Cool Beans

Recommended Movies

Chungking Express, Wong Kar-wai, Hong Kong, 1994.

Actually, anything by Wong Kar-wai.

The Son's Room, Nanni Moretti, Italy, 2001.

Aprile, Nanni Moretti, Italy, 1998.

Dear Diary, Nanni Moretti, Italy, 1994.

Taste of Cherry, Abbas Kiarostami, Iran, 1997.

Through The Olive Trees, Abbas Kiarostami, Iran, 1994.

Close Up, Abbas Kiarostami, Iran, 1990.

All The Real Girls, David Gordon Green, USA, 1993.

Stranger Than Fiction, Marc Forster, USA, 2006.

The Apple, Samira Makhmalbaf, Iran, 1998.

Dazed and Confused, Richard Linklater, USA, 1993.

School Of Rock, Richard Linklater, USA, 2003.

Before Sunset, Richard Linklater, USA, 2004.

The Bicycle Thief, Vittorio DeSica, Italy, 1948.

Afterglow, Alan Rudolph, USA, 1997.

Down By Law, Jim Jarmusch, USA/West Germany, 1986

Harold and Maude, Hal Ashby, USA, 1971.

McCabe and Mrs. Miller, Robert Altman, USA, 1971.

The Big Lebowski, Coen Brothers, USA, 1998.

Bande à Part, Jean-Luc Godard, France, 1964.

Sunrise: A Song Of Two Humans, F.W.Murnau, USA, 1927.

The Big Sleep, Howard Hawks, USA, 1946.

Hana-bi, Takeshi Kitano, Japan, 1997.

Kundun, Martin Scorsese, USA, 1997.

Mean Streets, Martin Scorsese, USA, 1973.

Punch-Drunk Love, P.T.Anderson, USA, 2002.

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Michel Gondry, USA, 2004.

The Straight Story, David Lynch, USA/UK/France, 1999.

Code 46, Michael Winterbottom, UK, 2004.

Morvern Callar, Lynne Ramsay, UK, 2002.

Fresh, Boaz Yakin, France/USA, 1994.

Kes, Ken Loach, UK, 1969.

Paris Texas, Wim Wenders, France/West Germany, 1984.

My Name Is Joe, Ken Loach, UK, 1998.

Wristcutters: A Love Story, Goran Dukic, USA, 2006.

Stranger Than Fiction, Marc Forster, USA, 2006.

Half Nelson, Ryan Fleck, USA, 2006.

Chacun Son Cinema, 33 world-reknowned directors, France, 2007.

Bright Leaves, Ross McElwee, USA, 2003.

The Gleaners & I,Agnes Varda, France, 2000

Take This Waltz, Sarah Polley, USA, 2011.

MUSIC

I used to have a list of all the music I've been obsessing over recently here, but if you really are interested, you can see what I've been listening to on my Last.FM profile at: http://www.last.fm/user/CoolBeans.

If you're thinking of signing up, I've set up an E2 usergroup there too.

NODERS WHO ROCK!

I can testify in a court of law, that these noders actually Do exist in real life: Haruspex, Panamaus, Montecarlo, Meidinhell, Spiregrain , StrawberryFrog (the guy who juggles), Hugo Rune, Catchpole, Mdn, Albert Herring, Wertperch, Grundoon, Tessie, Bipolarbear, Ascorbic, La Petite Mort, LeoDV, TenMinJoe, JodieK, RalphyK, Wiccanpiper, Pandora, Andrew Aguecheek, Booyaa,Wntrmute, Heyoka, TheLady, Princess Loulou, Gritchka, The Debutante, Wrinkly, Lady_Day, Fondue & Gnarl (briefly)], Cloudstrife, SharQ, JellyfishGreen.

Snail-mail rocks my world!

I have recieved gifts/cards via snail-mail from

France, 2007

MUSIC

I used to have a list of all the music I've been obsessing over recently here, but if you really are interested, you can see what I've been listening to on my Last.FM profile at: http://www.last.fm/user/CoolBeans.

If you're thinking of signing up, I've set up an E2 usergroup there too.

NODERS WHO ROCK!

I can testify in a court of law, that these noders actually Do exist in real life: Haruspex, Panamaus, Montecarlo, Meidinhell, Spiregrain , StrawberryFrog (the guy who juggles), Hugo Rune, Catchpole, Mdn, Albert Herring, Wertperch, Grundoon, Tessie, Bipolarbear, Ascorbic, La Petite Mort, LeoDV, TenMinJoe, JodieK, RalphyK, Wiccanpiper, Pandora, Andrew Aguecheek, Booyaa,Wntrmute, Heyoka, TheLady, Princess Loulou, Gritchka, The Debutante, Wrinkly, Lady_Day, Fondue & Gnarl (briefly)], Cloudstrife, SharQ, JellyfishGreen.

Snail-mail rocks my world!

I have recieved gifts/cards via snail-mail from