The Dungiven Costume. Ulster Journal of Archaeology, 24/25, 119-142. https://www.jstor.org/stable/20627382

The one other reasonably-well preserved outfit that has published on is from a child burial from Emlagh, Co. Kerry, now at University College Cork. Shee and O'Kelly give it a late 17th c date, but they largely base this date on the presence of a rather generic-looking comb. IMO the outfit could easily be early 17th c.

The Emlagh gown, photographed on a living 8-year-old child who was wearing a sweater and skirt underneath. (The 1960s was a different time.)

The bodice has a wrap-front closure with a back and button-up sleeves similar in cut to the Killery cóta mór. The skirt is a pleated rectangle with the pleats sewn in vertically, somewhat like the Shinrone gown. Publication:

Shee, E. and O'Kelly, M. (1966). A Clothed Burial from Emlagh, near Dingle. Journal of the Cork Historical and Archaeological Society, 71(213), 81-91.

There are also, frustratingly, a bunch of fragmentary clothing finds at the NMI which might be 17th c, but no one seems to care enough to do publications on them, and NMI Archaeology still does not have their collection on-line, so they are useless to us.

The typical Irish shoe for this period is known as a brogue (also called a Lucas type 5 by archaeologists). broguesandshoes.com has photos, a pattern, and construction information.

Unfortunately, the illustrations from Speed's map are the only images I know of from this specific period.

If you want details on what materials were used, I recommend Susan Flavin's dissertation. It's about the 16th c. economy, but things didn't change that much between 1599 and 1601. free download here

If you don't mind wading through early modern English and a bit of period-typical prejudice, I recommend reading A Discourse of Ireland, by Luke Gernon written in 1620. His description of Irish clothing starts halfway down p. 356.

Finally, if you can find them, Dress in Ireland by Mairead Dunlevy (1st ed. 1989) and Old Irish and Highland Dress by H. F. McClintock (1st ed. 1943, 2nd ed. 1950) are the best books I know of for this period.

[buzzdixonwriter]

Knights Errant

It is the most pleasant of fantasies:  The invincible / incorruptible / virtuous hero who roams the land, thinking naught of themselves, only how they might be of service to those in dire need or peril. 

Sir Lancelot (which, alas, proved not so incorruptible nor virtuous) is the most iconic of these heroes, but he’s far from the only one. 

Sir Percival, Roland, Wilfred of Ivanhoe, and Lohengrin are all well known examples from the so-called age of chivalry, but more modern examples include the free roaming cowboy, the private eye, the secret agent, and the self-appointed avenger. 

It’s a mark of the impact of capitalism that the most common current example of the knight errant — be they Travis McGee or Philip Marlowe — all expect to get paid for their services, but once on the job are indefatigable. 

A more traditional casting of the knight errant is Jack Reacher.  Supported solely by a military pension he earned after years of heroic service, Reacher now wanders the land seeking wrongs to right.  

I read one of the Reacher books and for reasons explained below just couldn’t connect with the material.  But I absolutely understand the character’s appeal and why millions of people love the books / movies / TV shows.  I deny no one their pleasure.  

There is a visceral thrill when Reacher administers two-fisted justice to some carjacker threatening a mother and child, but those scenarios always turn out the way the writer wants them to turn out. 

Years ago in the midst of the Vietnam war a writer (Gordon Dickson, IIRC) for Analog penned a story where human military handily defeated alien guerrillas.  A reader suggested the writer be put in charge of US strategy in Vietnam.  

Editor John W. Campbell reminded the reader that the writer got to play both sides in his conflict.  

The knight errant is an early version of the superhero, a being with near god-like powers who defends the weak and never imposes their will on the populace at large (unless it’s Fletcher Hanks’ space wizard Stardust in which case all bets are off).  While many classic knights errant fought dragons and wizards, they did so primarily through human means, the occasional severed Medusa head not withstanding. 

In the real world, this sort of thing rarely happens and when it does, it’s typically at a high price to said knight.  

