The BBC has uploaded a collection of Nigel Kneale’s radio works and adaptations of them at The Internet Archive. It includes: “The Pond”; “The Road”; “The Quatermass Memoirs”; and, “The Stone Tape” (adapted by Peter Strickland and Matthew Graham). There’s also a discussion of Kneale and his work. […]
Dylan Cheung talks about actor Maggie Cheung, discussing her career in parallel with the history of the Hong Kong film industry. “Writer-translator Dylan Cheung joins us to discuss the life and career of Maggie Cheung as part of our cinema program ‘In the Mood for Maggie Cheung’, exploring […]
PBS has the documentary When Giants Walked Here. “Raleigh’s Dorton Arena is famed the world over for its groundbreaking architecture. Its greatest untold legacy, however, is its place in the history of a Southern mainstay: pro wrestling. This documentary chronicles the rise and fall of pro wrestling at […]
I’ve had a cruddy day, so please indulge me in a visit to my favorite micro-genre of mainstream Indian cinema: people looking for things in Calcutta.I love a mystery. I love characters on a quest for knowledge that is ultimately used for resolution or even justice. I am […]
At Roger Ebert.com, Marya E. Gates has a great conversation with John Waters. Read it here.
It’s not meteorological summer here in the Northern Hemisphere yet, but it’s June. It’s hot and my a/c is on. I have been sticky with sweat and sunscreen. I have had my first Arnold Palmer of the season.(And my first Dinah Shore—lemonade with seltzer). It is summer as […]