Monday, November 11, 2013

Resources for November 11, 2013

Amnesty International is trying to find out what has happened to the Russian activist Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, if you are also concerned, please add your voice here: Pussy Riot: Where Is Nadya?

Brian Phillips for Grantland provides a scintillating critique of the ridiculous hyper-warrior culture propagated in the NFL and the broader American culture: Man Up





Sarinah Masukor for Screening the Past explores French filmmaker Philippe Grandrieux’s Un lac (A Lake, 2008): "Sublime Materiality: Un Lac."

Check Bowen for Keyframe compares/contrasts Ridley Scott's The Counselor with Claire Denis' Bastards: "The Film in the Shadows: What we should be talking about when we talk about THE COUNSELOR." (November 2, 2013)

To the Best of Our Knowledge episode on Film and Philosophy -- Geoff Dyer Zona: A Book About A Film About a Journey to a Room; J.J. Murphy The Black Hole of the Camera: The Films of Andy Warhol; Kim Evans "Charlie Kauffman: Screenwriter"; Barry Vacker Slugging Nothing: Fighting the Future in Fight Club.

Project Censored episode on "Banned Books Week" and recent attempts to ban the novel The Perks of Being a Wallflower and the graphic novel Persepolis.

Julie Banks for Screening the Past: Innocent When You Dream: Affect and Perception through Lucile Hadzihalilovic’s Innocence

Beate Sissenich for The Forward: "Hannah Arendt Biopic Offers Rare Onscreen View of Political Philosophy: Movie Paints Vivid Picture of German-Jewish Émigrés"

Michael Sragow for Current: "Sanjuro: Return of the Ronin"

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