Anything by Dreiser (especially An American Tragedy), Leonard Cohen's two novels, Kafka's short stories, Beckett's play Waiting for Godot, Lolita, The Death of Virgil, Infinite Jest, Moon Palace
That's my heavy hitters list. Nothing else changed my life
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- Thu Dec 13, 2018 8:09 pm
- Forum: Literature
- Topic: Favorite Books
- Replies: 20
- Views: 4574
- Thu Dec 13, 2018 3:26 am
- Forum: Music
- Topic: what did you listen to in 2018?
- Replies: 32
- Views: 6358
Re: what did you listen to in 2018?
I've never been a huge Pusha fan but this is one hell of a tune. Me neither. He's very hit or miss with me. That album, for instance, has Numbers on the Boards, one of my top five favourite rap songs ever for sure, and King Push which is another solid song, but literally nothing else of note. Very ...
- Thu Dec 13, 2018 1:03 am
- Forum: Site News & Updates
- Topic: Bugs & Suggestions
- Replies: 306
- Views: 39495
- Thu Dec 13, 2018 12:52 am
- Forum: Site News & Updates
- Topic: Bugs & Suggestions
- Replies: 306
- Views: 39495
Re: Bugs & Suggestions
Kanafani is the man to ask about that. He is working on some code that will download the old forum in a format that can be uploaded into this forum... but I think the guy who was helping out (Whyte Nite?) went AWOL. So if you know code... Otherwise, your legendary Gringo presence is all we need, bab...
- Wed Dec 12, 2018 11:39 pm
- Forum: Site News & Updates
- Topic: Fundraising
- Replies: 80
- Views: 5913
Re: Fundraising
Very cool! Will download that No need for thanks; I'm honestly very honoured that you guys felt me capable of doing a good job on this. I was remarking to FLABREZU yesterday how it's kinda funny that I was a pretty notorious troll on Mubi but I've ended up in an administration role, but I really do ...
- Wed Dec 12, 2018 10:56 pm
- Forum: Site News & Updates
- Topic: Fundraising
- Replies: 80
- Views: 5913
Re: Fundraising
okay, update your favourites to http s ://scfzforum.org/phpBB3/index.php That site should be more secure I tried to update scfzforum.org to automatically redirect to the https version, but I'm not sure if it works. On my computer and phone, it still redirects to http. I delete my history and cookies...
- Wed Dec 12, 2018 10:12 pm
- Forum: Site News & Updates
- Topic: Fundraising
- Replies: 80
- Views: 5913
Re: Fundraising
is there any way (with the extra $$$) that we could make this site secure? I believe it is? The hosting came with SSL certificate which is what e-businesses use to prevent cc theft, so we should be good? I got three years of domain protection as well, and the whole thing came to $121, so we're actu...
- Wed Dec 12, 2018 10:06 pm
- Forum: Site News & Updates
- Topic: Welcome!
- Replies: 207
- Views: 27675
Re: Welcome!
Jeez, I hope not! I can't imagine he wouldn't be joining If I recall correctly, a week or two ago he said he had some life stuff coming up and would be on less (and running fewer polls for a bit), so hopefully he's just putting it off till he's got some time... wba is not here yet either (but hasn't...
- Wed Dec 12, 2018 11:46 am
- Forum: Curtis, baby
- Topic: childhood collections
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1508
Re: collections
in theatres: alfred hitchcock-22 akira kurosawa-22 rainer werner fassbinder-16 eric rohmer-16 ingmar bergman-13 stanley kubrick-12 martin scorsese-12 josef von sternberg-11 wim wenders-11 nagisa oshima-10 brian de palma-10 yasujiro ozu-10 denis cote-10 frantisek vlacil-9 charles chaplin-9 ernst lubi...
- Wed Dec 12, 2018 11:46 am
- Forum: Curtis, baby
- Topic: childhood collections
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1508
Re: collections
every director by whom i've seen at least 4 feature films (293 total): alfred hitchcock-36 (+2) akira kurosawa-31 eric rohmer-27 (+9) john ford-27 ingmar bergman-26 rainer werner fassbinder-23 (+2) ernst lubitsch-22 yasujiro ozu-22 (+1) richard linklater-21 (+4) wim wenders-21 (+6) anthony mann-20 j...
