On being too late 1 Sep 2011 | 01:00 pm

The Hercules of Hades is able to speak of his bravery. But he esteems it a small thing now that he has passed to a region more sacred and has arrived in the intelligible realm; he is now endowed with ...

Some Pérotin 5 Aug 2011 | 01:00 pm

Tribute to Slavoj Zizek 4 Aug 2011 | 01:00 pm

My current relationship with the thought of Slavoj Zizek is complicated. A few months ago, I would have been far more enthusiastic about him than I am now. After saturating myself with his heavy accen...

Who knows? 3 Aug 2011 | 01:00 pm

Who knows what is going on on the other side of each hour? How many times the sunrise was there, behind a mountain! How many times the brilliant cloud piling up far off was already a golden body full ...

A funny anecdote 1 Aug 2011 | 01:00 pm

I heard this before, but am glad I found confirmation from another source: Towards the end of the “making of …” featurette [for Dr. Zhivago], Geraldine Chaplin (Charlie Chaplin’s daugher) recalls that...

Some Golijov 29 Jul 2011 | 01:00 pm

From The Dreams and Prayers of Isaac the Blind

La nación clandestina 27 Jul 2011 | 01:00 pm

The masterpiece of Bolivian filmmaker, Jorge Sanjinés. In this film, modernity and the traditional ways of the Aymara Indians in Bolivia clash and intermingle, creating a film that, while centered aro...

On forgetting 26 Jul 2011 | 01:00 pm

Hasta en tu modo de olvidar hay algo bello. Creía yo que todo olvido era sombra; pero tu olvido es luz, se siente como una viva luz… ¡Tu olvido es la alborada borrando las estrellas!… -Dulce María Loy...

Glass for the weekend 22 Jul 2011 | 01:00 pm

In the Shadow of the Stars 20 Jul 2011 | 01:01 pm

This was of course the film that won the Best Documentary Oscar in 1991, and it is a refreshing blast from the past compared to the too-cool-for-school style of the post-Michael Moore world. The film ...