Recently read books and recently seen movies

Books

• February'06. Hsien-Yung Pai. Crystal Boys
• January'06. Leonardo Sciascia. Todo Modo
• January'06. Banana Yoshimoto. Shirakawa yofune (Sonno Profondo in the Italian translation)
• January'06. Stefano Benni. Margherita Dolcevita
• January'06. Stefano Benni. Dottor Niu
• November'05. Vernor Vinge. A Fire Upon the Deep
• November'05. W. Timothy Gowers. Mathematics: A Very Short Introduction
• October'05. Craig Curtis. Fabulous Hell.
• August'05. David Edmonds and John Eidinow. Bobby Fischer Goes to War
• August'05. Rafaelito Sy. Potato Queen
• August'05. Umberto Eco. La Misteriosa Fiamma della Regina Loana
• July'05. Daniele Scalise (Editor). Men on Men 4
• July'05. Banana Yoshimoto. Hagoromo (L'abito di piume in the Italian translation)
• July'05. Dan Brown. The Da Vinci Code
• July'05. Zadie Smith. White Teeth
• June'05. Marcus du Sautoy. The Music of the Primes
• April'05. Henry Petroski. Small Things Considered
• March'05. Jared Diamond. Collapse
• February'05. Scott McCloud. Understanding Comics
• January'05. Pier Paolo Pasolini. Amado Mio
• January'05. Banana Yoshimoto. Kanashii Yokan (Presagio Triste in the Italian translation)
• December'04. Augusten Burroughs. Dry
• October'04. Jonathan Carroll. The Wodden Sea
• October'04. Mark Haddon. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
• October'04. Banana Yoshimoto. Niji (Arcobaleno in the Italian translation)
• October'04. Augusten Burroughs. Running with Scissors
• August'04. Michael Ford. That's Mr. Faggot to You
• August'04. Ursula Le Guin. The Farthest Shore
• August'04. Ursula Le Guin. The Tombs of Atuan
• July'04. Jeremy Bernstein. Oppenheimer
• July'04. Ursula Le Guin. A Wizard of Earthsea
• July'04. Arthur C Clarke. Rendezvous with Rama
• June'04. Ben Mezrich. Bringing Down the House
• June'04. David Sedaris. Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim
• June'04. Henry Petroski. The Evolution of Useful Things
• June'04. Vernor Vinge. A Deepness in the Sky.
• June'04. Larry Niven. Ringworld.
• May'04. Christos H Papadimitriou. Turing.
• April'04. Phillip K Dick. Galactic Pot-Healer.

