Thursday, December 05, 2019

December Reviews

These are the reviews and other 
projects I'm working on this month.

KCTS 9 This Week: Staff Selection preview of Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool (coming in February). 

Seattle Film Blog: Everything's Got 'Em: On the Point of Harry Nilsson's Animated Feature The Point!, Marching Band Member Goes Missing in Jennifer Reeder's Musical Teen Noir Knives and Skin, The Unstoppable Force of Adam Sandler in Josh and Benny Safdie's Uncut Gems, "If You Just Love Movies Enough, You Can Make a Good One," Says Quentin Tarantino in Tara Wood's Documentary QT8: The First Eight, and a revamped version of my Pierrot le Fou review: JLG 101: The Girl and a Gun.

SIFFcast: Oscar Edition 2020 (click here for 2019). Participant in SIFF's podcast in which producer Jeremy Cropf, host SJ Chiro, and a panel of critics and programmers discuss the highlights of the year.



The Stranger MTTD: Dâm-Funk, Nosaj Thing, Machinedrum
and Shooter Jennings, Jaime Wyatt.

Uproxx: Here's the list I submitted for the 2019 music poll:

1. Cate Le Bon - Reward (Mexican Summer)
2. Jamila Woods - Legacy! Legacy! (Jagjaguwar)
3. Tanya Tucker - While I'm Livin' (Fantasy)
4. Kim Gordon - No Home Record (Matador)
5. Purple Mountains - Purple Mountains (Drag City)
6. Anderson .Paak - Ventura (12 Tone-Aftermath)
7. Lizzo - Cuz I Love You (Nice Life-Atlantic)
8. Bonnie "Prince" Billy - I Made a Place (Drag City)
9. The Specials - Encore (Island-Universal)
10. Snapped Ankles - Stunning Luxury (The Leaf Label)

I attended this in-studio performance, a highlight of my musical year.
 
Endnote: Adam Sandler / Uncut Gems image from A24.

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