December 2006 Archives

Richter’s music is perfectly suited to the themes of loss, nostalgia, and alienation that permeate Haruki Murakami’s work.

Rarely have I seen minimal website design done as well, or as effortlessly, as on PlainSimple.

There’s a rawness and youthful recklessness that never fails to render their music beguiling, even at its loudest and most abrasive.

A tribute to an old computer, the five long tracks that make up this disc are elegiac and gorgeous.

The stunts and fights scenes have an edge and brutality that you just don’t see everyday.

The film always returns to its central violent themes with a crackling, harrowing intensity.

For the vast majority of its 144 minutes, Casino Royale is absolutely thrilling.