#jennifer mendelsohn

[dankusner]

DPD mulls removing experience

The Dallas City Council is considering dropping the experience requirement for becoming a police officer.

To become a Dallas police officer, candidates must possess college credit, experience in the U.S. Armed Forces, or a Texas Commission on Law Enforcement peace officer license.

This compares to places like Austin and San Antonio, where only a high school diploma or GED is needed, or stricter cities, like Arlington and Plano, where a bachelor’s degree is a prerequisite to joining.

This is not the first time the City has considered making it easier to become a police officer.

Earlier this year, in February, The Dallas Express reported that the Dallas Police Department (DPD) was looking at removing certain disqualifiers from its hiring process.

At the time, Deputy Chief Wiliam Griffith did not specify those disqualifiers.

The proposed changes stem from a shortage of sworn officers in the City.

Dallas has struggled to attract and retain law enforcement for the past eight years.

On February 12, Dallas Police Department’s Public Information Officer Jennifer Pryor spoke to The Dallas Express earlier this year, saying the DPD had 3,044 sworn officers on staff, far lower than the 4,000 a City report had previously said was needed for a City the size of Dallas.

If the new proposal goes through, no experience will be needed, only a high school diploma or GED. Currently, candidates can only join if they transfer from another department, have served at least three years in the armed forces, or have earned 45-60 college credit hours, depending on age, with a 2.0 GPA.

“We are competing for limited talent with limited interest in a sworn position… It’s like sales; the more you put in the funnel, the better results you will have hiring quality candidates on the back end,” said Jarred Davis with the City’s civil service department, per Fox 4 KDFW.

Not everyone is on board with the proposal, including Councilwoman Cara Mendelsohn.

“I’m just going to say it. I don’t like this proposal at all… I don’t want us to lower our standards for police officers,” she said.

“We are not talking about any kind of job here that is anyone off the street doing a file clerk job,” added Mendelsohn. “We are giving someone a gun and the ability to kill other people. I won’t support lowering it.”

[yosiesame-masseffect]

My mom forwarded this to me. Reminding anti-immigration people of their own immigration history.

[weclassybouquetfun]

Joel Edgerton has been a guy with many big breaks from his role in KINKY BOOTS to ANIMAL KINGDOM, THE GREAT GATSBY to his *U.S*. writing/directing debut THE GIFT, Edgerton and his older brother stuntman/director Nash (GRINGO, MR. IN BETWEEN) have made a name for themselves stateside.

Now four years after attending the Venice Film Festival for the Scott Cooper's BLACK MASS (Johnny Depp, Dakota Johnson, Benedict Cumberbatch), Joel Edgerton returns to Venezia with for THE KING.  Co-written by Edgerton and his ANIMAL KINGDOM writer/director David Michôd, THE KING also reunites them with their AK co-star Ben Mendelsohn.

Last year I feel Edgerton wasn't recognized enough for BOY ERASED which got lost in the alliterative jumble that was BOY ERASED, BEAUTIFUL BOY and BEN IS BACK which starred Timothee Lucas Hedges Chalamet.

I do thank him for putting Hedges and Xavier Dolan in a film together, though.

I hope Edgerton is noticed for his work in/on THE KING but I do hope he gets another leading man role because as quiet as its kept I was really loving his chemistry with his LOVING co-star Ruth Negga and his RED SPARROW co-star Jennifer Lawrence.

Also, I wouldn't mind seeing him in briefs again.

[bluecollarfilm]

Untogether (2019)

Untogether is the story of Nick (Jamie Dornan) and Andrea (Jemima Kirke) whose one night stand evolves into something more, though the exact parameters are blurry and undefined. He is a doctor and author whose heroics in the Middle East gained him international fame. She is a writing prodigy fully consumed with destructive vices, navigating Los Angeles without a driver's license or credit card and sharing a home with her sister Tara (Lola Kirke).

Meanwhile, Tara is dealing with relationship issues of her own as she slowly slips away from her boyfriend Martin (Ben Mendelsohn), who gave up his Australian fame as a rock 'n' roll god to be with her. Her way of acting out is to lose herself in religion and seek solace in a charismatic Rabbi (Billy Crystal).

