December 28, 2018
The best films of the year ... 1928
Since 2007, film critics and scholars Kristin Thompson and David Bordwell have posted the ten best films of the year 90 years before the current one. So this year is they've posted the ten best of 1928, a great year for motion pictures but almost the end of the line for the silent film. [more inside]
um . . . Comfort Foods
What we eat at funerals can be a symbol for the departed, a balm in hard times, or a reminder that eating means we are still alive. A wonderful essay for the end of the year.
So, a shipment of crickets for the lizard arrived via FedEx today.
It was my first time ordering bulk crickets off the internet, and I naively assumed that they would be in like, a bag or some other contraption to facilitate easy transfer to another container. They were not. [more inside]
The early days of AIDS
“Ruth Coker Burks cared for hundreds of dying people, many of them gay men who had been abandoned by their families. She buried more than three dozen of them herself, after their families refused to claim their bodies. For many of those people, she is now the only person who knows the location of their graves.” From OUT
Ain't it funny how they joke about their wives as if they hate them?
Good Citizens is the fourth album from Melbourne band Cash Savage and the Last Drinks. Their most uncompromisingly political release it is turning heads as a whole, with the titular single getting coverage on its own. If you like no bullshit say-it-like-is rock and roll, dig in. If you can, see them live they rock. [more inside]
“—the action’s the thing.”
Police Story & Police Story 2 [Vimeo][4K Restoration Trailer] “When it comes to death-defying stunt work, if anyone could give Tom Cruise a run — or a punch, kick, leap, or unfathomable fall — for his money, it’s Jackie Chan. For proof, look no further than the Police Story series, the first two installments of which were recently restored in 4K by Fortune Star at L’Immagine Ritrovata laboratory in anticipation of a Criterion Collection release, with the announcement of a full theatrical run, a brand new trailer, and poster debuting exclusively on Polygon. Directed by and starring Chan, as hot-shot Hong Kong police officer Chan Ka-Kui, Police Story (1985) and Police Story 2 (1988) contain some of the most audacious stunts ever seen, and are long overdue to be seen in theaters again.” [via: Polygon]
CCGS Captain Molly Kool
Canada has taken command of the icebreaker CCGS Captain Molly Kool, named after Captain Myrtle "Molly" Kool. In 1939, "she became the first woman in North America to become a deep sea Captain, and only the second woman in the world to obtain that title. She sent a telegram home saying "Call me Captain from now on." Born in New Brunswick, Kool lived out her life in Maine, where she died in 2009. [more inside]
besa mafia
The unbelievable tale of a fake hitman, a kill list, a darknet vigilante... and a murder. Hitman-for-hire darknet sites are all scams. But some people turn up dead nonetheless. [more inside]
Aurora Astorialis
Last night, for several minutes, the night sky over New York City was illuminated with brilliant electric blue light. The NYPD insists that it wasn't aliens, but you can draw your own conclusions.
Børge Ring (1921-2018)
Danish cartoonist and animator Børge Ring has passed away. To say merely that his films "won awards" is to understate their exquisite beauty and craftsmanship.
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