Milo and the Calf

Author: seanv2

  • Review: Fromm’s Escape from Freedom

    This review, and the scores of others I’ve been posting, was written in 2007 for a now long defunct livejournal account.  Escape from Freedom Erich Fromm I blew through this in a week for a political theory class at my undergrad. The class was horrible, and frankly, I remember next to nothing about Fromm. What…

  • Couple of quick Film Reviews

    I have been on a bit of a movie binge since leaving school. Three movies in four days and all of them worthwhile. 1. Inland Empire (David Lynch) David Lynch needs an editor. If this three hour plus feature had been forty five minutes shorter it could have been up there with Mulholland Drive as…

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    Race Autopsy: 2006 New York City Triathlon

    Originally written for another blog. I haven’t edited this at all since it was published in 2006. Prerace I really underestimated the amount of shit that has to get done before you even start a triathlon. There’s the pre race briefing, where they tell you where everything is, and how the water in the Hudson…

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    Race Autopsy: Lady Libery Open Water Swim

    Written years ago for another blog after I DNF’ed the 2006 Lady Liberty Swim   1. Though I am a pretty strong swimmer, I was not prepared an open water wetsuit swim. From the moment I jumped into the water, I couldn’t breath, and was hyperventilating by about halfway through. It wasn’t pretty. I’m not…

  • Film Review: Cinemania

    A rather poorly done documentary about movie obsessives in New York that is worth seeing only if you think obsessives are entertaining. There were some good moments. The movie focuses on five people, four men and a woman. Three of whom are on disability and really truly mentally ill and therefor not that amusing. I’m…

  • Film Review: Hitchcock’s North by Northwest

    North by Northwest seems a little too cold war for me now. A little too much espionage and too little of the interpersonal messiness that I love about Hitchcock films such as Notorious. Its hard to imagine what a big deal the crop duster scene must have been when this was released. Now it seems…

  • Film Review: Aldomar’s Tie Me Up Tie Me Down

    Tie Me Up Tie Me Down is not my favorite Aldomar movie. Yes the scene with the little diver guy is pretty cute, but I’m more than a little unnerved by the lesson of the film. Kidnap women and they fall in love with you. I know Aldomar would have little time for my moralizing,…

  • Film Review: I am Curious (Yellow)

    When I was a horny teenage film nerd, this was the holy grail of european naughty cinema. It was supposed to be arty, political and dirty. I really, really wanted to see it. Now thanks to netflix and criterion I can. Its ok, I guess as a period piece about political and sexual awakening. It’s…

  • Top ten records of 2005

    Fucking good year for records. In (almost) no particular order, here’s my favorite records of 2005. 1. Lady Soverign – Vertically Challenged Grime grime grime. That seemed to be what everyone was talking about this year. Some of it is great, some of it…yawn. Lady Soverign is the best of the bunch I think, and…

  • Film Review: Astra Taylor’s Zizek

    I saw Astra Taylor’s documentary Zizek! last night. It was a lot of fun.* I think Taylor does a good job of allowing the hilarious nature of Zizek’s public performance to take center stage without totally forgetting about the serious parts of his work. There’s a bunch of wonderful bits in the movie, including classic…