Directed by:   Emma Forrest

Starring:   Jemima Kirke, Lola Kirke, Jamie Dornan, Ben Mendelsohn, Billy Crystal, Jennifer Grey, Scott Caan, Alice Eve

Release date:   February 8, 2019

[watchingalotofmovies]

Untogether

Untogether    [trailer]

A recently sober writer whose career has stalled since she published her debut novel several years ago, strikes up an affair with a doctor-turned-writer. At the same time, her sister who is dating an aging rock star, finds herself inexorably drawn to a politically engaged rabbi.

Maybe I was just in the wrong mood. But with the exception of Billy Crystal's rabbi, there's no likable character. It's unclear why the couples are attracted to each other, all characters mainly just seem to bicker constantly, and there barely is a plot.

On the plus side, it should help me keeping the Kirke sisters apart. And remembering that they are born in the UK.

[etc-eterablog]

etc-etera review: Untogether

Pieces of you in Untogether: http://bit.ly/2HIcYQj

[theavengers]

New logos and news of the upcoming Marvel series revealed at the Disney Investor Day (December 10, 2020)

“She-Hulk” — She-Hulk arrives to the MCU! Tatiana Maslany will portray Jennifer Walters/She-Hulk and Tim Roth returns as the Abomination and Hulk himself, Mark Ruffalo, will appear in the series. Directed Kat Coiro and Anu Valia, She-Hulk is coming to Disney Plus.

“Secret Invasions” — Samuel L. Jackson is back as Nick Fury and Ben Mendelsohn from Captain Marvel returns as the Skrull Talos in Marvel Studios' Original Series Secret Invasion. Coming to Disney Plus.

“Ironheart” — Dominique Thorne is genius inventor Riri Williams in Ironheart, an Original Series about the creator of the most advanced suit of armor since Iron Man. Coming to Disney Plus.

“Armor Wars” — Don Cheadle returns as James Rhodes aka War Machine in Armor Wars, an Original Series coming to Disney Plus. A classic Marvel story about Tony Stark’s worst fear coming true: what happens when his tech falls into the wrong hands?

“I Am Groot” — Everyone’s favorite little tree, Baby Groot, will star in a series of shorts on Disney+ featuring several new and unusual characters. I Am Groot, an Original Series from Marvel Studios, is coming to Disney Plus.

[geekcavepodcast]

Marvel Studios Reveals Phase 5 and Beyond - The Multiverse Saga

Marvel Studios’ President Kevin Feige took to San Diego Comic-Con to reveal Phase 5 of the Marvel Cinematic Universe - The Multiverse Saga. We also get a peek as the beginning of Phase 6.

She-Hulk: Attorney at Law premiers on Disney+ on August 17, 2022. The series stars Tatiana Maslany as Jennifer Walters / She-Hulk, an attorney who specializes in superhuman-oriented cases.

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever releases to theaters on November 11, 2022. The remaining royalty, warriors, and residents of Wakanda will have to fight to protect their nation from intervening powers after the death of King T’Challa. The film is directed by Ryan Coogler. The film stars Angela Bassett (Queen Ramonda), Letitia Wright (Shuri), Danai Gurira (Okoye), Winston Duke (M’Baku), Lupida Nyong’o (War Dog Nakia), Martin Freeman (Everett Ross), Tenoch Huerta (Namor), Florence Kasumba,  Dominique Thorne, Michaela Coel, Mabel Cadena, and Alex Livanalli. The film marks the end of Phase 4.

Phase 5 seems to pick up, then, with Secret Invasion premieres on Disney+ in Spring 2023. The series stars Samuel L. Jackson (Nick Fury), Ben Mendelsohn (Talos), Cobie Smulders (Maria Hill), Kingsley Ben-Adir, Emilia Clarke, and Olivia Colman. Seems a faction of shapeshifting Skrulls have been infiltrating Earth for years.

Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania releases to theaters on February 17, 2023. Scott Lang and his family begin further exploring the Quantum Realm...and come face to face with Kang the Conquerer. The film stars Paul Rudd (Scott Lang / Ant-Man), Evangeline Lilly (Hope Van Dyne / The Wasp), MIchael Douglas (Hank Pym), Michelle Pfeiffer (Janet Van Dyne), and Kathryn Newton (Cassie Lang).

Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 3 releases to theaters on May 5, 2023. The film stars Chris Pratt (Peter Quill / Star-Lord), Karen Gillan (Nebula), Pom Klementieff (Mantis), Dave Bautista (Drax), Zoe Saldana (Gamora), Vin Diesel (voice of Groot), Bradley Cooper (voice of Rocket), Sean Gunn (Kraglin / on-set Rocket), Will Poulter (Adam Warlock), Maria Bakalova (Cosmo), and Chukwudi Iwuji (High Evolutionary). James Gunn directs. This film marks the end of this arc for the Guardians.

