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Wednesday, March 16, 2022
Lucy and Desi (2022)
Tuesday, March 15, 2022
TIL: Education is an Art, not a Science
Today I learned education is an art, not a science. Before I get to how I learned that, let's go back to last week, when I couldn't understand why Richardson ISD needed to hire a consultant to develop an RISD Graduate Profile. Here's a profile that I offer to RISD, for free. A graduate is a person who is curious. Period. That's it. If you aren't curious, you haven't been educated. If you are curious, you're set for lifelong learning. QED.
Monday, March 14, 2022
Lead Me Home (2021)
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My ranking of the five nominees:
- Lead Me Home: B+
- Three Songs for Benazir: Life in a refugee camp in Afghanistan. Focus is on Shaista and his wife Benazir, two normal kids in a world that's messed up. B+
- Audible: Follows a high school football team of deaf players. Doesn't heroize or exploit. The kids have the dreams and tragedies of everyone. B-
- The Queen of Basketball: Portrait of “Lucie” Harris, the first women's basketball superstar. Great subject, mostly her talking. B-
- When We Were Bullies: Not available. Grade TBD.
(Update: May 20, 2022: Film maker relives an instance of him bullying another kid in his childhood and interviews old classmates about what they remember. Tactless bullying the kid all over again, in adulthood. C-)
Sunday, March 13, 2022
Turning Red (2022)
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Friday, March 11, 2022
Robin Robin (2021)
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My ranking of the five nominees:
- Robin Robin (UK): B+
- Boxballet (Russia): Beat-up boxer falls in love with a beautiful ballerina. Opposites attract. B+
- The Windshield Wiper (US, Spain): Asks "What is Love?" and answers in vignettes that show a lack of connection. B-
- Affairs of the Art (Canada): Pickled animals. Stuffed pets. Macabre art. One strange and creepy family. B-
- Bestia (Chile): Ceramic doll with a bullet hole in her head recreates atrocities of the Pinochet regime. Jarring. B-
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