Category Archives: Newsletter
January Newsletter: On Rebelliousness to Last a Lifetime
Photos: Classiq Journal ”Because I still forget that I’ve aged. My head and my heart still seem to play this cruel trick on me, deceiving me with the illusion of youth as I greet the world every … Read More
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December Newsletter: On James Bond and a Time for Short Stories
No Time to Die takes James Bond back to Venice with Madeleine. He is back where his story with Vesper Lynd ended. It makes sense. The last Daniel Craig Bond is probably also the last Bond as we’ve known him and loved him. Read More
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November Newsletter: On Noirvember and Tom Waits’ Noir Sensibility
Right: Film poster by Tony Stella for the neo-noir “Gloria”, 1980 Photos: Classiq Journal, unless otherwise stated You take a deeper and deeper dive into noir’s murky stories. The more obscure, the more forgotten, the less known, … Read More
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October Newsletter: On Taking a Seat in the Warm Colours of a Woody Allen Film
I often associate a view I see with movies. I see a red and grey barn on a countryside road and I think of Bergman’s island where he lived. A deserted street lined with tall buildings on a rainy, grey day from the window of a cafe, Three Days of the Condor. A flock of birds on a wire, The Birds, always. The sky before a storm about to break, Wings of Desire. Leaves turning gold on a crisp autumn day, Woody Allen’s films. Read More
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September Newsletter: On Memories of A Good Year and the Film of the Fall
Photos: Classiq Journal I first watched A Good Year when it first came out, 15 years ago. Then I forgot everything about it. And then one day this summer I found the dvd in our family country … Read More
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