- Wed Dec 12, 2018 11:45 am
- Forum: Curtis, baby
- Topic: childhood collections
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1508
Re: collections
JIMMY STEWART MOVIES (60, including 3 shorts and 1 doc) The Murder Man (Tim Whelan, 1935) -- 2.5/4 "Important News" (Edwin Lawrence, 1936) -- 2/4 Speed (Edwin L. Marin, 1936) -- 1.5/4 Born to Dance (Roy Del Ruth, 1936) -- 3/4 After the Thin Man (W. S. Van Dyke, 1936) -- 3/4 Rose Marie (W. ...
- Wed Dec 12, 2018 11:45 am
- Forum: Curtis, baby
- Topic: childhood collections
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1508
childhood collections
JAMES A. FITZPATRICK'S TRAVELTALKS (94) siam to korea (1931) a day in venice (1933) colorful ports of call (1934) zion: canyon of colour (1934) rainbow canyons (1935) quaint quebec (1936) oriental paradise (1936) colorful islands: madagascar and seychelles (1936) victoria and vancouver: gateways to ...
- Wed Dec 12, 2018 6:53 am
- Forum: Music
- Topic: what did you listen to in 2018?
- Replies: 32
- Views: 6358
Re: what did you listen to in 2018?
This year I listened to more music, both old and new, than I have in recent years. I discovered a lot of stuff to which I'll be listening for many years to come. FIVE FAVOURITE SONGS I DISCOVERED https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEN0x7zudRA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tl_z_yRrRAQ https://www.yout...
- Wed Dec 12, 2018 5:57 am
- Forum: Film Discussion
- Topic: Early wintry films (looking for more)
- Replies: 23
- Views: 5562
Re: Early wintry films
Thanks for the suggestions, guys. Watched the first three last night. Max Learns to Skate was amazing. I've gotta say, if you time the moment Max stands up with his skates on (about 90 seconds into the video) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q07fMubGhGw with the beginning of this audio https://www.yo...
- Wed Dec 12, 2018 5:49 am
- Forum: Film Discussion
- Topic: Early wintry films (looking for more)
- Replies: 23
- Views: 5562
Early wintry films (looking for more)
I'm looking for some short wintry films from the early days of cinema. Say, pre-1914 for sure, but more like pre-1910 ideally. Things like Snowball Fight (1897), The Christmas Dream (1900), and Kørsel med Grønlandske hunde (1897) are freaking perfect. If anything comes to mind, please let me know S...
- Wed Dec 12, 2018 5:21 am
- Forum: Site News & Updates
- Topic: Bugs & Suggestions
- Replies: 306
- Views: 39495
Re: Bugs & Suggestions
Okay, we can embed. Ignore the lightning bolt icon; it doesn't work. Simply type the URL of the page with the video, and the video will automatically embed. If you DON'T want to embed a video, make sure you select "Do not automatically parse URLs" in the options below before submitting you...
- Wed Dec 12, 2018 5:01 am
- Forum: Site News & Updates
- Topic: Bugs & Suggestions
- Replies: 306
- Views: 39495
Re: Bugs & Suggestions
I've disabled the old forum, as it allowed me to post an announcement that shows up on every page.
As I understand it, that means that posts can't be edited anymore. If you need to get at the BBcode in one/some of your posts, let me know and I'll turn the board back on so you can snag it.
As I understand it, that means that posts can't be edited anymore. If you need to get at the BBcode in one/some of your posts, let me know and I'll turn the board back on so you can snag it.
