…at the best damn art- house movie venue in the world, The Cinematheque. This weekend, my film hero, and director of The Cinematheque, John Ewing, who was by the way, recently interviewed on NPR, is showing some films that are crime-themed.
Oh, be still my Hitchcock-Lynch-Tarrantino-esque heart.
Hace frio de Cleveland. It’s supposed to be rainy and cold…so along with being somewhere in the beginning, middle and 564th edit of a couple short n’ sexies I’m writing, I’m also going to slip into a dark theater and experience a little thriller-crime films, Cleveland style.
The films below are sure rubber-necking crime scenes I’m interesting in viewing:
TERRIBLY HAPPY - Denmark, 2008, Henrik Ruben Gomez
RED RIDING: 1980 - Britain, 2009, James Marsh
Be sure and check out the Cinematheque schedule for these thriller, crime-drama show times. Oh, and if thriller-crime drama films ain’t your thang, check the schedule each week for other genres of film. John has great taste and he spans the world searching for rare, thought-provoking films just for me and others that also enjoy great cinematic experiences.
This week at F-stop we celebrate the free-spirited inspiration of Brad Garber, aka, BadAssKona. Pssst…did I mention Brad likes being naked? You know, there really is something about being naked, you know - it’s so raw and well, so damn truthful. Heh.
Oh, I’m so, so, sorry to delay your pleasure, my darlings - and yes, it is a considered an erotic sin to keep such a delicious thing as National Masturbation Month from you. Yes, I’ve kept you waiting. Yes, I’ve denied your blissful release. Oh, and yes, yes, yes, you may indeed punish me later.
So with nothing but multiple orgasms in mind, please join me over at Shanna Germain’s as we celebrate National Masturbation Month, together!
We as Americans like to celebrate Cinco De Mayo. If you step over the border and into the country of Mexico, you’ll find very little cinco de mayo celebrating going on…it’s not really a Mexican holiday. Still, I am a lover of all things Spanish and I usually have some type of Spanish-themed celebration. Hey, I figure it’s a good excuse to drink Mexican beer, do shots of tequila and eat hot and spicy food. Ole’!
This year, I have a full-time and highly demanding job, a house I’m rehabbing that currently 1/2 of the basement is being excavated, a gutted kitchen, walls torn down, floors stripped and…I could on here. Suffice to say, the Neve Black pattern is full, Ghostrider, thus there will be no fiesta held at casa de Neve this year.
But still….I’m finding the time to salute to this holiday. To help get your tequila and hot and spicy on, I’m leaving you with one of, if not the best band out of East L.A.: Los Lobos:
Damn. I had a busy-ass weekend. You too? I don’t know about you, but I’m trying to play catch up to all the things that I’ve needed to do since my full-time job and part-time school took over my life, like a version of invasion of the body snatchers. As well as trying to re-capture my social life, I spent a lot of time doing yardwork this weekend: trimming, pulling, edging and planting - and no those words are not a metaphor for something sexual - although hmm…the thought of do’in it in the great outdoors has become enticingly appealing to me as the weather starts to warm up.
Oh, I digress don’t I?
I’m catching up on other things today too, like blog hopping tonight as I sit at the infamous and borrowed Neve Black kitchen table - the stark white kitchen is filled with lots of colors tonight as the sounds of NPR’s world music blaze through the small radio’s speakers. The smell of cilantro, lime, jalepenos and cummin also fight against sterile white as I bake a fresh batch of veggie empanadas.
I’ve had a chance to go out and clean up my e-mail In Box, and Sent Box. I know this sounds incredibly boring and yes, anal retentive, and no, I didn’t mention the word anal as reference to a sexual connotation, however…oh, never mind… I had something like 2K+ Sent e-mails, and clearly I don’t need those has-been sent messages anymore. As I poured through the pages, some dating back to early 2008, I went through a couple old boyfriend’s messages and thought of each of them…some more fondly than others, until I stumbled on an e-mail message that I saved from a good friend. I laughed out loud, quite literally as I re-visited the message, which I’ve shared with you below. I have somewhat of a history with engineer types. I’m not quite sure why, or what it is about me (non-linear, non-linear, non-linear) and the engineer-types (analytical, analytical, analytical) that we keep finding one another, but I probably hold some world record for attracting engineers without really trying.
I hope you had a great weekend and if you found yourself also playing catch up, like me this weekend, it included things like anal, trimming, digging, and do’in it in the great outdoors.