Someone did a body count for the old TV Western The Rifleman and calculated Lucas McCain killed 500 people in the course of the series. 

Nobody — no matter how justified or noble — kills 500 people and walks away emotionally unscathed.  The best warriors learn to deal with this and may present a civil, controlled persona to the world, but it preys on them nonetheless. 

It is a fantasy to assume they do. 

By all means, feel free to indulge in that fantasy; I’m not giving up my Raymond Chandler novels anytime soon.   

But recognize they are a fantasy, a wish fulfillment.  

There’s only been one realistic knight errant story:  Don Quixote. 

 © Buzz Dixon

[vr46ridersacademyofficial]

literally wont somebody put pecco and luca and the rest in some trenches... have them get tuberculosis or smth so they all look pale and sickly and desperate....

you get it!!!!! we need them in a tragic repressed war poet siegfried sassoon and wilfred owen type thing STAT

[vintagedreamsofsennett]

A Submarine Pirate (1915) / Willful Ambrose (1915) / Bombs! (1916) / The Feathered Nest (1916) / Her Torpedoed Love (1917) / Hearts and Flowers (1919) / Down on the Farm (1920)

From her Keystone debut in 1915 to her last First National comedy in 1922, Fazenda was one of Sennett's top comedy stars—appearing in nearly 60 Sennett shorts and features during that time.

Fazenda became familiar audiences as the hayseed girl who was forever falling prey to the shifty city slicker or evil mortgage holder, with her spit curl, ribbon-tied pigtails and calico dress. Just as often, she was the hard-working blue-collar girl who would leave her dreary job as a waitress or maid to collect a healthy inheritance—pursued by the usual assortment of Sennett fortune hunters. With hazel eyes and light brown hair, Fazenda could just as easily put on a blonde wig and play attractive, vampish roles.

Born in Lafayette, Indiana, the daughter of a Mexican-born grocer and American-born mother, Fazenda's family moved to LA by 1900—where she attended Los Angeles High School and St. Mary's Convent. She debuted in dramatic stock with Miss Del Valle in LA and later appeared with Virginia Brissac. Louise got her start in films at Universal in 1912 under the direction of Wilfred Lucas, but by 1913 was appearing alongside Max Asher, Harry McCoy, Bobby Vernon, Gale Henry, Lee Morris, Billy Franey, Heinie Conklin and the other featured players in Universal's Joker Comedies.

When her Sennett contract ended in Sep 1920, Fazenda joined Special Pictures Corp. briefly in late 1920; then she appeared in a trio of California Producers Corp.'s Punch Comedies (1921) co-starring Chester Conklin and John Henry Jr. That came before a brief return to Sennett for a couple of appearances during 1921-22. Fazenda starred in some of Jack White's Mermaid Comedies (1923-24) before settling into roles in features. With the coming of sound, Louise returned to shorts for Christie (1929) and Darmour (1930). She continued with feature support in films. Fazenda found a second home at Warner Brothers, becoming a familiar character face in musicals.

On March 7, 1919, Fazenda married Sennett director Noel M. Smith, to whom she'd been engaged since 1917; they separated on August 14, 1923, and divorced on August 1, 1926. On November 24, 1927 she married Warner Bros. publicity director Hal B. Wallis, soon to became Warners' studio manager and then a long-time film producer. Fazenda retired from the screen in 1939, and remained married to Wallis until her death at 66 in Beverly Hills of a cerebral hemorrhage, leaving Wallis and son Brent. She is interred at Inglewood Park Cemetery, Inglewood, California.

