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Santa Sangre [Blu-ray]There was a time when this would have been one of my favorite movies. The year would have been 2004. Back then, I was heavily into Luis Bunuel. This was one of the few post-Bunuel movies that embodied the essential creepiness and odd humor of the Surrealists (the other one that comes to mind is "Videodrome"). There's the obvious Freudian stuff, the obvious shock stuff, but leaving all that aside, there are indelible moments of cinematic poetry. The elephant; the son's ... continue reading...

Flower Arranging: Create A Gorgeous Bouquet/The Flower Duet Way: How To Create A European Wrap BouquetHow many times have I gone to the grocery store or flower market, come home with a bunch of flowers and simply plunked them into a vase? Oh yeah, I've done that WAY too many times to mention.I don't really want to take floral arranging classes, they're too time consuming, SO when I watched Kit and Casey's DVD of How to create a European Wrap Bouquet, I was excited to see if I would be able to ... continue reading...

For Colored GirlsDirected by Tyler PerryAdapted from screenplay by Ntozake Shange from her book of poetry and choreopoem, “For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When the Rainbow is Enuf”Like “Precious”, For Colored Girls emanates as a movie for Black women. However, both Precious and For Colored Girls speak in palettes that transcend any color or ethnicity. It shouts, it demands, it screeches, it rages, it cries in anguished grief and tattered joy to all women.A continuance of the ... continue reading...