Category Archives: Culture
Our Summer Manifesto
Life itself was Abbas Kiarostami’s greatest inspiration, so this summer we let ourselves be guided by his words. Read More
June Newsletter: Desperately Seeking Cindy…
June newsletter: Desperately Seeking Cindy…or Charlotte… This month’s thoughtful recommendations for a well-cultured life. Read More
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May Newsletter: On Watching
Photos: Classiq Journal I used to say that classic films should be made more available to audiences. Now I am inclined to take my words back. So many films are now available and so many people … Read More
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April Newsletter: On Authenticity. In Films and Real Life
It’s refreshing to read someone say what he thinks without restraint. It’s a joy to read a great artist. Woody Allen’s Apropos of Nothing is hilarious and irreverent, full of amusing quips and snide remarks, like his best scripts. It’s been a long time since I enjoyed an autobiography so thoroughly. A lot has to do with his brilliant writing and self-deprecating humour, of course, but most of all with his honesty and authenticity. Read More
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Wonderlands
Robert Ingpen’s drawings truly belong in the books he helps reimagine or creates, forever weaving the texts into children’s imagination and lives, for for those of us who are fortunate enough, who get away into adulthood without losing our childhood sides for good, into our lives, too. Read More
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