-Walker, B.E., 2010, Mack Sennett's Fun Factory, McFarland&Company, Inc., Publishers, pp. 502~504

[byneddiedingo]

Marlene Dietrich and Jane Wyman in Stage Fright (Alfred Hitchcock, 1950) Cast: Jane Wyman, Marlene Dietrich, Michael Wilding, Richard Todd, Alastair Sim, Sybil Thorndike, Kay Walsh, Miles Malleson, Hector MacGregor, Joyce Grenfell, André Morell, Patricia Hitchcock, Ballard Berkeley. Screenplay: Whitfield Cook, Alma Reville, based on a novel by Selwyn Jepson. Cinematography: Wilkie Cooper. Art direction: Terence Verity. Film editing: Edward B. Jarvis. Music: Leighton Lucas. The first stage of Marlene Dietrich's Hollywood career, when she was under the tutelage of Josef von Sternberg, ended with her being labeled "poison at the box office" by a disgruntled exhibitor in 1938, a label that helped push many of her contemporaries -- Greta Garbo, Norma Shearer, Luise Rainer -- into early retirement. Dietrich was made of sterner stuff, and after a celebrated turn entertaining American troops during World War II, she carved out a second film career by taking on character roles in films by major directors like Billy Wilder in A Foreign Affair (1948) and Witness for the Prosecution (1957), Fritz Lang in Rancho Notorious (1952), Orson Welles in Touch of Evil (1958), and Alfred Hitchcock in Stage Fright. Of these, the Hitchcock film is surprisingly the least memorable. It may be that Dietrich, who had learned everything she could about lighting and camera angles from Sternberg and cinematographers like Lee Garmes, was too much the diva for Hitchcock, who liked to be in control on his sets. But the fact remains that she is probably the most interesting thing about Stage Fright, a somewhat overcomplicated and sometimes scattered mystery in which we pretty much know whodunit from the beginning. Her appearances often come as a welcome relief from the rather tepid romantic triangle involving the characters played by Jane Wyman, Richard Todd, and Michael Wilding. Dietrich sings -- if that's the right word for what she does, being more diseuse than singer -- a few songs, including "La Vie en Rose" and Cole Porter's "The Laziest Gal in Town," and wears some Christian Dior gowns as Charlotte Inwood, the star of a musical revue in London, who bumps off her husband with the help of her lover, Jonathan Cooper (Todd), who is also the lover of a young student at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, Eve Gill (Wyman). But Eve also gets caught up in the murder plot when she falls for the detective investigating the case, Wilfred Smith (Wilding). Also providing relief from the romantic plot are Alastair Sim and Sybil Thorndike as Eve's separated and slightly eccentric parents, and some funny cameos by Miles Malleson and Joyce Grenfell. There are some clever Hitchcockian moments, including a flashback that turns out to be a complete misdirection and some skillful tracking shots by cinematographer Wilkie Cooper. But Wyman, the only American-born member of  the cast, feels out of her element, and Wilding turns his character into a moonstruck milksop. (Whatever did Elizabeth Taylor see in him?)

[dormivegliainstitute]

DIE Name Inspiration

Take some info with a grain of salt because Google so it may be wrong/these people could suck-

Staff

Headmistress: Elica Arce as a feminine version of Walt Disney's middle name

Assistant Headmaster: Oliver for Roy Disney's middle name and Trevit after the person who invented the train

Professor: Nye Marietta after the person who built the monorail

Professor: Lotte Hans after the creator of the telescope

Professor: Blair Mizikerv after Mary Blair and Ron Miziker the composer

Professor: Casey Trevit after the Casey Jr. train (Oliver's daughter)

Cinoair

Dorm Leader: Jackson Heise after Wilfred Jackson who was the composer of Steamboat Mickey and William Heise who helped film the first movie in America

Vice Dorm Leader: Evelyn Fussell after Evelyn Nesbit a famous Gibson model and Jacob Fussell who made the first ice cream factory

Dorm member: Jace Bushnell after Noah Bushnell who helped make the first arcade machine

Avenplore

Dorm Leader: Harrison Jones after Harrison Ford and Indiana Jones

Vice Dorm Leader: Emilia de Rio with Emilia meaning rival and de Rio meaning "of river" (yes im having it be de Rio instead of del Rio)

Member: Kainalu Keahi with Kainalu meaning "power of the sea" and Keahi meaning flames/fire

