was flicking through & saw this! good lord, what a talent! i am just astounded...

dir by robert bresson 1959

dir by perry henzell 1972

some great photos from LIFE magazine 1971

dir by maurice pialat (1968)

i've no idea who gothicknight2 is, but i love this painting on his flickr site>

... & amazing

... but these are my favourite albums of the week>>>

been working on a map of the bronx that will be released soon, more about that later. & so i did some very enjoyable research; read go tell it to the mountain (1953) by james baldwin & the contract with god trilogy (reissued 2001) by will eisner

2 movies the criterion collection should pick up- the last detail (1973) & blowup (1966)

read jules romains' 1914 novel earlier this year, it's one of those books that keeps popping into your mind all the time, especially when i traveled across the country this summer on the train or in the car. great cover by milton glaser. 

just finished reading thérèse desqueyroux (1927) by françois mauriac last week, the edward gorey illustrations caught my eye on the bookshelf. i thought i'd have a look at the 1962 movie as it's directed by georges franju. philippe noiret (a new favourite of mine) is well cast as bernard desqueyroux, emmanuelle riva is good but not at all how i pictured thérèse in my mind; i scoffed a little when her mother-in-law says "you can't say therese is pretty, but it doesn't seem to matter. her charm always comes through."

this is a bit lazy, just condensing it all into one post, but anyway...

was chatting with my studio mate about tea (bet you wish you were there!), as we meet so often by the kettle in the kitchen, & she showed me this marvellous teacraft book with illustrations by win ng. 

watched fritz lang's das testament des dr. mabuse (1933) & les yeux sans visage (1960) directed by georges franju & had crazy dreams!



some other highly recommended movies i've been watching recently too... been on a bit of an alain delon kick- jean-pierre melville's le samourai (1967) & le cercle rouge (1970), mario monicelli's hilarious & clever big deal on madonna street (1958) & louis malle's elevator to the gallows (1958) with a score by miles davis.

went to the jewish museum to see the radical camera exhibition last weekend. two of my favourties below- in the shadow of the capitol, 1948, by marion palfi & chalk games, 1950, by arthur leipzig 

some excellent movies i've watched recently. in order: ariel (1988) dir by aki kaurismäki, mccabe & mrs miller (1971) dir by robert altman, come back, africa (1959) dir by lionel rogosin. if you're interested in the last one you should definitely see on the bowery (1957), also by rogosin, & the bicycle thief (1948) by vittorio de sica.




books to recommend too. in order: henry miller's black spring (1936), patricia highsmith's the talented mr. ripley (1955) & saul bellow's mr. sammler's planet (1970).  oh... forgot to include der amerikanische freund (1977) dir by wim wenders  in the movie paragraph- the very reason i started to read patricia highsmith. 

saw the wages of fear (1953) on the big screen last month- it blew me away. the mystery of picasso (1956) is a must see documentary too. watched takashi nomura's a colt is my passport (1967), amazing.

if you're in new york, go see this exhibition in dorian grey gallery

watched some amazing movies over the 4 day thanksgiving break. in order: stolen kisses (1968), band of outsiders (1964 (link to great dance scene)), murmur of the heart (1971), sullivan's travels (1941), harold & maude (1971(fantastic cat stevens soundtrack you should get)) 

bought this gorgeous, pocket sized (5" x 5.5") hardback online a few weeks ago. the rather bonkers story is by madeleine grize & pictures by ariane chatel, first published in 1958. valériane is a doll who likes to travel. on this trip, she goes with alligator to the zoo. 

i wish everything christophe blain did was translated into english. preposterous that it isn't, surely there is a huge audience. gus is my favourite, but really everything is great. i just read online that an isaac the pirate feature length movie is in production with a release date next year. really want to see joann sfar's le chat du rabbin but it's only showing in one cinema here in new york & it's located over an hour away!

found this treasure second hand on amazon for $4