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Ex Machina

May 24, 2015November 2, 2020 Throsby

When we touched the moon the universe paused. When we created a mind, God stirred. Ex-Machina shows how we might misstep playing with smart toys. A lesson in human-machine interaction that icily depicts, from infinite

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Unless I’m Dreaming Now

April 2, 2007November 2, 2020 Ewen Shearer

…all the lonely misguided people in this dark city … experts at avoiding reality. And with good reason. I’m not sure any of us wants to know what goes on out there at 3 am

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Haiku to You Too

October 3, 2005November 3, 2020 Ewen Shearer

Haiku in English is Rafferty’s Rules. Life pours as water coalescing out of drops – Momentary time. The joy of poetry escaped me for 60 years. One magical day Haiku appeared, which so piquantly paints

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Why Did He Scream So?

June 24, 2005November 3, 2020 Ewen Shearer

Painters, such a sad old bunch None it seems more so than Munch Upon that bridge with skies afire A meme took flight to never tire ~ Ewen On August 26-27, 1883, the island Krakatoa

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Man on Fire

May 1, 2004 Ewen Shearer

The sun is harsh in Mexico City. Highlights burned, shade evil dark, and saturation in the eye of the beholder. As usual, our friends the film critics have been too long in the hot sun

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Von Trier Higher Flier Than Critics Desire

April 2, 2004 Ewen Shearer

Dogville Bites. Great Dane tale darkens ciné illuminati doorway. Dogville caught U.S. film reviewers like stunned dogs in headlight glare. Intangibles of a great film winked elusively through the directed downplay of Dogville’s staid delivery.