More #NoKings programming.
The first is the story of how four young black men decided to sit in at a lunch counter which spawned all the counter sit ins that summer and into the next year. They sought no permission to do so, because it obviously needed to be done. So they did.
The second is how Houston students were inspired by the Gainsborough Four, staged their own, and changed the cities cafés, restaurants, cinemas, & Astrodome.
★★★★☆
When faced with something which seems too big to deal with, break things down into smaller, easily accomplished tasked. When you’ve done one thing, move on to the next one, and the next, and so on, until you’re done.
When faced with something similar to what has happened before, examine what worked when it was done then. It will likely work again, as long as it is adapted accordingly.
Mistakes are acknowledged here.
Highly recommended!
★★★★★
A slow-moving but effective tale of discovery. The hero traverses great geographical distances, and bridges a vast chasm from late-Victorian arrogant bigotry to more scientific and enlightened time of the mid-1920s.
The ending seems fanciful, but as there is no surety of anything in life, who is to say what is ‘too improbable?’
Worthwhile.
★★★☆☆
An incredible documentary about how photography, art, design, and ideas blended perfectly with music.
Until they didn’t.
Funny, inspiring, infuriating, uplifting, and sad.
Very highly recommended.
★★★★★
I love the lowbrow collective spirit of #monsterdon - and also wouldn’t mind if ppl wanted to try to start doing a similar thing with quality shit currently available through public libraries via #kanopy
Kanopy Is Releasing Its First Original Movie — and It’s Still Free with a Library Card
#IndieWire #Business #News #Film #Kanopy
My ★★★★ review of Mr Bates vs The Post Office on @letterboxd: https://boxd.it/9vngCH
Incendies, the 2010 drama directed by Denis Villeneuve, has left me without words to describe it other than powerful and masterful.
It's free on Kanopy via participating libraries in the U.S.
Watch it knowing as little as possible about the plot and let it unfold and envelope you. If you appreciate the art of #cinema, this is a reward.
I was devastated starting with the bus scene, less than halfway in.
First off, this is a horror film. Demonic possession and gore are involved. If this is not your jam, skip the film.
If you enjoy that sort of cinematic presentation, check this out. It perfectly encapsulates the late-’70s hysteria about Satanism and Psychic Phenomenons that American TV had at the time.
And you will never watch an Antman film in the same way as before. David Dastmalchian is brilliant here as the host of the show.
Highly recommended.
★★★★★
Ok, that’s weird. I was reading the #Kanopy email that just came through while waiting in the petrol station. “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” was one of the movies suggested for me.
I get to the counter and hear on the radio, that song by Deep Blue Something called Breakfast at Tiffany’s.
Are you a U.S. #library user? Do you read things on #libby or #hoopla, watch stuff on #kanopy, surf #overdrive? Do you hang out at your library or use its #databases? Do you like your local #museums? Well guess what: they need you now.
John Singer Sargent: Fashion and Swagger
–John Singer Sargent is known as the greatest portrait artist of his era. What made his 'swagger' portraits remarkable was his power over his sitters, what they wore and how they were presented to the audience.
Through interviews with curators, contemporary fashionistas and style influencers, Exhibition on Screen's film will examine how Sargent's unique practice has influenced modern art, culture and fashion.
Filmed at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and the Tate Britain, London, the exhibition reveals Sargent's power to express distinctive personalities, power dynamics and gender identities during this fascinating period of cultural reinvention. Alongside 50 paintings by Sargent sit stunning items of clothing and accessories worn by his subjects, drawing the audience into the artist's studio. Sargent's sitters were often wealthy, their clothes costly, but what happens when you turn yourself over to the hands of a great artist? The manufacture of public identity is as controversial and contested today as it was at the turn of the 20th century, but somehow Sargent's work transcends the social noise and captures an alluring truth with each brush stroke.
Step into the glittering world of fashion, scandal and shameless self-promotion that made John Singer Sargent the painter who defined an era
Explore the unique creative process of the late 19th century's favourite portrait artist and the way in which his portraits captured the spirit of a vibrant and rapidly changing age.
My ★★★ review of Oh, Canada on @letterboxd: https://boxd.it/8Ykdqb
The actual reunion
https://mastodon.social/@olafurw/114070895848763020
One Life
– Anthony Hopkins stars as Nicholas Winton in this remarkable true story of a young London stockbroker who, in the months leading up to World War II, rescued over 600 children from Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia.
The film alternates between Winton's younger years, where he's portrayed by Johnny Flynn, as he navigates personal risks and bureaucratic hurdles to save lives, and his later years, reflecting on his legacy.
#OneLife #AnthonyHopkins
#Holocaust #NeverForget
#kanopy https://www.kanopy.com/video/14440547
The Taste of Things
Worth a watch. The audio, quite the opposite of loud, really is important to the experience.
#kanopy
#theTasteOfThings https://www.kanopy.com/video/15033197
#NowWatching: The Invisible Doctrine: The Secret History of #Neoliberalism (& how it came to control your life)
To make it even better? Watching it for free on #Kanopy using my local #library card.
This feels like something @hannu_ikonen would watch.
"Based on #ThomasPiketty's No. 1 NYTimes bestseller, Capital in the Twenty-First Century explores one of the most important and controversial subjects of our time: wealth, and who gets a share of the dividends."
Perhaps most telling of our times: this documentary is unavailable for viewing by non-subscribers without coin to spare; your library card might work. Fortunately, for the moment, bittorrent is still egalitarian.
Capital in the Twenty-First Century | #Kanopy
https://www.kanopy.com/en/product/capital-twenty-first-century-0
Watching "Molli and Max in the Future" which is a 2023 sci-fi comedy. Very low budget, but is entertaining with a bit of topical political parody.
(It's on #Kanopy)
