Lovely Books and Things
My Weekly Books and Films Update
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HAPPY THINGS:
1. Upcoming birthday treats, next week :-)
2. Started volunteer usher duties for this week's SF International Arts Festival (
here).
3. Despite the crowds, my 4th visit to see the Monet: the Late Years at the deYoung museum.
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Bought:
Miracle Creek
by Angie Kim
-Mystery, Korea | Goodreads
Diary of a Murderer:
And Other Stories
by Young-Ha Kim
-Short Stories, Korea | Goodreads
POST CAAMfest, I am feeling like getting into more Asian related stories with these two.
Shadows on the Lake
(Commissario Stefania Valenti #1)
by Giovanni Cocco, Amneris Magella
-Mystery, Historical, Italy, Lake Como | Goodreads
FOR face-to-face group, Foreign Mystery Book Club, June pick.
Author event:
The Bindery hosted a reading and Q&A for Penguin Classics Asian American Writers Series with Karen Tei Yamashita and Elaine Castillo.
Karen read her Introduction from...
No-No Boy
by John Okada
-Historical, 1950s, Japanese American | Goodreads
Elaine read her Forward from...
America Is in the Heart: A Personal History
by Carlos Bulosan
-Memoir, 1940s, Filipino | Goodreads
The authors current releases:
I Hotel
by Karen Tei Yamashita
-Historical, Short Stories, SF Chinatown | Goodreads
America Is Not the Heart
by Elaine Castillo
-Historical, Filipino American | Goodreads
Library:
The Lost Girls of Paris
by Pam Jenoff
-Historical Fiction, WWII, Paris | Goodreads
FOR online International Book Club, June pick.
AND watched: in theatre
Walking On Water (2018)
Director: Andrey Paounov
-Documentary, Adventure, Comedy | imdb | my rating: 5
Ten years after the passing of his wife and creative partner, Jeanne-Claude, renowned environmental artist Christo sets out to realize The Floating Piers, a project they conceived together many years before. We follow his visionary quest to install a wide golden walkway floating across the scenic Italian alpine Lake Iseo, looking like a heavenly dream but sturdy enough to support hundreds of thousands of people. Christo, now in his eighties, and Vladimir Yavachev, his stalwart director of operations, are passionate and stubborn about getting everything right despite bad weather, burdensome bureaucracy and a turnout of thousands more people than were expected.
Funny at times, inspiring, and breathtakingly beautiful, WALKING ON WATER takes the viewer on an intimate journey into Christo’s world amid mounting insanity—from complex dealings between art and state politics to engineering challenges, logistical nightmares, and the sheer force of mother nature. Through spectacular aerial views and fly-on-the-wall camerawork, we watch the artist’s extraordinary vision unfold, and get to know the man chasing it. Directed by Christo’s fellow countryman, Bulgarian Andrey M. Paounov.
I was in awe of the appearance of artist, Christo, at the screening of this documentary at the Opera Plaza theatre. He spoke about his piece,
The Floating Piers installed at Lake Iseo near Brescia, Italy in June 18, 2016 to July 3, 2016.
Found out the color they always use is Yellow Dahlia.
Always Be My Maybe (2019)
Director: Nahnatchka Khan
Writers: Michael Golamco, Randall Park, Ali Wong
Stars: Keanu Reeves, Ali Wong, Miya Cech
-Comedy, Romance | imdb | my rating: 5
A pair of childhood friends end up falling for each other when they grow up.
ALL around feel good film with hilarious moments. Loved that San Francisco and food were characters as well.
This Vogue theatre screening included a Q&A with director, Nahnatchka Khan and actors, Ali Wong and Randall Park and special guest Dan the Automator.
We have to keep hush hush on the appearance of a certain special guest actor in the film. Just want to say, the person was part of the hilarious moments.
AND watched: on DVD
Just My Luck
Director: Donald Petrie
Screenplay: I. Marlene King, Amy Harris
Story by: Jonathan Bernstein, Mark Blackwell, James Greer, I. Marlene King
Stars: Lindsay Lohan, Chris Pine
-Comedy, Fantasy, Romance | imdb | my rating: 5
FUN, funny and cute ;-)
Miss Zombie (2013)
Director/Writer: SABU
Stars: Makoto Togashi, Ayaka Komatsu, Tateto Serizawa
-Horror, Zombies, Japan | imdb my rating: 5
A Japanese family acquires an undead domestic servant whose presence begins to effect their daily lives.
BEAUTIFUL zombie film. Really. It was shot in black and white with a splash of color in one scene which created the perfect dramatic effect. Low level "pet" zombies, provided you do not feed them meat!
*** Happy Zombie Awareness month ***
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