Echo premieres on Disney+ in Summer 2023. Maya Lopez’s behavior catches up with her following the events of Hawkeye. Alaqua Cox stars as Maya Lopez.

Loki season 2 premieres on Disney+ in Summer 2023. Loki stars Tom Hiddleston (Loki) and Owen Wilson (Mobius).

Blade releases to theaters on November 3, 2023. The film stars Mahershala Ali.

Iron Heart premieres on Disney+ in Fall 2023. The series will follow Riri Williams, who fans can meet first in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. Dominique Thorne stars as Riri Williams, a genius inventor who creates “the most advanced suit of armor since Iron Man.” (Marvel)

Agatha: Coven of Chaos premieres on Disney+ in Winter 2023. Kathryn Hahn stars as Agatha Harkness.

Daredevil: Born Again premieres on Disney+ in Spring 2024. Charlie Cox (Matt Murdock / Daredevil) and Vincent D’Onofrio (Wilson Fisk) are returning to reprise their roles from the Netflix series.

Captain America: New World Order releases to theaters on May 3, 2024. Anthony Mackie returns as Sam Wilson, aka Falcon, aka Captain America?

Thunderbolts releases to theaters on July 26, 2024. The film will feature a new group of heroes.

Fantastic Four releases to theaters on November 8, 2024.

Avengers: The Kang Dynasty releases to theaters on May 6, 2025. The film users in Phase 6 of the MCU.

Avengers: Secret Wars releases to theaters on November 7, 2025.

A lot of movies and shows releasing in the coming years. What are you most excited about?

(Images via Marvel Comics)

[awardseason]

41st London Film Critics’ Circle Awards — Winners

FILM OF THE YEAR “About Endlessness” “Collective” “I’m Thinking of Ending Things” “Lovers Rock” “The Mauritanian” “Minari” “Nomadland” — WINNER “Promising Young Woman” “Rocks” “Saint Maud” DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR David Fincher, “Mank” Rose Glass, “Saint Maud” Kevin Macdonald, “The Mauritanian” Steve McQueen, “Small Axe” — WINNER Chloé Zhao, “Nomadland” ACTRESS OF THE YEAR Morfydd Clark, “Saint Maud” Viola Davis, “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” Vanessa Kirby, “Pieces of a Woman” Frances McDormand, “Nomadland” — WINNER Carey Mulligan, “Promising Young Woman” ACTOR OF THE YEAR Riz Ahmed, “Sound of Metal” Chadwick Boseman, “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” — WINNER Anthony Hopkins, “The Father” Delroy Lindo, “Da 5 Bloods” Tahar Rahim, “The Mauritanian” SUPPORTING ACTRESS OF THE YEAR Maria Bakalova, “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm” — WINNER Ellen Burstyn, “Pieces of a Woman” Essie Davis, “Babyteeth” Jennifer Ehle, “Saint Maud” Amanda Seyfried, “Mank” SUPPORTING ACTOR OF THE YEAR Sacha Baron Cohen, “The Trial of the Chicago 7” Chadwick Boseman, “Da 5 Bloods” Aldis Hodge, “Clemency” Ben Mendelsohn, “Babyteeth” Shaun Parkes, “Mangrove” — WINNER

SCREENWRITER OF THE YEAR Jack Fincher, “Mank” Rose Glass, “Saint Maud” Charlie Kaufman, “I’m Thinking of Ending Things” Aaron Sorkin, “The Trial of the Chicago 7” Chloé Zhao, “Nomadland” — WINNER

DOCUMENTARY OF THE YEAR “Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets” “Collective” — WINNER “Dick Johnson Is Dead” “Time” “The Truffle Hunters”

FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM OF THE YEAR “About Endlessness” “Another Round” — WINNER “Collective” “Les Misérables” “Minari” BRITISH/IRISH FILM OF THE YEAR “The Father” “Lovers Rock” “Mangrove” “Rocks” “Saint Maud” — WINNER BRITISH/IRISH ACTRESS OF THE YEAR (body of work) Bukky Bakray, “Rocks” Jessie Buckley, “I’m Thinking of Ending Things” & “Misbehaviour” Morfydd Clark, “Eternal Beauty” & “Saint Maud” — WINNER Vanessa Kirby, “Pieces of a Woman” & “The World to Come” Carey Mulligan, “The Dig” & “Promising Young Woman” BRITISH/IRISH ACTOR OF THE YEAR (body of work) Riz Ahmed, “Mogul Mowgli” & “Sound of Metal” — WINNER Sacha Baron Cohen, “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm” & “The Trial of the Chicago 7” John Boyega, “Red, White and Blue” Anthony Hopkins, “The Father” Cosmo Jarvis, “Calm With Horses” & “Nocturnal” BREAKTHROUGH BRITISH/IRISH FILMMAKER Henry Blake, “County Lines” Fyzal Boulifa, “Lynn + Lucy” Emerald Fennell, “Promising Young Woman” Rose Glass, “Saint Maud” — WINNER Remi Weekes, “His House” YOUNG BRITISH/IRISH PERFORMER Kosar Ali, “Rocks” Bukky Bakray, “Rocks” — WINNER Millie Bobby Brown, “Enola Holmes” Conrad Khan, “County Lines” Molly Windsor, “Make Up” BRITISH/IRISH SHORT FILM “Filipiñana” “Hungry Joe” “Lizard” “The Long Goodbye” — WINNER “The Shift” TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT Animation: Pete Docter, “Soul” Animation: Tomm Moore & Ross Stewart, “Wolfwalkers” Casting: Lucy Pardee, “Rocks” — WINNER Cinematography: Stéphane Fontaine, “Ammonite” Cinematography: Joshua James Richards, “Nomadland” Film Editing: Jennifer Lame, “Tenet” Makeup & Hair: Deborah Lamia Denaver & Adruitha Lee, “Birds of Prey” Music: Mica Levi, “Lovers Rock” Production Design: Mank – Donald Graham Burt, production design Sound Design: Nicolas Becker, “Sound of Metal”

[mostlysignssomeportents]

#1yrago Ten years after Juneau ditched water fluoridation, kids racked up an average of $300/each in extra dental bills

It's been ten years since the people of Juneau, Alaska succumbed to conspiracy theories and voted to ruin their kids' teeth by removing fluoride from the drinking water, and it shows.

A BMC Oral Health study by Jennifer Meyer (U Alaska), Vasileios Margaritis (Walden U) and Aaron Mendelsohn (Walden U) found that, on average, the families of unfluoridated kids of Juneau paid an extra $300 to have preventable cavities drilled and filled.

Fluoride costs pennies.

https://boingboing.net/2019/01/08/excess-caries.html

[wonderwheeljdblog]

Disney Investor Day: tutte le novità → Marvel Studios

 Babbo Natale ha fatto visita prima a tutti i bambini (ormai cresciuti) che amano abbandonarsi tra le braccia della Casa di Topolino. Con un video di 3 ore e mezza pubblicati sul sito ufficiale DisneyCompany sono state presentate le novità dei prossimi anni che saranno visibili sia sulla celebre piattaforma streaming Disney+ che al cinema, sia in esclusiva per le sole sale cinematografiche che in versione Premium per Disney+, come già fatto per l’uscita di Mulan in liveaction. 

L’annuncio più importante è stato l’inserimento nel gruppo di canali visibili su Disney+, del canale Star che permetto l’accesso a contenuti per un pubblico più adulto e che permette di aggiungere titoli nei vari box in possesso alla Disney che sono ancora sotto la gestione della 20thCentury (esempio Logan o la saga di Alien, la quale sarà anche la sorgente per una serie che sarà prodotta dalla stessa Disney). Ma questa aggiunta porta ad un aumento del prezzo mensile di 2euro arrivando ad 8.99 euro/mese.

Ora provo a presentare tutte le novità dividendole in box, non facile tante sono le novità, mi sa che saremo presi nel turbine della Disney per i prossimi10 anni ancora. 

la Marvel Studios dopo i 23 film della saga Infinity, non ha finito di sfornare titoli per il cinema, con tre lungometraggi, rispetto a quelli che già aspettavamo: Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania, il terzo film nel franchise di Ant-Man, e Fantastic Four, che riporta in vita la famiglia Marvel che ha aperto al successo planetario, nel 2005.

