David Whitman

abandoned due to the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster
Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan
photograph by Rebecca Bathory

Paco Pomet

“I pity the fool who just gives up.”

painting by Bennett Slater

A ★★★★ review of Pontypool (2008) Radio shock jock Grant Mazzy (Stephen McHattie) has no idea what he’s in for when he shows up to work on the late shift. A normal night would be news, weather and some ranting while annoying his stati...

“The mystery is what makes this film so effective. There is a quiet power that this film achieves by concentrating on this huge crisis only from the eyes of a small town radio DJ.”

norman lindsay
1927

Luna Ana

Amrit Brar
The Marigold Tarot

A ★★★★ review of Drugstore Cowboy (1989) Bob (Matt Dillon) and Diane (Kelly Lynch) were high school sweethearts. Now, they are drugstore cowboys—meaning they rob pharmacies for drugs. They use the drugs they like and sell the ones they can. ...

“I do think that the actors are too pretty for their roles. I think there was a phrase going around at that time called “heroin chic”. Fashion magazines were dressing up gorgeous models in street clothes. I can’t deny there is a little of that going on here with this beautiful cast.”

NOEM: I would disagree with the judge

CROCKETT: I'm sure you would, but can you tell me whether or not you have a law degree?

NOEM: A what?

CROCKETT: A law degree

NOEM: No I do no-

CROCKETT: Okay

Basil Wolverton

Yis Goodwin

artist unknown
from Jugend magazine
1919

A ★★★★★ review of Wings of Desire (1987) Damiel (Bruno Ganz) and Cassiel (Otto Sandor) are angels sent to observe Earth. They’ve been there even before cities and people. When humanity showed up, they begin to observe them. They listen to ev...

“This is a profoundly powerful and beautiful film. For awhile, this film just exists in its own dreamy black and white landscape unconcerned with plot. Berlin becomes a shadow world with beautiful moments of light and the poetry of thoughts.”

Head relic of St. Deodatus
Roggenburg, Germany

Julio Larraz

Hieronymus Bosch
a detail from the right panel of The Garden of Earthly delights
1503

Also, we still need to see those files.

Michael Ramstead

woodcuts from Compendium Maleficarum, witch-hunter's manual by the Italian priest Francesco Maria Guazzo Milan
1608
colored by Adam McLean

Go USA?

A ★★★★½ review of American Splendor (2003) A creative look at Harvey Pekar (Paul Giamatti), a real life comic book hero of the mundane. This film cleverly blends documentary-like footage of the real Pekar and his wife Joyce Brabner. There is n...

“I bet every one of you out there has a nemesis. It may not be Batman/Joker level, but it’s there. And, every group in America has this dynamic. I bet even bird watcher groups have hero and nemesis dynamics in them. It’s the nature of us. That’s why American Splendor worked.”

Erik Thor Sandberg

Detail from “San Gaspare del Bufalo
intercede per le anime del Purgatorio”
by Giovanni Gasparro

Justice Department withheld and removed some Epstein files related to Trump An NPR investigation finds the public database of Epstein files is missing dozens of pages related to sexual abuse accusations against President Trump.

An NPR investigation finds the public database of Epstein files is missing dozens of pages related to sexual abuse accusations against President Trump. n.pr/4qTItsU

Jason Limon

esther sarto

Um........????

A ★★★★★ review of Crumb (1994) This amazing documentary is a painfully intimate portrayal of  controversial underground comic artist Robert Crumb. This is a man who gave us Fritz the Cat, Mr Natural, the Keep on Truckin’ icon and t...

“This is one of the best documentaries about art ever made. And it plays more like a darkly comic drama of family dysfunction. It’s riveting. This is a film that haunts you.”