“Ah, the Buena Vista Social Club!” It’s a moment of recognition and admiration on the part of the cigar-chomping man. The man, a musician named Compay Segundo, sugg...
The older man sits at his breakfast table. He opens the mail as his wife settles in after walking the dog. One envelope holds a letter, written in German. The man, Geoff ...
“Yes, folks, this isn’t any cheap X-rated movie or any fifth-rate porno play; this is the show you want!…Not actors, not paid impostors, but real actual filthy ...
Fox is better known to the community as “Fox the Talking Head,” his moniker in the sideshow. It’s a steady gig, although surely not the most ideal atmosphere. In a ...
Phones are ringing, people are squawking, doors are swinging, legs are hustling, keys are clacking, ink is moving, cigars are billowing. These are the sights and sounds o...
In Bosnia, an aging sheepherder tends to his flock. In Brooklyn, a boxer mentally prepares for a bout. In Nigeria, a midwife readies her work. In Manhattan, a French phil...
“That’s what’s nice about Rome,” says a patron early on. “It’s big and nobody knows you. You’re free to come and go as you please.” This may be a fine des...
Following an opera, a collection of wealthy residents are due at a lavish estate for a dinner party. When the table is cleared and the piano tucked away, the guests put o...
In the first scene of THE SQUID AND THE WHALE, the Berkman family plays a game of mixed doubles tennis. It’s more heated than it has to be, and at one point the father ...
The man rides on horseback, the blistering wind and rain beating down and across. On the soundtrack, Leonard Cohen tells of a man reaching for the sky just to surrender. ...