Lungometraggi: 

Black Widow, in arrivo nelle sale americane il 7 maggio 2021, vede Scarlett Johansson nei panni di Natasha Romanoff/Black Widow. Spin-off delle origini della vedova nera, nel tempo che divide infinity war ad Endgame.  Diretto da Cate Shortland

Shang-Chi and The Legend of The Ten Rings, in arrivo nelle sale americane il 9 luglio 2021, è interpretato da Simu Liu nel ruolo di Shang-Chi, che deve confrontarsi con il passato che pensava di essersi lasciato alle spalle quando è stato trascinato nella rete della misteriosa organizzazione Ten Rings. Diretto da Destin Daniel Cretton. 

Eternals, in arrivo nelle sale americane il 5 novembre 2021, è un lungometraggio che presenta il più recente “nuovo” gruppo di Supereroi dell’MCU in un’epica storia che abbraccia migliaia di anni. Diretto da Chloé Zhao.

Doctor Strange In The Multiverse of Madness, che debutterà nelle sale americane il 25 marzo 2022, è attualmente in produzione ed è interpretato da Benedict Cumberbatch, Elizabeth Olsen, Benedict Wong, Rachel McAdams e Chiwetel Ejiofor (tutto il gruppo del primo Doctor Strange).  Diretto da Sam Raimi, l’incredibile avventura (forse con un bollino vietato minori 14 !! grande Sam Raimi) che si collega agli eventi di WandaVision e del prossimo film di Spider-Man. 

Thor: Love and Thunder, che arriverà nelle sale americane il 6 maggio 2022, darà il via alle riprese il mese prossimo diretto dal regista Taika Waititi. Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman e Tessa Thompson riprendono i propri ruoli, insieme a Christian Bale, che interpreta l’antagonista Gorr the God Butcher. 

Black Panther 2, che arriverà nelle sale americane l’8 luglio 2022, è scritto e diretto da Ryan Coogler. verrà onorata l’eredità di Chadwick Boseman e la sua interpretazione di T’Challa, Black Panther, per la Marvel Studios non affiderà il personaggio a un nuovo attore.

Blade è un nuovo lungometraggio con Mahershala Ali nel ruolo del protagonista.

Captain Marvel 2, un nuovo lungometraggio che arriverà nelle sale americane l’11 novembre 2022, è diretto da Nia DaCosta. Brie Larson interpreta Carol Danvers, insieme a Iman Vellani, che fa il suo debutto in Ms. Marvel, e Teyonah Parris, che interpreta Monica Rambeau da grande, un personaggio introdotto come una bambina in Captain Marvel che ritorna nell’MCU da adulta in WandaVision.

Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania sarà diretto dal regista di Ant-Man Peyton Reed.

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 è previsto per il 2023 con il regista James Gunn 

Fantastic Four, diretto da Jon Watts.

DISNEY + (SERIES)

WandaVision, in arrivo su Disney+ il 15 gennaio 2021. Wanda Maximoff e Visione sono due individui dotati di super poteri che conducono vite di periferia idealizzate, ma iniziano a sospettare che ogni cosa non sia come sembra.

The Falcon and The Winter Soldier, in arrivo su Disney+ il 19 marzo 2021, è una nuova serie interpretata da Anthony Mackie nei panni di Sam Wilson alias The Falcon, e da Sebastian Stan in quelli di Bucky Barnes alias The Winter Soldier.dopo gli eventi di Avengers: Endgame, si uniscono in un’avventura globale che mette alla prova le loro abilità… e la loro pazienza. 

Loki debutterà su Disney+ a maggio 2021 con protagonista Loki, fuori dall’ombra di suo fratello in una nuova serie che si svolge dopo gli eventi di Avengers: Endgame.

What If…? capovolge la sceneggiatura dell’Universo Cinematografico Marvel, rielaborando in modi inaspettati eventi celebri dei film. In arrivo su Disney+ nell’estate del 2021

Ms. Marvel, in arrivo su Disney+ alla fine del 2021, è una nuova serie che introduce Kamala Khan, una sedicenne americana pakistana che cresce a Jersey City. Brillante studentessa, appassionata di videogiochi e vorace scrittrice di fan-fiction, ha una particolare affinità con i Supereroi, in particolare con Captain Marvel.

Hawkeye, che debutta su Disney+ alla fine del 2021, è interpretata da Jeremy Renner nei panni di Occhio di Falco, che si unisce a un altro noto arciere dei fumetti Marvel, Kate Bishop, interpretata da Hailee Steinfeld.

