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)