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Utamaro-A glimpse into Japan’s sexual ‘floating world’ of yesteryear
Thank goodness for sex, otherwise humanity would miss so out on so much great art. A one-of-a-kind exhibit, Inventing Utamaro, opens at the Arthur M. Sackler museum in Washington D.C. April 9th. Japanese artist Kitagawa Utamaro’s large painting, Moon at Shinagawa, owned by … Continue reading
Posted in Asian art, Japan, Sackler Museum, Uncategorized
Tagged Asian Art, geisha, Utamaro
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Intense and Powerful – ‘The Zookeeper’s Wife’
The Zookeeper’s Wife isn’t an easy movie to enjoy, but it’s so worthwhile to see. SPOILERS Continue reading
Posted in History, movies, Uncategorized
Tagged Animals, Germany, movies, Poland, Warsaw, Warsaw Ghetto, World War II, Zookeeper's Wife
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Why all the kudos for ‘Logan?’
The first time I saw Logan, I was appalled by the violence and turned off by the story. I decided to give it another chance, see it a second time to see if I had the same reaction. So several … Continue reading
April 1917 the U.S. enters WWI
2017 is a commerative year. A century ago the U.S. entered “The War To End All Wars” on April 6, 1917. A hundred years later it’s a mostly forgotten war. While the United States World War One Centennial Commission was established … Continue reading
Posted in History, Uncategorized, World War I
Tagged Indiana Jones, Norman Prince, Snoopy, World War I, WWI
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Like journalists, illustrators like Rockwell and Nast speak to the masses
Great artists don’t reproduce history, they interpret it. Earlier this week I went out to Stockbridge, Massachusetts to the museum dedicated to illustrator, Norman Rockwell. I’ve said since my art school days that the major diff. between a fine artist and … Continue reading
Posted in 2016, Journalism, Uncategorized
Tagged illustration, Norman Rockwell, Presidential Politics, Thomas Nast
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The Rat Patrol (another classic of 1966)
50 years ago, 1966, was a good year for television. We’ve already had numerous documentaries on Star Trek which led to movies, series, spin-offs. Mission Impossible (hello, Tom Cruise!) also premiered which has also had an afterlife, The Monkees made young fans (me) … Continue reading
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Fans will love ‘Will’ and ‘Jane’ in DC Folger’s Austen/Shakespeare exhibit
He has a bobble head, and she’s on a gin bottle but they’re just examples of the continuing popularity of William Shakespeare and Jane Austen. The exhibit, “Will & Jane: Shakespeare, Austen, and the Cult of Celebrity” at the Folger Shakespeare Library, … Continue reading
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Is the new “Ghostbusters” so special?
So many of my friends are over-the-stars about the new all-woman Ghostbusters that I decided to see it a second time to see if my first reaction was wrong. They sing it’s importance in the fight for female equality. I just thought … Continue reading
Movie Review: Free State of Jones
I’m back! My apologies for not posting recently. I have been posting some of my movie reviews at an U.K. website http://www.culturedVultures.com but this movie, Free State of Jones is about the American Civil War from the Confederate side. I decided to publish it … Continue reading
Posted in 2016, History, movies, Uncategorized
Tagged American Civil War, Free State of Jones
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‘Batman vs. Superman: Dawn of Justice’ review
Batman vs. Superman is a long film. It’s a long film because it’s a comic book series that forgot it was a film. What I mean by that is that it’s paced as if it was a series of comic … Continue reading
Posted in 2016, movies, Uncategorized
Tagged Batman, comic books, Dawn of Justice, movie, Superman
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A Walker in Many Worlds 