- Tue Dec 11, 2018 8:35 pm
- Forum: Site News & Updates
- Topic: Bugs & Suggestions
- Replies: 306
- Views: 39495
Re: Bugs & Suggestions
By the way, yall may have noticed that when a topic has new posts it shows a little red page to the left. If you click on that icon, it'll bring you directly to the first unread (by you) post in that topic
- Tue Dec 11, 2018 8:32 pm
- Forum: Site News & Updates
- Topic: Bugs & Suggestions
- Replies: 306
- Views: 39495
Re: Bugs & Suggestions
Board preferences > edit global settings > my board style
- Tue Dec 11, 2018 7:27 pm
- Forum: Site News & Updates
- Topic: Bugs & Suggestions
- Replies: 306
- Views: 39495
- Tue Dec 11, 2018 7:19 pm
- Forum: Site News & Updates
- Topic: Bugs & Suggestions
- Replies: 306
- Views: 39495
Re: Bugs & Suggestions
indicating unread threads "New posts" button, on the second row at the top of the page. In addition, on the very top left, to the direct left of "Home", those three bars are a menu that includes Active Topics, which defaults to showing you threads which have had activity in the ...
- Tue Dec 11, 2018 7:17 pm
- Forum: Site News & Updates
- Topic: Bugs & Suggestions
- Replies: 306
- Views: 39495
- Tue Dec 11, 2018 4:38 am
- Forum: Site News & Updates
- Topic: Bugs & Suggestions
- Replies: 306
- Views: 39495
Bugs & Suggestions
Notice that something needs fixing? Want to suggest an update? This is the thread for you, my friend.
- Tue Dec 11, 2018 4:17 am
- Forum: Curtis, baby
- Topic: i'm done looking (it's the time for action)
- Replies: 3
- Views: 5235
Re: i'm looking
0813 (XXXIII, iv) 21 "Glimpses of Western Germany" (James A. FitzPatrick, 1954) 18 E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (Steven Spielberg, 1982) 18 "Rocket-bye Baby" (Chuck Jones, 1956) 17 The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz (Ted Kotcheff, 1974) 17 "Joy" (Charlotte Labelle, 2011...
- Tue Dec 11, 2018 4:16 am
- Forum: Curtis, baby
- Topic: i'm done looking (it's the time for action)
- Replies: 3
- Views: 5235
Re: i'm looking
0817 (IV, vi) 27 N-Zone (Arthur Lipsett, 1970) 27 White Dog (Samuel Fuller, 1982) 26 Les Creatures (Agnes Varda, 1963) 12 "You Take Care Now" (Ann Marie Fleming, 1989) 12 "Free Fall" (Arthur Lipsett, 1964) 12 "Fluxes" (Arthur Lipsett, 1968) 12 "A Trip Down Memory ...
- Tue Dec 11, 2018 4:15 am
- Forum: Curtis, baby
- Topic: i'm done looking (it's the time for action)
- Replies: 3
- Views: 5235
Re: i'm looking
0820 (XXIV, ii) 29 Raven's End (Bo Widerberg, 1963) 29 Spring in a Small Town (Fei Mu, 1948) 28 Requiem for a Dream (Darren Aronofsky, 2000) 27 Night and the City (Jules Dassin, 1950) 27 Pickup on South Street (Samuel Fuller, 1953) 25 Tampopo (Juzo Itami, 1985) 25 Almost Famous (Cameron Crowe, 2000...
- Tue Dec 11, 2018 4:10 am
- Forum: Curtis, baby
- Topic: i'm done looking (it's the time for action)
- Replies: 3
- Views: 5235
i'm done looking (it's the time for action)
http://bendaswani.webs.com/looking.jpg wonderful new discovery rewatch at the cinema "short film" 0521 (I, v) 07 Red Shift (Gunvor Nelson, 1984) 07 "The Land of the People" (Artavazd Peleshyan, 1966) 07 "Mountain Vigil" (Artavazd Peleshyan, 1964) 03 "End" (Ar...
- Tue Dec 11, 2018 2:42 am
- Forum: Site News & Updates
- Topic: Welcome!
- Replies: 207
- Views: 27675
Welcome!
To our old members, welcome home.
To our new members, welcome to your new home. Feel free to introduce yourselves!
To our new members, welcome to your new home. Feel free to introduce yourselves!