Loire

Dorm Leader: Irae Atencio after Dies Irae and X Atencio the writer of Grim Grinning Ghosts

Vice Dorm Leader: Salazar Bruns after the Pirates of the Caribbean character and Bruns the co-writer of Pirate's Life (with X Atencio)

Member: Winifred Milne: after Winnie the Pooh and Alan Alexander Milne the creator of Winnie the Pooh

Member(former Dorm Leader): Thorn Baxter after Tony Baxter the splash mountain creator

Morrodie

Dorm Leader: Albert Watkins after the first mammal in space and Bill Watkins the designer of space mountain

Vice Dorm Leader: Lucas Bellis after George Lucas and Richard Bellis who made some Star Tours music

Member: Erik Williams after Erik Tiemens the concept design supervisor of Galaxy's Edge and John Williams who made the land's theme

Member: Laika Adhara after the dog and Adhara after one of the brightest stars

Westier

Dorm Leader: Jesse Wister after Wister the writer of the first widely read western novel

Vice Dorm Leader: Jane Goff after Calamity Jane and Harper Goff who designed the Golden Horseshoe Saloon

Member: Sawyer Fitch after Tom Sawyer and John Fitch who demonstrated the working model of the steamboat concept

Fantasica

Dorm Leader: Guinevere Bradshaw after Guinevere, King Arthur's wife and Thomas Bradshaw who made the first carousel

Vice Dorm Leader: Carroll Adams after Lewis Carroll and Robert Adams who "invented" teacups with handles

Member: Edward Scheider after Edward Whymper who was the first to climb the matterhorn

Toontasmic

Dorm Leader: Thomas Wolf after Thomas Nast the father of American cartoons and Gary K. Wolf who created who censored Roger Rabbit

Vice Dorm Leader: Tress Stones after Tress MacNielle who voiced Gadget Hackwrench and Edward Stones who designed Gadget

[mundaneandmagicalcreature]

Media consumed during 2023

Books

The Secret to Superhuman Strength (2021). Alison Bechdel. 7/10

Salomé (1891). Oscar Wilde. 10/10

The Vampire Lestat (1985). Anne Rice. 8/10

Time is a Mother (2022). Ocean Vuong. 3/10 (I feel like an asshole, but I didn't like it)

The Queen of the Damned (1988). Anne Rice. 9/10

Infinity (2017). Hannah Moscovitch. 8/10

Bomarzo (1962). Manuel Mujica Lainez. 10/10

Stone Fruit (2021). Lee Lai. 9/10

The Vampire Armand (1998). Anne Rice. 7/10 (I hate Marius)

Mémoires d'Hadrien (1951). Marguerite Yourcenar. 2/10 (How do you make a bisexual emperor sound like a boring old man, Marguerite, how?)

The Tale Of The Body Thief (1992). Anne Rice. 5/10

Poems (1931). Wilfred Owen. 7/10

La Sed (2020). Marina Yuszczuk. 8/10

Spinning (2017). Tillie Walden. 9/10

Movies

Emma (2020). Autumn de Wilde. 8/10

Minari (2020). Lee Isaac Chung. 10/10

Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari (1920). Robert Wiene. 7/10

Bones and All (2022). Luca Guadagnino. 7/10

Maurice (1987). James Ivory. 7/10 (the book's better)

Fucking Åmål (1998). Lukas Moodysson. 6/10

Die bitteren Tränen der Petra von Kant (1972). Rainer Werner Fassbinder. 6/10

Le Fil (2009). Mehdi Ben Attia. 10/10 (I would marry this movie if I could)

37°2 le Matin (Betty Blue) (1986). Jean-Jacques Beineix. 7/10

Salomé (1922). Charles Bryant, Alla Nazimova. 4/10

Interview with the Vampire (1994). Neil Jordan. 8/10

The Addams Family (1991). Barry Sonnenfeld. 9/10

Addams Family Values (1993). Barry Sonnenfeld. 7/10

Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio (2022). Guillermo del Toro. 8/10