She-Hulk è una nuova serie comica in arrivo su Disney+, con Tatiana Maslany nel ruolo di She-Hulk/Jennifer Walters, un avvocato specializzato in cause legali orientate al sovrumano.

Moon Knight è una nuova serie creata per Disney+. Diretta da Mohamed Diab, l’avventura ricca di azione presenta un complesso vigilante che soffre di un disturbo dissociativo dell’identità.

Secret Invasion è una serie appena annunciata in arrivo su Disney+, che vede Samuel L. Jackson nei panni di Nick Fury e Ben Mendelsohn nei panni dello Skrull Talos, personaggi che si sono incontrati per la prima volta in Capitan Marvel. La serie di eventi comici crossover mostra una fazione di Skrull mutaforma che si sono infiltrati sulla Terra per anni.

Ironheart, la seconda delle serie appena annunciate in arrivo su Disney+, è interpretata da Dominique Thorne nel ruolo di Riri Williams, un genio inventore che crea l’armatura più avanzata dai tempi di Iron Man.

Armor Wars, basato sulla classica serie a fumetti Marvel, arriva su Disney+ con Don Cheadle nei panni di James Rhodes, alias War Machine, che deve affrontare quello che succede quando la tecnologia di Tony Stark cade nelle mani sbagliate.

Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special, in arrivo su Disney+ durante il periodo delle feste nel 2022, è scritto e diretto dal veterano dei Guardiani della Galassia, James Gunn.

I Am Groot presenta l’amatissimo baby albero preferito da tutti in una serie di cortometraggi originali in arrivo su Disney+.

(fonte BadTaste.it)

[farsouthproject]

Books 2019-20

I didn’t bother with one of these booklist blog posts last year but I got curious as to what books I’d read this year. I don’t write a regular book blog so here are some short comments on the books that I’ve read starting in January 2019, more or less

Virginie Déspentes’ Vernon Subutex 1 & 2 made me feel that she is the author who best expresses in fiction a clear vision of the world in the first fifth of the late capitalist 21st Century, the first volume in particular. 

I haven’t read a lot of poetry this year but I did begin 2019 with Pey Pey Oh’s Pictograph and Shadowplay by Phillip Gross; Lutz Seilor’s In Field Latin (thanks to translator, Alexander Booth) Later in the year, Alexander Booth’s own collection Insulae. All treasures. Another poetry pleasure was a re-read of Ifor Thomas’s Body Beautiful, a vision of the body as it the writer faces cancer. This is also the year that I delved deeply into Cavafy (which led me to re-read Durrell’s Justine.) This poetry created for me a feeling of space, opening up areas away from the rich density of prose.

After a second Moroccan visit, prose reading continued to circle the Levant: Abdellatif’s The Law of Inheritance; Olivia Manning’s The Levant Trilogy; Amin Malouf’s Ports of Call; and a new Mathías Énard Tell Them of Battles (translated by Charlotte Mandell).

Not so much reading on the noir/crime front this year but John Lincoln Williams’ Fade to Grey was an intriguing and action-filled investigation that exposed a complex Cardiff/Bristol underworld. James Lee Burke’s In the Moon of Red Ponies managed to skewer undercover American politics and arms trading while involved in a story of an Indigenous American on the run for crimes he may or may not have committed.

A group of writers that kind of fall together subject-wise are Chris Kraus, Olivia Laing, and Maggie Nelson: New York, Kathy Acker, S&M, Artaud, sex positive, art-queer. Have to include Cosey Fanny Tutti’s Art Sex Music here, too.

To put another couple of books/writers/artists together with them: Dreamweapon by Angus MacLise; and LouReed: A Life, by Anthony DeCurtis. They deal with directions in which I’m interested in taking my own creative work to some extent: nonfiction and performance art, particularly Butoh. After training in Butoh with Yuri Nagaoka and Seisaku, I picked up the anthology, Inside, Japanese women write on Japanese women. Inside covers in short fiction every stage of life from birth to menopause. Yuri’s daughter, Rio Minamoto, who has won a plethora of Japan’s most prestigious prizes, has a story in this, the only piece of her work that I could find in translation.

