Sunday, January 31, 2010
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Sunday, January 24, 2010
My Reviews
Friday we went to Olivar, because it is directly across from the Harvard Exit - based on this one experience, location is the best reason to go to Olivar. The roasted quail, the cassoulet and the Brussels sprouts with duck confit were all good - but given what they were, they should have all been better than good. It is very affordable though, including the wine list, so I won't tell you not to go.
The film was better than good. Tom Ford has crafted a debut with as much attention to detail and beautiful execution as you'd find in a pair of loafers from his eponymous label. Despite the fact that the film's purpose is to follow the protagonist through a despair-ridden day in his life, the at-times-almost-precious production design makes you want to jump through the screen and inhabit his world, make it your own and live better in it. It is enjoyable and harrowing at once; and ultimately worth it.
Thursday, January 21, 2010
This Coming Weekend
My goal for this weekend is to see A Single Man. Tom Ford, the designer who reinvented Gucci in the 90s, has directed his first film. Reliable critics are saying that it is a top-notch debut. It is playing at the Harvard Exit theater only. I am thinking tomorrow night at 9:30.
Which reminds me: I never wrote about A Serious Man, the Coen brothers' contribution to 2009. It was among my favorites of the year and, I believe, their best work since The Big Lebowski (not including No Country for Old Men in the analysis, because they didn't write it, only directed). Not since Fargo have they so well mixed the dark with the light and, in my view, it is at the convergence of the dark and light that the things art can express appear most brilliant.
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Weekend Update
My busy three-day weekend of fun consisted of:
Friday, Jaime and I had a delicious dinner at Spur (heirloom lettuces salad, veal sweetbreads with squash puree and, of course, the latest incarnation of the Spur burger). Afterward, we met up with Chris, Jen, Tyler and Kelsey at Tyler's house (my former home of two years) and, among other things, invented a game that involved someone reading from the Big Lebowski screenplay (which Tyler keeps on his coffee table) and his opponent trying to say the next line (eventually, Tyler made up a "Blitz" rule, where if you could beat your opponent to saying the line that followed yours you earned an extra point).
Saturday, Jaime and I went coat shopping and I (finally) bought a casual winter coat (thank you for your sale, Mr. Mario). Then we had dinner with Jess and Dawn at Tavolata (spaghetti with lots of anchovies - yes, please) and went to see Dave Atell (comedian) at the Moore (not a great show). Then Jaime and I met up with some other friends at the Elite on Cap Hill.
Sunday, I (finally) bought a new TV (Jaime convinced me by reminding me that I have complained at least once a month for the past year about my current TV). I looove my new TV - as a film buff it is really a travesty that I have been watching good movies on a so-so TV for so long.
Monday - office closed. I painted three huge canvases for Jaime's office (pictures to come). Then, Jaime made pizza from scratch and we had Chris and Jen over for Chris' 30th birthday.
Nice!
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