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Video Friday
Colosse: A Wood Tale, directed by Yves Geleyn, is a lovely short about a robot walking through the forest (you can watch a making-of film here). I have a terrible, unfathomable fondness for puppets and marionettes, so Colosse really appeals … Continue reading
Magpie Monday
Here are some shiny things that caught my eye recently: ♦ From The Hanging Garden:
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Tagged About Fairies, apartments, Auror's Tale, author photos, body's internal clock, Catherine Deneuve, Cathy Day, Chuck Wendig, commencement speeches, Edward Gorey, fantasy cliches, George Peabody Library in Baltimore, homes, Marian Churchland, Neil Gaiman, Pat Murphy, Peabody Stack Room, Peau d'âne, Phineas and Ferb, Roger Rosenblatt, Small Beer Press, Steven Padnick, surrealism, The Book Group, The Bridge, University of the Arts, Yog's Law, Zoran Zivkovic
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Video Friday
“The grave’s a fine and private place, / But none, I think, do there embrace.” ~Andrew Marvell If you love beautiful zombie films, then you’ll really love Rest by Cole Schreiber. Here’s the official description: “Rest” is the story of … Continue reading
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Tagged Andrew Marvell, Cole Schreiber, horror films, Rest, To His Coy Mistress, zombies
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Magpie Monday
Here are some shiny things that caught my eye recently: ♦ In honor of recent college graduations everywhere (and Cameron, Daniel, and Amanda’s specifically), I direct you to BookRiot’s Commencement Speech Real Talk. I wish I’d heard (or really listened … Continue reading
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Video Friday
Today I have two foreign-language stop-motion animated pieces for your enjoyment. While neither video has subtitles, I think you’ll be as taken with the animation as I am. First up is a music video for “Tais-toi Mon Coeur” by the … Continue reading
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Tagged Dionysos, La Mécanique du coeur, Luciano do Amaral, Olivia Ruiz, Sigmund Freud, Stéphane Berla, stop-motion animation, Stopmotion Freud, Tais-toi Mon Coeur
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