And her Walkman started to melt
There may have been many Joan of Arcs on screen… The Passion of Joan of Arc (Dir. Carl Theodor Dreyer) 1928 The Trial of Joan of Arc (Dir. Robert Bresson) 1962 Joan of Arc of Mongolia (Dir. Ulrike Ottinger) 1989 …and let’s not forget Chloe Sevigny’s Halloween costume that caused the Smiths fan in me [...]
Newsflash!
Edwige has returned to her blog after a three year hiatus! I found it by obsessive image searching following a great interview with her in Girls Like Us and have been waiting patiently for an update. I loved the part where she talks about being interrupted while doing a headstand at an ashram (shrugging off [...]
Hôtel New York
Once in a blue moon, you stumble across a person or an object or an idea that naturally aligns to your own path of interests or obsessions. Something to add to the treasure chest. Even more rare is to come across something and question how you became the person that you are without its influence. [...]
Perpetual Nervousness
I knew Smithereens before I knew The Feelies, and I don’t mean Smithereens the band, I mean the Susan Seidelman film. I knew I felt the soundtrack of Smithereens that is devoid of any Smithereens songs, but I didn’t know what I was feeling was The Feelies. When Wren hits the subway, sneakers sneaking, rips [...]
Years after trying to live a woman’s life
Sibylle Baier was IN Alice in the Cities?! My oh my. That essay’s worth a gander, by the by.