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A story of survival, loss, sadness, and almost indescribable joy in community.
IDK how it took me so long to discover this (it first came out in 2008) sweet little film.
Essentially it's the story of "chosen family" -- approximately 50 families of Holocaust survivors (most of whom lost every family member they had to the Nazis) who invested together in a bungalow colony up in the Catskills and come together every summer to reunite, hang out, and reminisce.
The movie focuses on the year 2006, when many in the colony are getting to the age where life is harder for them physically, and collectively they must decide how long the colony should continue, or if they should sell this special place where they can see each other "and be free."
"Life can be beautiful even when it's not so easy" says one of the survivors of her lot in life.
I loved and was so inspired by this story.
https://fourseasonslodgefilm.com/
Jul 23, 2024
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Very under-appreciated film. Watching it feels like going on a vacation. It also makes one wonder like Ichiko, âHow much of my life is lived for the sake of other peopleâs expectations?â The road to self-actualization is long and non-linear, but itâs worth traversing.
Dec 30, 2024
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A beautiful film about a group of elderly women who are stranded in the Canadian countryside after their bus breaks down. They spend the next few days fishing, gathering, singing, and talking while they wait for help to come. The dialogue is ad-libbed/unscripted and meanders gently like a stream. Sometimes very funny, sometimes sad. Itâs a really lovely movie :)
Feb 28, 2024
omg this movie. i love how slow and intentional it feels. the story is given room to breathe. scenes often feel like peeking into a moment that continues after the scene ends. we follow alanâs journey via a series of significant encounters, while not neglecting to appreciate and luxuriate in the long lonely days he spends on the road. the travel montages are beautiful golden and deeply midwestern. the lynchian horror element is very present but executed subtly. i felt the story was told with skill. my favorite scenes:
the very last scene, alan and lyle reunite. the suspense built to this moment is incredible. the air is thick with emotion. few words are spoken, yet so much is exchanged between them.
the hospitable couple chat in the kitchen. love is exchanged through gestureâ she leans, chin first, limited in reach by her hands, which stay in the mixing bowl. he closes the distance with a kiss. she answers a question he didnât quite have to ask. she treats the answer like itâs obviousâ of course, extend generosity.
the conversation with the pregnant woman around the campfire. you need your family. you need strangers.
thank u iyes for projecting thank u ether for hosting
Apr 10, 2025
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Hey tyler hopefully this doesnât violate some PI.FYI golden rule
But after nearly two years of writing, editing and arguing, my book about the EP is coming out in May and can be preordered here:
https://hozacrecords.com/product/aifl/
The book is about the origins, history and cultural impact of the EP since these little objects first started coming out in the 50s.
Over 50 of my music biz friends then helped me shape the list and review the top 200 ever released, according to us (ha).
For those of you who are into this kind of geekery/snobbery, I canât wait to hear what you think. A labor of love, as all books are! â€ïž
Mar 27, 2024
âSongs Of a Lost Worldâ coming to a goth listening station near you Nov 1 đ€
The fr FW Me Friday the 13th the world was looking for
Sep 14, 2024
I will fail to explain just how much this band meant to me in the 90s.
So I will borrow from AV Club who did a fine job of distilling it:
âUnwound is the best band of the â90s. Not just because of how prolific, consistent, and uncompromising it was, but because of how perfectly Unwound nested in a unique space between some of the most vital forms of music that decade: punk, post-rock, indie rock, post-hardcore, slow-core, and experimental noise. That jumble of subgenres doesnât say much; in fact, it falls far short of what Unwound truly synthesized and stood for. Unwound stood for Unwound. But in a decade where most bands were either stridently earnest or stridently ironic, Unwound wasnât stridently anything. It was only itself. In one sense Unwound was the quietest band of the â90s, skulking around like a nerdy terror cell. In another sense it was the loudest, sculpting raw noise into contorted visions of inner turmoil and frustration.â
R.I.P. Vern Rumsey.
This is their finest song, from their finest album.
I really canât say enough about the sheer bloody minded genius of this group. đ€
Mar 23, 2024