After re-reading the hardback copy of ICE by Anna Kavan, I read and re-read a lot more Anna Kavan, inspired by that and the Machines in the Head anthology from Peter Owen Publishers. I reviewed Machines in the Head for 3AM magazine. In connection with the review article, I also read Rhys Davies’s Honeysuckle Girl, a novel based on Kavan’s life. https://www.3ammagazine.com/3am/missives-from-a-parallel-dimension/

Speaking of anthologies, I was pleased to have story – Our Lady of Penrhys – in High Spirits: A Round of Drinking Stories, edited by Jonathan Taylor and Karen Stephens.

Outside of any reading pattern, I read three by Cynan Jones, Richard Hughes’ A High Wind in Jamaica (kind of like the Famous Five on an acid trip), two by the extraordinary Christa Wolf. Sam Shepard’s Spy of the First Person, Patti Smith’s The Year of the Monkey, Ann Quin’s Berg. Wayne McCauley’s Simpson Returns. Jean-Luc Nancy’s The Fall of Sleep.

Happy New Year Everybody

Here’s the full list more or less in the order of reading. All power to the makers.

Vernon Subutex 1                   Virginie Déspentes (trans. Frank Wynne

Art Sex Music                          Cosey Fanny Tutti

Ports of Call                            Amin Malouf (trans. Alberto Manguel)

The Law of Inheritance           Yasser Abdellatif (trans. Robin Moger)

Ice                                           Anna Kavan (re-read)

Tell them of Battles               Mathías Énard (trans. Charlotte Mandell)

Fade to Grey                           John Lincoln Williams

In Field Latin                           Lutz Seilor (trans. Alexander Booth)

Bright Magic                           Alfred Döblin (trans. Damion Searls)

Pictograph                               Pey Pey Oh

Shadowplay                            Phillip Gross/Jenny Pollack

High Spirits                             Jonathan Taylor/Karen Stephens eds.

The Levant Trilogy                  Olivia Manning

The Fall of Sleep                     Jean-Luc Nancy (trans. Charlotte Mandell)

The Balkan Trilogy                  Olivia Manning

Crudo                                       Olivia Laing

Simpson Returns                    Wayne McCauley

The Lonely City                        Olivia Laing

Aliens and Anorexia                Chris Kraus

Vernon Subutex 2                   Virginie Déspentes (trans. Frank Wynne)

Star                                         Yukio Mishima (trans. Sam Bett)

City of Angels                          Christa Wolf (trans. Damion Searls)

News from Berlin                   Otto de Kat (trans. Ina Rilke)

The Case of Anna Kavan         David Callard

Sleep has his house                Anna Kavan

Julia and the Bazooka             Anna Kavan (re-read)

Accident                                  Christa Wolf (trans. Heike Schwarzbauer/Rick Takvorian)

Don’t Hide the Madness         William Burroughs/Allen Ginsberg

Stranger on Earth: A biography of Anna Kavan          Jeremy Reed

The King, the Witch and the Priest    Pramoedya Ananta Toer

My Soul in China                     Anna Kavan

Honeysuckle Girl                     Rhys Davies

Aleister and Adolf                   Douglas Rushkoff/Michael Avon Oeming (graphic novel).

Asylum Piece                          Anna Kavan (re-read)

Machines in the Head             Anna Kavan

Berg                                        Ann Quin

Inside: Japanese Women by Japanese Women (Cathy Layne editor, trans. Louise Heal Kawai)

Body Beautiful                        Ifor Thomas (re-read)

Transit                                     Rachel Cusk

Cavafy: Poems                       C.P. Cavafy (trans Daniel Mendelsohn)

Justine                                     Lawrence Durrell (re-read)

Granta Book of Travel            Liz Jobey editor

The Art of Cruelty                   Maggie Nelson

A High Wind in Jamaica         Richard Hughes

Freya of the Seven Isles         Joseph Conrad

Flights                                     Olga Tokarczuk (trans Jennifer Croft)

Insulae                                    Alexander Booth

Dreamweapon                       Angus MacLise

In the Moon of Red Ponies     James Lee Burke

The Dig                                    Cynan Jones

The Long Dry                           Cynan Jones (re-read)

Lou Reed: A life                      Anthony DeCurtis

Stillicide                                  Cynan Jones

Spy of the First Person           Sam Shepard

The Year of the Monkey         Patti Smith

In the middle of reading now:

A Dream Come True   Juan Carlos Onetti (trans. Katherine Silver) (halfway through)

Bluets                          Maggie Nelson (halfway through)

The Scarlet Gang of Asakusa Kawabata (trans. Alisa Freedman).

