The David Lynch who invented a cinematic tone that’s instantly recognizable as a personal signature and a vision of the world—as opposed to the David Lynch who let the power of his imagination become a style and a signature that took the place of a world view—has made his return in the third and fourth parts of “Twin Peaks: The Return,” and the result is mind-expanding, haunting, and deeply moving.
Richard Brody, 2017
Category: film
Then be strong—Then halt not till thou seest the beacons flare
Behold, I send thee to the heights of song,
My brother! Let thine eyes awake as clear
As morning dew, within whose glowing sphere
Is mirrored half a world; and listen long,
Till in thine ears, famished to keenness, throng
The bugles of the soul, till far and near
Silence grows populous, and wind and mere
Are phantom-choked with voices. Then be strong—
Then halt not till thou seest the beacons flare
Souls mad for truth have lit from peak to peak.
Haste on to breathe the intoxicating air—
Wine to the brave and poison to the weak—
Far in the blue where angels’ feet have trod,
Where earth is one with heaven and man with God.
With a Copy of Shelley, Harriet Monroe
Ernest Cole: Lost and Found directed by Raoul Peck. Written by Ernest Cole, Raoul Peck, featuring Lakeith Stanfield. 2024. 105 minutes.
Ernest Cole: The True America. 2024. Aperture. Contribution by Leslie M. Wilson.
Exhibition at Minneapolis Institute of Art, February 1, 2025 – June 22, 2025.
I have no solution
Amsterdam
Amsterdam, a film by David O. Russell. Among its many themes are friendship and camaraderie, surrealism (without naming it and slightly too early) and its commitment to freedom, working together to fight fascism and hatred, and love.
Richard Brody thought it was a hoot and half.
The Good Part (Amsterdam), Daniel Pemberton
Doucement, Doucement · Luc Kleiner
A hidden life
A Hidden Life, film by Terrence Malick, soundtrack by James Newton Howard.
Athena
“[The film] offers no discourse, no practice, no options, no alternatives” Richard Brody.
Abolition is the only solution–a list via Verso.
Keep an eye and an ear on
Sicario. Denis Villeneuve, director. Roger Deakins, cinemaphotogapher. Jóhann Jóhannsson, composer.
asking me how a watch works. For now we’ll just keep an eye on the time.
You dream of
Sitting in silence, as we watch the birds fly by
Come dance with me into the dark, blue night
In your arms flowers
Turn to promises
That linger into dawn
You Dream (ft. Tara Nome Doyle) | Munich – The Edge of War (Soundtrack from the Netflix Film) Music by Isobel Waller-Bridge