February 2012
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Peter Gilmore’s “Coral Garden” art dish
Nowness:
The Australian Chef Translates the Spirit of the Barrier’s Natural Beauty Onto the PlateMultimedia artists Natasha Subramaniam and Alisa Lapidus’s enchanting short captures chef Peter Gilmore explaining how his “Coral Garden” dish was inspired by the colorful splendor of the Australian reef. Known for the artful, natural cuisine...
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January 2012
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nmemagazine:
Check out the new Arctic Monkeys video, ‘You And I’, featuring fellow Sheffield resident Richard Hawley
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veronique:
I could not keep myself together during this part.
I don’t watch Parks and Recreation —that show doesn’t really appeal to me — but I must admit this scene is really funny.
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friedgold:
Trailer: Wes Anderson’s Moonrise Kingdom
Few filmmakers get me as excited as Wes Anderson. I know there are many out there who tire of his schtick, but none can argue that he’s not a unique voice in modern cinema. And his new one looks like a winner.
Set on an island off the coast of New England in the summer of 1965, MOONRISE KINGDOM tells the story of two twelve-year-olds who...
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2009 report by Slate film critic Dana Stevens about Ingmar Bergman’s 1951 soap commercials
Open Culture:
In 1951 the Swedish film industry went on strike to protest high government taxes on entertainment. Bergman was 33 years old. He had two ex-wives, five children, a new wife and a sixth child on the way. With the film business grinding to a halt, he needed to find another way to make...
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New Radiolab episode: The Bad Show →
Radiolab:
Cruelty, violence, badness… This episode of Radiolab, we wrestle with the dark side of human nature, and ask whether it’s something we can ever really understand, or fully escape.
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