Monthly Archives: October 2008

Of Time and the City [2008] 1. "We love the place we hate, and we hate the place we love."2. A church has been turned into a club; "cocktails in Babylon."3. A kid shimmies down the pole of a street … Continue reading →

More … Sparrow, Julia

Julia [2008] 1. Tilda Swinton (sarcastically): “Are you shot? Where’s the bullet here?” 2. She enters her apartment. She wipes her armpits with her hands and then takes off her earrings, all in one smooth movement. 3. The row of … Continue reading →

Sparrow [2008] 1. Well-appointed interiors inside crumbling buildings.2. He spies her Cartier watch and then jiggles his wrist. His own watch rattles.3. "Why are they in black & white?" "Colours can be deceiving."

My festival coverage continues: Wesley Willis’s Joyrides, Terribly Happy

The best quote: "McCain was two tics away from a vein-popping ‘You can’t handle the truth!’ Jack Nicholson moment, I felt."

Well, my coverage of it begins … Synedoche, New York; Wendy and Lucy; Must Read After My Death

Muppets at the Siskel!