渺渺 (Miao Miao) (2008). Hsiao-tse Cheng. 5/40

La ley del deseo (1987). Pedro Almodóvar. 7/10

და ჩვენ ვიცეკვეთ (And Then We Danced) (2019). Levan Akin. 10/10 (so, so, so sweet)

Morte a Venezia (Death in Venice) (1971). Luchino Visconti. 7/10

Disobedience (2017). Sebastián Lelio. 8/10

Shiva Baby (2020). Emma Seligman. 7/10

X (2022). Ti West. 5/10 (maybe I just don't like slashers; the music was 10/10 tho)

Back to the Future Part II (1989). Robert Zemeckis. 5/10

Ammonite (2020). Francis Lee. 7/10

Colette (2018). Wash Westmoreland. 6/10

The Duke of Burgundy (2014). Peter Strickland. 8/10 (unnerving and visually stunning)

Summerland (2020). Jessica Swale. 7/10 (Studio Ghibli vibes in a live action movie; a bit saccharine-y at times)

The Handmaiden (2016). Park Chan-wook. 9/10

The Favourite (2018). Yorgos Lanthimos. 10/10

Nope (2022). Jordan Peele. 8/10

Renfield (2023). Chris McKay. 6/10 (I liked the Nicholas Cage scenes, everything else was kinda meh).

Professor Marston & The Wonder Women (2017). Angela Robinson. 7/10 (sweet, romantic, entertaining, but at times it felt fake and manufactured, the way "based on a true story" movies usually are).

The Terminator (1984). James Cameron. 4/10 (it could have been 45mins instead of 1h45mins...)

Terminator 2: Judgement Day (1991). James Cameron. 6/10 ("If you didn't like the first why did you watch the second?" Because I love my sibling)

Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade (1989). Steven Spielberg. 6/10

Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992). Francis Ford Coppola. 9/10

The Silence of the Lambs (1991). Jonathan Demme. 10/10

Sycorax (2021). Matías Piñeiro. 8/10

Black Narcissus (Passion of the Swamp) (2022). Peter Strickland. 8/10

Carta a Mi Madre Para Mi Hijo (Letter To My Mother For My Son) (2022). Carla Simón. 7/10

Is It Too Much To Ask (2019). Leena Manimekalai. 6/10

The Actress (2021). Andrew Ondrejcak. 9/10

Shakti (2019). Martín Rejtman. 6/10

El Silencio es un Cuerpo Que Cae (Silence Is A Falling Body) (2017). Agustina Comedi. 10/10 (so sad, so tender, so loving)

Meeting The Man: James Baldwin in Paris (1970). Terrence Dixon. 9/10 (Something tells me this is an excellent documentary; but there's a lot about "talk about certain things in a certain way" and "you know what I mean?" and no, I don't know what he meant or what things and ways were those).

Aftersun (2022). Charlotte Wells. 10/10 (who will lift this elephant off my chest now?)

Vers La Tendresse (Towards Tenderness) (2016). Alice Diop. 6/10

Silvia Prieto (1999). Martín Rehtman. 9/10

Camarera de Piso (Maid) (2022). Lucrecia Martel. 1/10 (the audio was unintelligible)

Contes Immoraux (Immoral Tales) (1973). Walerian Borowczyk. 4/10

Ojo Dos Veces Boca (Eye Two Times Mouth) (2023). Lila Avilés. 8/10

Az prijde kocour (The Cassandra Cat) (1963). Vojtech Jasný. 8/10

O Ornitólogo (The Ornithologist) (2015). João Pedro Rodrigues. 8/10

Uma Paciência Selvagem Me Trouxe Até Aqui (A Wild Patience Has Taken Me Here) (2021). Érica Sarmet. 6/10

Squish! (2021). Tulapop Saenjaroen. 3/10

Fugue (2023). John Gianvito. 6/10

Η δουλειά της (Her job) (2018). Nikos Labôt. 8/10

Playback (2019). Agustina Comedi. 10/10

Maine Diil Nahin Dekha (I Am Yet to See Delhi) (2014). Humaira Bilkis. 1/10 (I have seen instagram reels with more argument and better structure)

