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the numbers i remember. not long ago, i realized that once-favourite, often-used numerical combinations for The Girl Who Was The One, That Other Girl, and That Other, Other Girl are lost from memory. the consequences of drifting apart, getting older, and the conveniences of Google Contacts. just a few phone numbers remain, by heart: my brother, my dad’s restaurant, our ... Read More
an update is coming, believe it. but until then, here's a standout scene from Ana Lily Amirpour's A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night — with White Lies' Death pounding over slow-burning, mesmerizing visuals. so good. screened at VIFF 2014. speaking of which: did you know i designed VIFF's last four festival guides? if only i ever updated this website. ... Read More
while KonMari has me pulling at the fraying edges of nostalgia, here's one more batch of ads from 2005, which, it seems, is as far back as my Cinematheque archives go. while working on the European Union Film Festival that year, a hard drive failure wiped out all my email, publicity materials, and artwork (posters, photos, magazine spreads, and marketing collateral) from ... Read More
The Night VI is good company during solitary, late night work sessions (like right now). perhaps a little surprising, their music also fits during bleary-eyed morning workouts. something in the isolation and heartache in Sophie-Rose's lyrics triggers a melancholy that moves me to press 250lbs off my chest, and keeps me focused enough to massage type and image at ... Read More
and without the UK the British people have voted, and $#!t is starting to get real. a little known spin-off of the UK leaving the EU, wholly inconsequential to anyone but the geekiest of film geeks — and even then, perhaps only in passing — is that the UK will likely never again co-present the European Union Film Festival. but hey, unlike the morning-after regret, ... Read More
two weeks ago, i started reading The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up by Marie Kondo. i'm not a hoarder or anything that extreme, but like Travis Bickle, "one of these days i gotta get myself organizized." stage one, clothing: complete. besides developing an obsession with folding clothes so that they stand up, balanced and compact, this meant letting go of my Ichi the ... Read More
stuffed in a drive: print ads for The Cinematheque, from 2005. maybe in ten or twenty years, they'll be considered "vintage" — but for now, i guess they are just "old." crazy to think that i designed hundreds of these pieces, churning out — sorry, crafting — at minimum one/week. most were grayscale, though a few times a year, i would splurge on colour. most appeared ... Read More
the Contents Page can help set the tone for a magazine/piece, depending on design and placement. in the years that i designed The Cinematheque's program guide magazine, it was always on page 3. sometimes a teaser for editorial. maybe a riff on cover art. but always quiet, late-night desperation. it was the last thing i would do before proofing or pre-press. ... Read More
