Or (My Treasure) – Israel, 2004
Head over to Fandor to watch this incredible Israeli film. You’ll need a membership ($10 per month) to view it, but it’s worth it.

Head over to Fandor to watch this incredible Israeli film. You’ll need a membership ($10 per month) to view it, but it’s worth it.

Brian Murnion is a filmmaker, creative director, poet, and self-proclaimed intellectual scrub from Billings, Montana. He spends an unreasonable amount of time obsessing over the connective tissue between music, film, literature, and whatever else seems culturally or aesthetically significant at any given moment. His curation process is equal parts curiosity, fixation, and blind luck, driven by the irrational hope that brilliance is hiding in plain sight somewhere in the chaos.
#15. High And Low dir. Akira Kurosawa (Japan – 1963)
Watch the trailer for Asghar Farhadi‘s latest film, “The Past“. If you haven’t already, you should watch his Academy Award-winning film, “A Separation” (Iran, 2011). Also, check this out. Magnum Photographer Abbas spent some time on the set, shooting behind the scenes still images, and they’re beautiful. Click the photo to see the gallery.
We lost a truly great actor yesterday. Memory eternal Philip SH. Here’s a scene from Magnolia. This moment alone accelerated my interest in film production. I remember watching this scene for the first time back in the day, and I think of it often.
9 SHORTLISTED FILMS(In No Particular Order) The Big Short(Adam McKay, USA – 2015) Roma(Alfonso Cuaron, Mexico – 2018) Certified Copy(Abbas Kiarostami, France/Belgium – 2010) The Skin I Live In(Pedro Almodóvar, Spain – 2011) The Town(Ben Affleck, USA – 2010) Locke(Steven Knight, UK – 2013) Blade Runner 2049(Denis Villeneuve, USA – 2018) Parasite(Bong Joon Ho, South…
The “beauty” of the title refers to many things, but, above all, to Rome. That is where Jep Gambardella (Toni Servillo), a writer known for producing a single book and attending innumerable parties, has lived for decades. Clearly, he never tires of the place; the happiest moments in this long and indulgent film, directed by…