Nora Ephron who died this week was a groundbreaking filmmaker with films like When Harry Met Sally, Sleepless In Seattle, Julie and Julia and many other of the most memorable romantic comedies in recent history here in an interview with NPRs Neal Conan she describes how hard it is to get used to getting older. I don’t know how many […]
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A very interesting Diane Rehm Show with American Film Institute founding director George Stevens. It offers an inside look at the art and craft of making movies. Stevens has written a new book which presents conversations between students and moviemakers from the 1950s to Hollywood today. Jack Sayles (below) is behind the camera on the 1983 film […]
Trita Parsi är idag är flitigt anlitad av både CNN och BBC framförallt på grund av hans expertis om relationerna mellan USA, Iran och Israel. Han blev tilldelad The Grawemeyer Award med motiveringen ”för idéer som kan förbättra världen”. Parsi grundade i början på 2000-talet organisationen National Iranian American Council som verkar för att göra den iranska rösten starkare i […]
Snagfilms is a great indie documentary site. There are so many films that never get to the movie houses (especially in Scandinavia) and Snagfilms is where you can find some great independent films. On the Snagfilm site*, you’ll find the work of professional filmmakers and there is also a student section. The films were selected by their […]
Hannah Lutz’ paper “Cia Rinne and the soundpoetic event: Listening for other languages” in the online magazine Baltic Worlds introduces the Finnish multilingual and multitalented poet Cia Rinne. Hannah asks in her paper how the soundpoetic event can be approached in the form of an article in a journal. I give the floor to Hannah… Some amazing digital […]
Last night I dreamt that I was helping my daughter and her friends to paint a wall in an old house. I had a backpack, which contained my dreams, visions and ideas about how to create a better world. I was painting the wall but I decided not to open my backpack and take out […]
Ylva Rancken-Lutz
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