Proyecto Fantasma (Phantom Project) (2022). Roberto Doveris. 7/10

El Vuelco del Cangrejo (Crab Trap) (2009). Oscar Ruíz Navia. 6/10

Ema (2019). Pablo Larraín. 9/10

Los Fuertes (The Strong Ones) (2019). Omar Zúñiga Hidalgo. 7/10

Phörpa (The Cup) (1999). Khyentse Norbu. 7/10

Նռան գույնը | Nran Guyne | Sayat Nova (The Color of Pomegranates). Sergei Parajanov. 10/10 (The weirdest movie I've ever seen, and one of the most visually stunning ones)

Voyage of Time: An IMAX Documentary (2016). Terrence Malick. 10/10

إن شئت كما في السماء (It Must Be Heaven) (2019). Elia Suleiman. 9/10

Potemkiniştii (The Potemkinists) (2022). Radu Jude. 2/10 (yes, I know the Russian government is evil, but please tell me something else)

Nr. 1 - Aus Berichten der Wach- und Patrouillendienste (From The Reports Of Security Guards and Patrol Services) (1985). Helke Sander. 8/10

Liborio (2021). Nino Martínez Sosa. 6/10

Sendiri Diana Sendiri (Following Diana) (2015). Kamila Andini. 6/10

Valkoinen Peura (The White Reindeer) (1952). Erik Blomberg. 4/10

Wadja (2012). Haifaa Al-Mansour. 10/10

La Femme Au Couteau (The Woman With A Knife) (1969). Timité Basori. 4/10

Tornar-se um Homem na Idade Média (Becoming Male In The Middle Ages) (2022). Pedro Neves Marques. 6/10

Un Garibaldino al Convento (A Garibaldian In The Convent) (1942). Vittorio de Sica. 6/10

Théo et Hugo dans le même bateau (Paris 05:59 Théo & Hugo) (2016). 7/10 (20 mins of porn followed by an hour and 10 mins about post-exposure prophylaxis and the importance of public health and transport systems)

Suplement (The Supplement) (2002). Krzysztof Zanussi. 7/10

天下乌鸦 (All The Crows In The World) (2021). Tang Yi. 6/10

L'Échapée (Escape) (2009). Katell Quillévéré. 8/10

An Exercise In Discipline - Peel (1982). Jane Campion. 1/10

La Amiga De Mi Amiga (Girlfriends And Girlfriends) (2022). Zaida Carmona. 2/10

Matka Joanna od aniołów (Mother Joan Of Angels) (1961). Jerzy Kawalerowicz. 8/10

Please, Baby, Please (2022). Amanda Kramer. 8/10

Magari (If Only) (2019). Ginevra Elkan. 7/10

Amansa tiafi (Public Toilet Africa) (2021). Kofi Ofosu-Yeboah. 5/10

Holy Spider (عنکبوت مقدس) (2022). Ali Abbasi. 10/10

Movies (II, 'cause I reached the character limit in a section)

Les Cinq Diables (The Five Devils) (2022). Léa Mysius. 8/10

Close (2022). Lukas Dhont. 10/10 (so, so, so sad)

Rien à Foutre (Zero Fucks Given) (2021). Emmanuel Marre, Julie Lecoustre. 7/10

Un Affaire De Femmes (Story Of Women) (1988). Claude Chabrol. 10/10

Serpentine (2022). Eva Doležalová. 2/10 (good photography, but the story is trite an shallow)

Strange Way of Life (2023). Pedro Almodóvar. 7/10

Belle (2013). Amma Asante. 6/10 (not terrible, but cardboard-y like it was written to teach middle schoolers history)

Series

Severance (2022-). Season 1. Dan Erickson. 7/10 (entertaining but i wanted more answers)

Atlanta (2016-2022). Season 1. Donald Glover. 9/10

Atlanta (2016-2022). Season 2. Donald Glover. 9/10

Atlanta (2016-2022). Season 3. Donald Glover. 8/10 (very uneven)

Atlanta (2016-2022). Season 4. Donald Glover. 8/10 (Mr. Glover, why was the last episode dedicated to product placement?)

