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Quote Unquote: Famous Movie Quotes
Movies have so permeated our society that it is often just assumed that you have seen certain ones. Jokes, popular culture, and advertisements play up the ubiquitous nature of some movies, specifically their lines. You may even quote lines from movies you’ve never seen. Here are eight often quoted movie lines and the context they ...
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J. C. Leyendecker
JC Leyendecker was a painter/illustrator who, between 1896 and 1950, painted more than 400 magazine covers and pretty much revolutionized the magazine cover as we know it. His work is almost painfully stylish, and I adore everything of his that I’ve come across since discovering him. To see more (why wouldn’t you?) click the cut. ...
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To the Lighthouse, Virginia Woolf
How then did it work out, all this? How did one judge people, think of them? How did one add up this and that and conclude that it was liking on felt, or disliking? And to those words, what meaning attached, after all? – Virginia Woolf, To the Lighthouse I know I’ve done Virginia Woolf ...
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The Velvet Underground – After Hours
Maureen Tucker was the drummer for The Velvet Underground until she wasn’t. After moving away from the band (following Lou Reed’s departure) and on with her life, she eventually found herself living in Georgia and working at a Walmart distribution center. In 1989, a young band named Half Japanese “found” her (talent languishing), and invited ...
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There Was a Moment to Turn Back
Standing in his dark room again after these months apart, I feel as though I’ve come home to find all of my furniture rearranged. The street lamps beyond the window leak an accordion of light through the slits in the blinds, and as my eyes adjust I find his vague outline, one knee bent as ...
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David Byrne
David Byrne is best known as the lead singer-songwriter for the band The Talking Heads. Prior to forming his groundbreaking band he attended the Rhode Island School of Design and the Maryland School of Art. He has produced work across many fields, including photography, design, and film. In the 1990′s He began working with the ...
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Poetic Friday: “The Testing-Tree,” Stanley Kunitz
1 On my way home from school up tribal Providence Hill past the Academy ballpark where I could never hope to play I scuffed in the drainage ditch among the sodden seethe of leaves hunting for perfect stones rolled out of glacial time into my pitcher’s hand; then sprinted lickety- split on my magic Keds ...
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Screenwriting Thursdays: Meet Joe Black
It takes a dedicated cinephile to watch a movie just minutes shy of 3 hours- and this film feels all of 3 hours. Martin Brest directs a slow fantasy-drama that includes a newspaper millionaire and Death himself in the leading roles. The idea of “death looming over one’s shoulder” is a focal point of the ...
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Art Wednesdays: William Holman Hunt
After reading a bit about William Holman Hunt, I’ve come to the conclusion that he was a jerk (but still managed to help found the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood), super religious (which is in stark contrast to some of the sensuality inherent in his pieces), and a damn good painter (though apparently not initially so). The latter ...
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Prose Tuesdays: Other People We Married
There were people who were just meant to get you somewhere…They weren’t supposed to stick around. And sometimes people had to stay put. – Emma Straub, “Abraham’s Enchanted Forest” from Other People We Married Emma Straub’s debut short story collection, Other People We Married, has been compared to the works of authors such as Lorrie ...
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Photographic Saturdays: Julia Margaret Cameron
Julia Margaret Cameron (1815-1879) was a British photographer best known for her portraits. She took up photography in her late forties after she was gifted a camera by a family friend.
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Screenwriting Thursdays: The Social Network
The Social Network has been the subject of debate for a couple of different issues: how true is it to reality, how closely does it portray Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, is it a good film. I can’t claim to know about the first two, but I will say that the film is well done. The ...