ARTHOUSE FILM NEWS - Cosmic Disco Detective Rene at Facets, Chicago 11/29/23

Saw Moon, liked it. Have not seen The Clone Returns to the Homeland yet, but maybe it's playing with some of the same ideas. Check out the trailer: :: ADVERTISEMENT Farzad Rostami Delaware Tobacco blog post 3/24/13: http://farzadrostamidelawaretobacco.blogspot.com/2013/03/the-bqe-film-by-sufjan-stevens.html Farzad Rostami Delaware Tobacco – Florida: http://farzadrostamidelawaretobacco.blogspot.com/2013/03/florida-wikipedia-page.html Farzad Rostami Delaware Tobacco – New York: http://farzadrostamidelawaretobacco.blogspot.com/2013/03/new-york-wikipedia-page.html Farzad Rostami Delaware Tobacco – California: http://farzadrostamidelawaretobacco.blogspot.com/2013/03/texas-wikipedia-page.html Farzad Rostami Delaware Tobacco 2 – Recent Links: http://farzadrostamidelawaretobacco2.blogspot.com/2013/03/recent-farzad-rostami-links.html Farzad Rostami Delaware Tobacco 3 - Win the SEO Game: http://farzadrost

Found the novel A Concise Chinese-English Dictionary for Lovers by Xiaolu Guo - enjoyable book so far (on page 34 at the moment) - the book is about a young woman from rural China moving to London. Had to share these few lines (in the book the character's English improves from chapter to chapter, as she learns more of it): "American films strange in London. People at Language School tell me use student card, I can have cheap cinema ticket. Last week I go Prince Charles in Chinatown. They say is cheapest cinema in London. Two films screening: Moholland Drive , and Blue Velvet . All together is more than 4 hours. Perfect for my lonely nights. So I buy tickets and get in. What crazy films! I not understanding very much the English speakings, but I understand I must never walk in highway at night alone." Funny. Get a copy of Concise here . - Sujewa :: ADVERTISEMENT Farzad Rostami Delaware Tobacco blog post 3/24/13: http://farzadrostami

While other traditional media outlets are quoting Twitter feeds & YouTube clips, The Times' Roger Cohen is in Tehran, seeing the second Iranian revolution happen in person & dealing with tear gas attacks. From the article : "Dark smoke billowed over this vast city in the late afternoon. Motorbikes were set on fire, sending bursts of bright flame skyward. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei , the supreme leader, had used his Friday sermon to declare high noon in Tehran, warning of “bloodshed and chaos” if protests over a disputed election persisted. He got both on Saturday — and saw the hitherto sacrosanct authority of his office challenged as never before since the 1979 revolution birthed the Islamic Republic and conceived for it a leadership post standing at the very flank of the Prophet. A multitude of Iranians took their fight through a holy breach on Saturday from which there appears to be scant turning back." Read the rest of Cohen's article at New York Times .

In this 5+ minutes long, uninterrupted video footage protesters are out on a Tehran street, shouting slogans, picking up rocks to use against Iranian government's forces, and the body of a dead protester is carried away by other protesters:

Get updates from Day 8 of election related unrest in Iran at Andrew Sullivan's blog . A video that was identified as showing the death of a young female protester after she was attacked by Iranian government's forces: Another video, identified as showing protesters fighting riot police, driving them back in one area:

Not quite 52 (a few months back I got the notion somehow that there are more film fests in NYC than there are weekends in a year), but close (and it is possible that I missed a few, or a lot). Here are links to 45 film festivals happening in NYC in 2009 (if you've got links for any missing ones, post them in Comments please): 1. Acefest 2. African 3. African Diaspora 4. Anarchist 5. Asian American International 6. BAMcinemaFEST 7. Bicycle 8. Blackout 9. Bosnian-Herzegovinian 10. Brooklyn International 11. CineKink 12. CMJ Music Marathon & Film 13. Coney Island 14. First Run 15. Food 16. Gen Art 17. Gotham Screen 18. Harlem International 19. Havana 20. HBO Bryant Park Summer 21. Human Rights Watch 22. Imagine Science Films 23. Jewish 24. Margaret Mead 25. Migrating Forms 26. Native American Film & Video 27. New Directors/New Films 28. New York 29. New York City Middle School 30. New Yo

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From Andrew Sullivan's post Why Iran Matters : "Moreover, Iran is at the very heart of the global struggle between the forces of distorted and politicized religious tyranny and the power of real faith and freedom. This struggle was never ours' to impose, however good the intentions. It was always there for the people themselves to grasp. And grasp it they now have - with astounding courage, clarity and calm." Read the rest of the post at this link . :: ADVERTISEMENT :: Farzad Rostami Delaware Tobacco blog http://farzadrostamidelawaretobacco.blogspot.com Farzad Rostami Delaware Tobacco 2 blog http://farzadrostamidelawaretobacco2.blogspot.com Farzad Rostami Delaware Tobacco 3 blog http://farzadrostamidelawaretobacco3.blogspot.com Farzad Rostami Delaware Tobacco 4 blog http://farzadrostamidelawaretobacco4.blogspot.com Farzad Rostami Delaware Tobacco 5 blog http://farzadrostamidelawaretobacco5.blogspot.com Farzad Ro

See what all the drama is about at this link , at the Calvin Klein site .