Saw it during our post-Downton Abbey Maggie Smith kick. And what a heartwarming cameo Bennett made in that final scene. π
Saw it during our post-Downton Abbey Maggie Smith kick. And what a heartwarming cameo Bennett made in that final scene. π
βIβm so deep in focus trying to make this not look like a poo." - Tom Arden, "The Great British Bake Off.β
The creative process in a nutshell.
Reading Bennettβs gentle contemplations in this diary was an absolute treat. Artists like him are living proof that, should we learn to stare mortality in the eye without it turning us bitter or cruel, social constructs built around age and sex become nothing more than crumbs left on the plate.
We just watched the 1960 version of βInherit The Windβ yesterday. Of the many lines of quotable dialogue in the movie, my favourite is the low-key savage observation from reporter Hornbeck about the pompous old windbag Brady: βHeβs the only man I know who can strut sitting down."
Assuming we think theyβre sincere, the rash of tech industrialists announcing their chatbots are conscious is such a blistering indictment of their personality/character.
They literally cannot conceive of a person being made up of more than words. They are incapable of understanding humanness.
Maman!
A person looking out over the frozen river at Kìwekì Point.
This is our first winter in Ottawa when a significant section of the Ottawa River has frozen over. Kìwekì Point, Ottawa Ontario.
Screen cap of an online news story that erroneously spells the word calm as βclam.β
Was the victim a member of Le Klu Klux Clam?
Skaters on the Rideau Canal Skateway, taken from the Corktown Bridge, Ottawa Ontario.
Dusk on the Rideau Canal Skateway, Ottawa Ontario.
Album cover for the single Sweet Bird Of Truth by The The. Artwork by Andy Dog. A jagged harsh painting of a manβs distressed face, wearing a pilotβs skull cap, the image of an airplane going down in flames reflected in his aviator goggles.
And a moment of appreciation for the arresting artwork his late brother, Andrew Johnson, produced for so many of Mattβs releases.
Itβs always a fun lineup when the late, great, Udo Kier is in the mix!
Iβm quoting someone here who spotted the grift: β99% audience score is IMPRESSIVE! Also incredible that every single 5 star reviewer decided this would be the first movie they ever review on rotten tomatoes. Itβs almost as if 1000s of accounts just magically appeared to review ONLY this movie.β
Amazon: βOur customer reviews are 100% reliable."
Rotten Tomatoes Popcornmeter: βHold my beer."
Looking good!
I was getting βMulholland Driveβ vibes from the lastest episode of βPlur1bus,β so I searched online and β sure enough β someone caught Vince Gilliganβs homage to David Lynch. I am loving this show.
Please, Carol.
A school bus going over the side of the road. Taken from the movie "The Sweet Hereafter."
Every discerning American right now must feel like the kids on that school bus in The Sweet Hereafter.
Lovely!
Please donβt tell me this is where merkins come from.
Just a sipβ¦
The Irish Star: βHold my beer.β
Alex the frog
Alex the frog
As a philosophy major who adored symbolic logic courses, this may be my favorite cartoon ever.
I hear the car chase scene is incredible.
I expect it will be less of a Golden Dome and more of a Bronze Slather.
The βwestern alienationβ narrative sounds more like 80% western exceptionalism and 17% persecution complex.
βWeβre better than the rest of Canada and thatβs why you hate us."
Best. Epitaph. Ever.