[maaarine]

MBTI & Actors: NF Types

See also: NT, SP, SJ actors

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ENFP

Pedro ALONSO Aisling BEA Kate BECKINSALE Juliette BINOCHE Rachel BLOOM Helena BONHAM CARTER Russell BRAND Jim CARREY Michaela COEL Olivia COOKE Alan CUMMING Jamie Lee CURTIS Geena DAVIS Mackenzie DAVIS Cara DELEVINGNE Julie DELPY Lena DUNHAM Giancarlo ESPOSITO Rupert EVERETT Colin FARRELL Noel FIELDING Carrie FISHER Guillaume GALLIENNE Greta GERWIG Matthew GOODE Lauren GRAHAM Matthew Gray GUBLER Jake GYLLENHAAL Adèle HAENEL David HARBOUR Salma HAYEK Lena HEADEY Conleth HILL Gillian JACOBS Abbi JACOBSON Avan JOGIA Camélia JORDANA Zoe KAZAN Diane KEATON Ellie KEMPER Lisa KUDROW Nathan LANE Jennifer LAWRENCE Jared LETO Fabrice LUCHINI Patti LUPONE Miriam MARGOLYES Pio MARMAÏ Ian MCKELLEN Ezra MILLER Lin-Manuel MIRANDA Mandy PATINKIN Sarah PAULSON Amy POEHLER Benoît POELVOORDE Daniel RADCLIFFE Tracee Ellis ROSS Maya RUDOLPH Susan SARANDON Amy SCHUMER Amy SEDARIS Jason SEGEL Robert SHEEHAN Michael SHEEN Sarah SILVERMAN Jenny SLATE Soko Emma STONE Amber TAMBLYN David TENNANT Phoebe WALLER-BRIDGE Ruby WAX Mae WHITMAN Robin WILLIAMS

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INFP

Amy ADAMS Isabelle ADJANI Cameron BRITTON Mia FARROW Brendan FRASER Andrew GARFIELD Tavi GEVINSON Domhnall GLEESON Eva GREEN Sally HAWKINS Charlie HEATON Lucas HEDGES Isaac HEMPSTEAD-WRIGHT Angelina JOLIE Felicity JONES T.R. KNIGHT Alex LAWTHER Sam LEVINSON Brigette LUNDY-PAINE Evanna LYNCH Ben MENDELSOHN Victoria PEDRETTI Sean PENN Joaquin PHOENIX River PHOENIX Eddie REDMAYNE Winona RYDER Mark RYLANCE Andrew SCOTT Amandla STENBERG Jeremy STRONG Michael STUHLBARG Tom STURRIDGE Meg TILLY Liv ULLMAN Sharon VAN ETTEN Ben WHISHAW Forest WHITAKER Gene WILDER Michelle WILLIAMS

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ENFJ

Mahershala ALI Julie ANDREWS Hayley ATWELL Javier BARDEM Kristen BELL Connie BRITTON Sterling K. BROWN Sophia BUSH Jessica CHASTAIN George CLOONEY Bradley COOPER Terry CREWS Benedict CUMBERBATCH Natalie DORMER Joel EDGERTON Beanie FELDSTEIN Emerald FENNELL America FERRERA Jane FONDA Morgan FREEMAN Stephen FRY Tom HANKS Naomie HARRIS Anne HATHAWAY Ethan HAWKE Tom HIDDLESTON Jameela JAMIL Ben KINGSLEY Keira KNIGHTLEY Brie LARSON Jude LAW Meghan MARKLE Alyssa MILANO Alfred MOLINA Wagner MOURA Leslie ODOM David OYELOWO Tyler PERRY Natalie PORTMAN Will POULTER Yara SHAHIDI Dan STEVENS Meryl STREEP Emma WATSON Rachel WEISZ Olivia WILDE Oprah WINFREY Steven YEUN

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INFJ

Gabriel BYRNE Glenn CLOSE Lily COLE Paul DANO Daniel DAY-LEWIS Jennifer EHLE Vera FARMIGA Colin FIRTH Sofia HELIN Brit MARLING Wentworth MILLER Viggo MORTENSEN Carrie-Anne MOSS Carey MULLIGAN Ruth NEGGA Sarah POLLEY Charlotte RAMPLING Robert REDFORD Vanessa REDGRAVE

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See also: NT, SP, SJ actors

[idroolinmysleep]

What a hero.

[nancykells]

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