Travis DeSimone. Corsair. The Book Group is a BBC4 show that aired for two seasons from 2002 until 2003. The Book Group is an interesting blend of comedy and drama, while having funny moments I felt like it had a more serious tone. The show was written and directed by Annie Griffin who also wrote...
Travis DeSimone. Corsair. The Mike Leigh film Naked really struck a chord in me. Johnny flees Manchester for London after he rapes a young woman. Upon arriving in London he wanders around meeting strangers and talking with them. These scenes are more like vehicles for the film makers to question religion, and philosophy. Johnny is a...
Travis DeSimone. Corsair. This last weekend I found myself in beautiful New Orleans for the 57th annual South Eastern Psychology Association’s conference. Fate had it that this wonderful groups of doctors and mavericks had planned the conference for the same weekend as Mardi Gras: very fortuitous. In 1955 the SEPA was established and originally allowed...
Travis DeSimone. Corsair. We Need To Talk about Kevin is a twisted and heart rending story about a Mother, Eva, ( Tilda Swinton ) coming to terms with her son ( Ezra Miller ) committing an act of mass murder at his local high school. Based on the 2003 novel by Lionel Shriver, We Need To Talk About...
Last Saturday afternoon I attended the relocation ceremony for Open Books. Open Books is a local, non-profit, all volunteer book store that recently moved from the Navy side of town to 1040 N. Guillemard St. right off of the train tracks. I have always been a fan of Open Books, as they spear headed the...
Travis DeSimone. Corsair. On Monday night Vinyl Music Hall was packed. People had come from hither and yon to see Liturgy, Sleigh Bells, and Diplo. The three have recently embarked on the Paradise Lost tour across Florida, from Pensacola to Miami. Naturally I was shocked to find out that Sleigh Bells were going to be...
Travis DeSimone. Corsair. Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim have a truly twisted view of the world. As twisted as their vantage point may be they relay a sincerity that is missed in most forms of television, in most forms of comedy. They lampoon everything from public access shows to infomercials to our celebrity obsessed culture. Their...
Travis DeSimone. Corsair. Over the weekend I watched a documentary that has sort of shaken me up a little bit. Director Sean Donnelly brings us a startling picture of obsession, desperation, isolation, and unrequited love in his documentary I Think We’re Alone Now. The film chronicles the lives of Jeff Turner and Kelly McCormick, two troubled...
Travis DeSimone. Corsair. Every once in a while you see a movie so dark that it changes the way you perceive black comedies. A Film With Me In It did that for me. Directed by Ian Fitzgibbon and starring Mark Doherty as Mark, an actor out of work who is holding on to the last...
Travis DeSimone. Corsair. A lot of great albums came out this last year. 2011 was a good one for all the dancers, hipsters, and DJ’s. Every so often you hear something that you didn’t even know you needed, something that hooks you like an eel and keeps you stuck in the bin. Electricity is blood....