The White Lotus (2021-2023) Season 1. Mike White. 6/10

The White Lotus (2021-2023) Season 2. Mike White. 7/10

The Last Of Us (2023-). Season 1. Craig Mazin. 9/10

Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown (2013-2018). Season 1. Anthony Bourdain. 8/10

Six Feet Under (2001-2005). Season 1. Alan Ball. 9/10

Six Feet Under (2001-2005). Season 2. Alan Ball. 8/10

Six Feet Under (2001-2005). Season 3. Alan Ball. 8/10 (Nobody Sleeps is my favorite episode so far; so close to my own understanding of what love is)

Six Feet Under (2001-2005). Season 4. Alan Ball. 9/10

Gravity Falls (2012-2016). Season 1. Alex Hirsch. 8/10

Six Feet Under (2001-2005). Season 5. Alan Ball. 8/10

Good Omens (2019-). Season 1. Douglas Mackinnon. 8/10

Good Omens (2019-). Season 2. Douglas Mackinnon. 9/10

Gravity Falls (2012-2016). Season 2. Alex Hirsch. 9/10

The Bear (2022-). Season 2. Christopher Storer. 10/10

Dictaduras Latinoamericanas (2016). Pablo Gregui and Marcel Cluzet. 3/10 (the episodes were way to short to teach me anything beyond common knowledge)

What We Do in the Shadows (2019-). Season 5. Jemaine Clement (?). 7/10

The Newsreader (2021-). Season 2. Michael Lucas. 10/10

Our Flag Means Death (2022-). Season 2. David Jenkins.4/10

Over the Garden Wall (2014). Patrick McHale. 10/10

The Fall of the House of Usher (2023). Mike Flanagan. 9/10

Misc

Pokemon Leaf Green (2004) 3/10 (beating the pokemon league was a debt from childhood but it was so boring)

Escape From Monkey Island (2000) 6/10

HBO's The Last Of Us Podcast (2023). Season 1. 10/10

The Procession to Calvary (2020). 10/10 (I expected a fun, silly little game and got exactly that)

Stardew Valley (2016). 10/10

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"Less Alone”, su Pop Label / Jaywork il nuovo singolo di Roger Dj

Abbiamo incontrato Renato Carozzani alias Roger Dj che ci ha raccontato come è nato il suo nuovo singolo su Pop Label / Jaywork Music Group. "E' nato dalla sinergia in studio con il mio socio, Simon Vee. L'incubo della pandemia è passato e per fortuna siamo meno soli, come dice il titolo del brano", racconta.

Roger Dj racconti quali sono le tue radici musicali? Si sentono in "Less Alone"?

Le mie radici musicali partono da lontano. Adoro il funky di James Brown, Bobby Byrd e Maceo Parker, proseguendo con il suono cubano e tutto lo sviluppo che ha avuto ma musica negli anni. Mi eccita sentire tutte queste creatività sonore.

Come hai conosciuto Jaywork Music Group? Come ti trovi con questa realtà?

Conoscevo già Luca Facchini come collega e poi come compagno di lavoro. Un giorno mi disse, "sai sono il nuovo proprietario di Jaywork con Luca Peruzzi", altro mio compagno di lavoro. Sono due persone eccezionali. Ecco come è partito 'il famoso embolo', ma perché non fai una produzione, etc- E' una realtà solida e mi trovo alla grande, nel tempo crescerà e si farà valere ancora di più.

Che stai facendo di bello in questo momento dal punto di vista musicale e personale?

In questo momento sono impegnatissimo fra serate, aperitivi e produzioni. E dopo questa 'fatica, ci prepariamo con altri lavori per l'estate..

