Best Films of 2023 Well, it's already early February somehow and award season for the 2023 film year is well underway. 2023 was the first year post-pandemic I was able to see the volume of new films to warrant a top 10 list - a practice I started in 2017 but abandoned after 2020 when like the rest of the world I was mostly forced to watch releases from years past on streaming services. Last year, despite my ongoing poverty, through a host of tricks, streaming services, tight budgets, and the generosity of friends, I was able to see around 40 new releases. For most of 2023, I considered it the YEAR OF DISAPPIONTMENTS . That's still my primary description of the year in film. Long anticipated and ballyhooed new films by Nolan, Scorsese, Fincher, and Wes Anderson to name a few all left me dissatisfied. Not because I am an adoring fan of these directors, but given the high regard with which they are held and given the rich subject matter on which ...
A former Labor Express Radio interviewee is running for a City Council seat in New Orleans. I interviewed Malcolm shortly after the Katrina disaster about the race & class dimension of this “natural” disaster. You can hear that program here…
Malcolm Suber stuck his political signs all over the new orleans traffic signal light poles. They are still there today. Is this a person you want in political office? These signs were designed to be stuck on metal to last a long time. It makes thousands mad in the city every day when they have to look at his signs every day months after the election. Malcolm has been asked numerous times to remove these stickers. He refused to do so. This marketing ploy has definently backfired on him for sure.
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