Mohammed Diab is a revelation of a filmmaker, maturing into his art in almost ballet-like synchronicity with the revolutionary upheavals that have marked the last 7 years in his native Egypt.
Clash by Mohammed Diab
Moshi Moshi by Banana Yoshimoto
Slightness is not an attribute of short books nor profundity a necessary quality of length. Banana Yoshimoto’s Moshi Moshi is a short, beautiful coming of age tale.
The Bad Batch by Ana Lily Amirpour
Within the first ten minutes of The Bad Batch, her social critique by way of apocalyptic fantasia, our protagonist Arlen loses both an arm and a leg to a desert-dwelling band of cannibal bodybuilders.
Devils in Daylight by Junichiro Tanizaki
This short work is a sonata of classic literary noir, with haunted, nocturnal city streets and a fatal "dark lady".
Crosscheck
Thirty years earlier it never would have occurred. In my day, boys and girls had separate hockey teams. However, the rules changed. Today every team must have at least six girls on the bench for the peewee and bantam age groups.
The game hasn't suffered. Until hormones strike, the girls are just as fast, strong and aggressive. It does m
Tensed Muscle
An actor in the audience asks how she so fully inhabits each role. The stiffness falls away. Be honest, she says, be strong, even be wrong...