…might be the best way to describe this week’s guest at F-stop. Won’t you please get in touch with your own kinky side and join me and erotic fiction writer, D.L. King.
Call it life imitating art, or perhaps my wild imagination at play again, but I’m currently working on a short story about a woman who is rehabbing a house…hmmm…when she realizes she needs to hire a GC, aka, General Contractor to help coordinate all the work that needs to get done…hmmm…. She used to work in the construction industry….hmmm…so she’s familiar with GC, Dale’s work - he’s very meticulous and exudes professionalism. Dale is also so incredibly sexy-delicious that she could possibly eat him with a spoon: one mouth watering scoop at a time. In the midst of walls coming down and floors getting laid…sparks begin to fly between my heroine and her GC and his tool belt wearing ways.
Hmmm…enjoying all the glorious differences between screw drivers these days -
Neve Black
…now that I’m officially done with this semester of school I feel like I can actually step away from mi Espanol libro y classe and see what else is happening around me. I have a long over-due date with free-time.
Me: “Hello world, how ya’ doing?”
World: “I’m great, Neve, thanks. I’ve missed you though.”
Me: “Yes. I know. I’ve missed you too. How can I make it up to you, baby?”
World: “I’ll think of something.”
Me: “Sounds intriguing. Should I come over?”
World: “Yes.”
My social life has suffered greatly because of my heavy work load these past few months, but I’m ready to get back into the social saddle and hopefully spend some of this extra free time by reading, writing and catching some fabulous flicks this summer, like these two gems below that I’m currently re-arranging my new free-time schedule around so I can see them:
Gigante: Uruguay/Argentina/Germany/Spain, 2009, Adrián Biniez -
While working his usual night shift, a shy, lonely, 35-year-old supermarket security guard falls for a 25-year-old cleaning woman he spots on a store surveillance camera. He continues to watch and follow her—at the store, to the cinema, to the beach, even when she’s on a date with another man. But will he ever speak to her? This unpretentious gem won three major awards at the 2009 Berlin Film Festival.
And
Britain, 2009, Jon Amiel-
Real-life couple Paul Bettany and Jennifer Connelly play Mr. and Mrs. Charles Darwin in “CREATION”, a new period drama by British director Jon Amiel (The Singing Detective, Sommersby). In the movie the famed naturalist tries to strike a balance between his revolutionary theories on evolution and the relationship with his devoutly religious wife, who doesn’t share his beliefs.
Please join me at F-stop this week as we proudly welcome M.Christian’s eloquently written version of exposing his, He and I, naked I, along with his eye-catching image above.
Neve Black
p.s. please contact me at black.neveatgmail.com to learn more about exposing your own naked I. Are you ready?
I finally watched the film Sandra Bullock won an Oscar for this year, The Blind Side.
Ahem. I was disappointed.
I know a lot of people really enjoyed this movie, but for me, it was too Hollywood-esque, complete with loads of high-five’s, and clichéd feel-good moments, which reminded me of a store bought card, which often lacks originality and depth. Ouch. I know. Sorry.
I suppose I blame the director’s vision, or lack of it for what I consider to be very disappointing on my discerning cinematic eyes. I feel somehow the direction missed the beauty that was brewing just below the surface and if he had scratched a little harder, it really could have shined. I can see the potential, but it just didn’t quite make the cut, in my opionion. I kept waiting for the profound depth to be uncovered, you know, the kind of message that the Academy looks for, but instead each scene was even more cliché than the last. Disappointing.
God, I hate giving bad reviews. I probably see close to a hundred films each year: some are good and some bad. I rarely if ever mention the bad ones. “If you have nothing good to say, then don’t say it” as the saying goes and I try and stick to those words, but…this film won an Oscar for best actress, thus I felt like I should review it. And honestly if I didn’t feel so strongly about the fact that the film really had no business being nominated for an Oscar in any category, I wouldn’t have said anything.
I wish I could recommend this film, but I can’t. I found it to be, well, disappointing. Finally, it’s important that I mention that I love Sandra Bullock. I think she’s beautiful, funny and I respect her as an actor, but there is no way she should have won in this category. Not for this film and certainly not up against Helen Miren for her performance in The Last Station. Come on!
Okay, so to make up for my not very nice review of the film, I want to share two new cool finds with you. 1. I found Welcome Mats made from 100% recycled flip-flops (can you believe it?) 2. I found this really cool idea: Boom-Boom Cards. Yes, as a matter of fact I will be sending a nice boom-boom message out to Sandra Bullock.
