Warm Bodies
While the previous entry shared my proclivity for Zombies of the uppercase breed, I am not by nature a consumer of lowercase zombie entertainment. I am, however, a Hulu subscriber who spent a bored evening scrolling its movie selections and deciding on a whim to watch the one with Nicholas Hoult. I recalled some amusing ads when the movie came out in 2013, but was prepared for something entirely out of my wheelhouse. However, what a charming surprise: minimal body horror content, a gentle romance, and, most startlingly, my favorite theme of all: a story of redemption and restoration. The capper is its small but excellent soundtrack, with "Hungry Heart" one lovely diegetic choice.
Met Walking Tours
I blogged on this very blog yea many years ago of my desire to see a particular exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, a feat I subsequently accomplished. The same cannot be said of more recent Met exhibitions, like Africa & Byzantium or The Tudors: Art and Majesty in Renaissance England. Enter The Met on YouTube, both the museum's official channel, which offers in-depth 15-25 minute tours of their latest efforts, as well as amateur walking tours. What the latter lack in detail, they make up for in atmosphere.
Post-Script: The Collection
A January fixation, this 2016 Amazon Prime drama appeared to be a one-off limited series; eight episodes was surely enough to tell the story of the secrets and angsts consuming a post-World War II French fashion label. Until the final minutes of the unresolved finale, when it became horribly clear that no, in fact, it had simply....been canceled.
Regardless, while Apple TV+ can tout its new star-studded biopic series on Christian Dior (one of a few obvious inspirations for the fictional show), it's doubtful that it can offer the lunacy of The Collection, nor the charisma of Tom Riley as uncredited design genius Claude and the fashion displays of Jenna Thiam as ingenue seamstress turned model Nina.
