Friday, July 29, 2016

Antidote

Thursday, July 28, 2016

Turn of the Shrew

Sunday, July 24, 2016

Good Boys, Good Girls


Four shorts from the late Abbas Kiarostami.

Bread and Alley (1970)



Experience (1973)



Two Solutions for One Problem (1975)



The Chorus (1982)

Friday, July 22, 2016

Antidote

Monday, July 18, 2016

Changing the World

Like the greatest novels, or paintings, or pieces of music, Kiarostami's films have an intellectual weight, an emotional intensity and a truthfulness that give them almost an intimidating quality. Rigorous, but lively, austere, but not ascetic, his films are both of the world and apart from it, accepting of what is beautiful in life and critical of everything false and cruel. The experience of Taste of Cherry does not end when one exits the cinema, as is the case with the majority of films, even many so-called art films. The work continues to inspire thoughts and feelings, to challenge one intellectually and morally, for days, perhaps forever. This is the sort of film that changes people.
-- David Walsh
Walsh's full and moving tribute to Abbas Kiarostami can be found here.

Taste of Cherry (1997).

Sunday, July 17, 2016

Bern in Hell

Paul Street says it.

Thursday, July 14, 2016

Fundamental

The greatest two-way player in NBA history. And the greatest teammate.

Friday, July 8, 2016

Take Five