hannah and her sisters

watched an old favorite tonite.

hannah and her sisters

raise the red lantern

this one is a long time favorite. visually stunning, difficult story. i know the video i included is not subtitled. i actually enjoyed watching it without the words. the space is so exotic to me it seemed appropriate to experience the dialogue as just sound.

and kind of tangential, i found this quote when i was looking for material about the movie. so common sense and timeless.

Only when things are investigated is knowledge extended; only when knowledge is extended are thoughts sincere; only when thoughts are sincere are minds rectified; only when minds are rectified are the characters of persons cultivated; only when character is cultivated are our families regulated; only when families are regulated are states well governed; only when states are well governed is there peace in the world.
-Confucius

secret of roan inish

Is this movie on your favorite list, too? The part where they fix the houses up is always exciting to me. House dork.

billy elliot

and a t-rex soundtrack? genius all around. so here's another of my favorite movies. if you haven't seen it, imma recommending it.