Come ti presenteresti come artista a chi non ti conosce?

Ciao, sono Roger Dj suono ai primi anni '80. Credo di essere un cultore della musica .Il mio hobby è la musica e il mio lavoro è la musica. Fate voi…

A che punto ti senti della tua carriera, che oggi culmina in "Less Alone"?

A che punto sono dell mia carriera? Mi sto divertendo tanto e credo di dare ancora tanto a questo lavoro perché non si finisce mai di imparare.

Ci dici quali sono gli artisti musicali più importanti per te e perché?

James Brown per la sua anima nera, i Genesis per la loro genialità. E poi i Police perché sono stati rivoluzionari nel mondo musicale. E infine un mio caro amico Wilfred Coppello, batterista, percussionista di tanti artisti italiani. E' stato lui ad insegnarmi ad ascoltare fra le righe della musica e capire come emozionare chi ascolta.

Che consigli daresti a un giovane che sogna di fare il dj e/o il produttore?

Il consiglio che nel mio piccolo posso dire è che questo mestiere non è per mercenari. Ci vuole impegno, tempo, dedizione. E soprattutto che tutto parta dal cuore per emozionare, E quindi, in due parole, non mollare mai.

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"Less Alone”, su Pop Label / Jaywork il nuovo singolo di Roger Dj

Abbiamo incontrato Renato Carozzani alias Roger Dj che ci ha raccontato come è nato il suo nuovo singolo su Pop Label / Jaywork Music Group. "E' nato dalla sinergia in studio con il mio socio, Simon Vee. L'incubo della pandemia è passato e per fortuna siamo meno soli, come dice il titolo del brano", racconta.

Roger Dj racconti quali sono le tue radici musicali? Si sentono in "Less Alone"?

Le mie radici musicali partono da lontano. Adoro il funky di James Brown, Bobby Byrd e Maceo Parker, proseguendo con il suono cubano e tutto lo sviluppo che ha avuto ma musica negli anni. Mi eccita sentire tutte queste creatività sonore.

Come hai conosciuto Jaywork Music Group? Come ti trovi con questa realtà?

Conoscevo già Luca Facchini come collega e poi come compagno di lavoro. Un giorno mi disse, "sai sono il nuovo proprietario di Jaywork con Luca Peruzzi", altro mio compagno di lavoro. Sono due persone eccezionali. Ecco come è partito 'il famoso embolo', ma perché non fai una produzione, etc- E' una realtà solida e mi trovo alla grande, nel tempo crescerà e si farà valere ancora di più.

Che stai facendo di bello in questo momento dal punto di vista musicale e personale?

In questo momento sono impegnatissimo fra serate, aperitivi e produzioni. E dopo questa 'fatica, ci prepariamo con altri lavori per l'estate..

Come ti presenteresti come artista a chi non ti conosce?

Ciao, sono Roger Dj suono ai primi anni '80. Credo di essere un cultore della musica .Il mio hobby è la musica e il mio lavoro è la musica. Fate voi…

A che punto ti senti della tua carriera, che oggi culmina in "Less Alone"?

A che punto sono dell mia carriera? Mi sto divertendo tanto e credo di dare ancora tanto a questo lavoro perché non si finisce mai di imparare.

Ci dici quali sono gli artisti musicali più importanti per te e perché?

James Brown per la sua anima nera, i Genesis per la loro genialità. E poi i Police perché sono stati rivoluzionari nel mondo musicale. E infine un mio caro amico Wilfred Coppello, batterista, percussionista di tanti artisti italiani. E' stato lui ad insegnarmi ad ascoltare fra le righe della musica e capire come emozionare chi ascolta.

Che consigli daresti a un giovane che sogna di fare il dj e/o il produttore?

Il consiglio che nel mio piccolo posso dire è che questo mestiere non è per mercenari. Ci vuole impegno, tempo, dedizione. E soprattutto che tutto parta dal cuore per emozionare, E quindi, in due parole, non mollare mai.

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