Movies

• 2/26/06. Capote by Bennett Miller, USA, 2005 (Embarcadero)
• 1/06. Gay Sex in the 70s by Joseph Lovett, USA, 2005 (Castro)
• 1/06. Match Point by Woody Allen, USA, 2005 (AMC Van Ness)
• 12/27/05. Brokeback Mountain by Ang Lee, USA, 2005 (Embarcadero)
• 10/9/05. Serenity by Joss Whedon, USA, 2005 (Metreon)
• 8/20/05. 2046 by Wong Kar Wai, Honk Kong, 2004 (Embarcadero)
• 7/05. Star Wars Episode III by George Lucas, USA, 2005 (In Rome)
• 6/25/05. Night Scene by Cui Zi’en, China, 2004. (Roxie / Frameline Film Festival)
• 6/24/05. The Journey by Ligy J. Pullappally, India, 2004. (Castro / Frameline Film Festival)
• 6/23/05. Surge of Power by Mike Donahue, USA, 2004. (Victoria / Frameline Film Festival)
• 6/23/05. Zona Rosa by Dan Castle, USA, 2005 (Victoria / Frameline Film Festival)
• 6/22/05. Formula 17 by Yin-jung Chen, Taiwan, 2004. (Castro / Frameline Film Festival)
• 6/20/05. Tropical Malady by Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Thailand, 2004. (Castro / Frameline Film Festival)
• 6/19/05. My Brother Nikhil by Onir, India, 2005. (Castro / Frameline Film Festival)
• 6/19/05. Queermation collection of animated shorts. (Castro / Frameline Film Festival)
• 6/18/05. False Offender by Carles Vila, Spain, 2003 (Victoria / Frameline Film Festival)
• 6/17/05. Night Corridor by Chi Chiu Lee, Hong Kong, 2003 (Castro / Frameline Film Festival)
• 4/05. Ethan Mao by Quentin Lee, USA, 2004 (Castro)
• 3/05. Eating Out by Allan Brocka, USA, 2004 (Castro)
• 3/16/05. Living on Tokyo Time by Steven Okazaki, USA, 1987. (Kabuki / Asian Film Festival)
• 3/15/05. Turtles Can Fly by Bahman Ghobadi, Iran/Iraq, 2004. (Kabuki / Asian Film Festival)
• 3/13/05. Cutie Honey by Hideaky Anno, Japan, 2004. (Castro / Asian Film Festival)
• 3/12/05. Dumplings by Fruit Chan, Hong Kong, 2004. (Castro / Asian Film Festival)
• 3/5/05. Bad Education by Pedro Almodovar, Spain, 2004. (Opera Plaza)
• 12/04. 3-Iron by Ki-duk Kim, South Korea, 2004 (In Rome)
• 12/04. Tu La Conosci Claudia? by Massimo Venier, Italy, 2004 (In Rome)
• 12/5/04. The Incredibles by Brad Bird, USA, 2004. (Metreon)
• 11/13/04. Second Generation by Jon Sen, UK, 2003. (Castro / South Asian Film Festival)
• 10/04. Dr. Strangelove by Stanley Kubrick, UK, 1964. (Castro)
• 8/24/04. Uncovered by Robert Greenwald, USA, 2004. (In Cambridge)
• 8/14/04. Outfoxed by Robert Greenwald, USA, 2004. (Roxie)
• 8/8/04. Farenheit 9/11 by Michael Moore, USA, 2004. (AMC Van Ness.)
• 6/27/04. Euro Trip collection of short movies, various countries, 2004. (Castro / Gay & Lesbian Film Festival)
• 6/26/04. Fun in Boy's Shorts collection of short movies, USA, 2004. (Castro / Gay & Lesbian Film Festival)
• 6/19/04. Control Room by Jehane Noujaim, USA, 2004. (In Cambridge)
• 6/18/04. Kill Bill (vol 2) by Quentin Tarantino, USA, 2004. (In Cambridge)
• 6/11/04. The Corporation by Jennifer Abbott and Mark Achbar, Canada, 2003. (Castro)
• 5/19/04. Gojira by Ishirô Honda, Japan, 1954. (Castro)
• 5/13/04. Broken Wings by Nir Bergman, Israel, 2002. (Act 1 & 2)
• 5/2/04. I Am Not Scared by Gabriele Salvatores, Italy, 2003. (Embarcadero)
• 4/29/04. Mon Idole by Guillaume Canet, France, 2002. (Kabuki / International Film Festival)
• 4/28/04. Bad Behaviour by Hilary Clarke, UK, 2003 and  A Diary from the Next World by Oxana Barkovskaya, Russia 2003 (Kabuki / International Film Festival)
• 4/27/04. Un Chien Andalou and L'Age d'Or, by Luis Buñuel, France, 1929/1930. (Castro)
• 4/23/04. Save the Green Planet, by Jang Jun-Hwan, South Korea, 2003 (Kabuki / International Film Festival)
• 4/19/04. Goodbye, Dragon Inn, by Tsai Ming-liang, Taiwan, 2003 (Kabuki / International Film Festival)
• 4/18/04. Beautiful Boxer, by Ekachai Uekrongtham, Thailand, 2003 (Castro / International Film Festival)
• 4/17/04. Burning Dreams, by Wayne Peng, Taiwan, 2003 (Castro / International Film Festival)
• 4/11/04. Good-bye Lenin, by Wolfgang Becker, Germany, 2003. (Embarcadero)