diff --git a/src/content/blog/2023-10-23-w40-and-w41-weekly-notes.md b/src/content/blog/2023-10-23-w40-w41-w42-weekly-notes.md similarity index 98% rename from src/content/blog/2023-10-23-w40-and-w41-weekly-notes.md rename to src/content/blog/2023-10-23-w40-w41-w42-weekly-notes.md index 5f8056ee..4616d141 100644 --- a/src/content/blog/2023-10-23-w40-and-w41-weekly-notes.md +++ b/src/content/blog/2023-10-23-w40-w41-w42-weekly-notes.md @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ draft: false postType: "blog" pubDate: "2023-10-23" tags: ["Weekly"] -title: 2023 Week 40 & 41 - Weekly Notes +title: 2023 Week 40, 41, & 42 - Weekly Notes heroImage: https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1506485338023-6ce5f36692df?ixlib=rb-4.0.3&ixid=M3wxMjA3fDB8MHxwaG90by1wYWdlfHx8fGVufDB8fHx8fA%3D%3D&auto=format&fit=crop&w=2370&q=80 heroImageAlt: Unsplash image from Jazmin Quaynor showing a weekly calendar --- diff --git a/src/content/blog/2023-10-26-w43-weekly-notes.md b/src/content/blog/2023-10-26-w43-weekly-notes.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..14e917cc --- /dev/null +++ b/src/content/blog/2023-10-26-w43-weekly-notes.md @@ -0,0 +1,11 @@ +--- +description: "" +draft: true +postType: "blog" +pubDate: "2023-10-30" +tags: ["Weekly"] +title: 2023 Week 43 - Weekly Notes +heroImage: https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1506485338023-6ce5f36692df?ixlib=rb-4.0.3&ixid=M3wxMjA3fDB8MHxwaG90by1wYWdlfHx8fGVufDB8fHx8fA%3D%3D&auto=format&fit=crop&w=2370&q=80 +heroImageAlt: Unsplash image from Jazmin Quaynor showing a weekly calendar +--- + diff --git a/src/content/filmLibrary/2023-10-26-la-llorona.md b/src/content/filmLibrary/2023-10-26-la-llorona.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..69a65c95 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/content/filmLibrary/2023-10-26-la-llorona.md @@ -0,0 +1,41 @@ +--- +dateConsumed: "2023-10-02 03:00:00 GMT" +director: "Jayro Bustamante" +heroImage: "https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/film-poster/5/4/4/4/7/3/544473-the-weeping-woman-0-230-0-345-crop.jpg?v=3547efda7b" +heroImageAlt: "Film Poster for La Llorona" +link: "https://www.criterion.com/films/33103-la-llorona" +pubDate: "2023-10-26" +releaseYear: 2022 +title: "La Llorona" +--- + +## Spooktober + +It's October, and my partner and I love giving each other movies to watch to get ourselves into the Halloween spirit. That ranges from good gothic classics to childhood favorites, and movies that slipped by us over the past few years. This film falls into the cracks of that last category, where I knew about its existence, but haven't made an effort yet to seek it out. + +## Synopsis + +Looking at it's surface, the film is set in the present day where a former high-ranking general is put on trial for the genocide of indigenous tribes, including women and children. The women in his life, specifically his wife, daughter, grand-daughter, and maid, are all haunted by La Llorona, or the weeping woman. The general grows increasingly paranoid after the trail concludes in a mis-trial and the public spend days protesting at his door. + +## Review + +We watched this film days prior to the Hamas attacks, so it's been a strange parallel watching this and then watching Israelis prep for an all out war in Palestine. There's too many paralells that you can draw from it. What I loved in this film was the use of language and culture from indigenous tribes living in Guatemala. The haunting nature of this film is retribution from the lens of an ancient tale. It's not a movie with a million jump scares, or a "man vs. ghost/creature/zombies/vampires" story, but the psychological horror of genocide. + +We talk a lot about divide in our society, of us vs. them. This movie plays on that, from the public vs. politicians, the indigenous tribes vs. the european descendants who settled later, and the patriarchy vs. matriarchy. + +![Film Still of La Llorona](https://criterion-production.s3.amazonaws.com/carousel-files/YQUpMLqunYjMqynoDSEr2oPoreR1SC0MTpMPP8LB.jpeg) +Film Still of La Llorona, from The Criterion Collection + +I was unfamiliar with the tale of La Llorona prior to this film. The one-sentence story is a vengeful spirit "who is said to roam near bodies of water mourning her children who she drowned in a jealous rage after discovering her husband was cheating on her." ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Llorona)). What is interesting here is the time period of La Llorona in post-colonial times, and the legacy in which it continues under different guises. The general Enrique put on trial in this film is based off real-life authoritarian Efraรญn Rรญos Montt. + +![Film Still of La Llorona](https://criterion-production.s3.amazonaws.com/carousel-files/DXaeatHP7NsFUKBd2t7e2TbZNqRkORJmrIyLSW6A.jpeg) +Film Still of La Llorona, from The Criterion Collection + +This was an excellent film to include in our spooktober fest. If you're in for a slow burn ghost story, this is the one to watch. **Must Watch.** + +- [Just Watch Link](https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/la-llorona-2020) + +## Related Films + +- [Ixcanul](https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/volcano-2015) +- [Canoa: A Shameful Memory](https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/canoa-a-shameful-memory) diff --git a/src/content/log/2023.md b/src/content/log/2023.md index 91924019..9d507152 100644 --- a/src/content/log/2023.md +++ b/src/content/log/2023.md @@ -11,11 +11,11 @@ postType: "log" ## The Numbers -- ๐Ÿ“• 4 Books +- ๐Ÿ“• 8 Books - ๐ŸŽต 1 Concert -- ๐ŸŽฅ 46 Movies -- ๐ŸŽค 1 Musical -- ๐Ÿ“บ 2 TV Shows +- ๐ŸŽฅ 78 Movies +- ๐ŸŽค 2 Musical +- ๐Ÿ“บ 3 TV Shows - ๐ŸŽฎ 1 Video Game ## January @@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ postType: "log" - 17 ๐ŸŽฅ I See You (2019) [Letterboxd](https://boxd.it/4fWZff) - 20 ๐ŸŽฅ The Omen (1976) [Letterboxd](https://boxd.it/4gxMeH) - 20 ๐ŸŽฅ Damien: Omen II (1978) [Letterboxd](https://boxd.it/4gxMpv) -- 20 ๐Ÿ“• Excellent Advice for Living: Wisdom I Wish I'd Known Earlier by Kevin Kelly (2023) +- 20 ๐Ÿ“• Excellent Advice for Living: Wisdom I Wish I'd Known Earlier _by Kevin Kelly_ (2023) - 22 ๐ŸŽฅ The Fabelmans (2022) [Letterboxd](https://boxd.it/4h0K3F) - 22 ๐Ÿ“บ Atlanta - Season 4 (2022) - 23 ๐ŸŽฅ Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (2023) [Letterboxd](https://boxd.it/4hujTf) @@ -95,20 +95,52 @@ postType: "log" ## July -- 02 ๐ŸŽฎ The Meg (2018) -- 06 ๐ŸŽฎ Joy Ride (2023) +- 02 ๐ŸŽฅ The Meg (2018) [Letterboxd](https://boxd.it/4szssB) +- 06 ๐ŸŽฅ Joy Ride (2023) [Letterboxd](https://boxd.it/4tRlKD) +- 24 ๐Ÿ“• Saving Time: Discovering a Life Beyond the Clock _by Jenny Odell_ (2023) ## August -- 02 ๐ŸŽฎ Bodies Bodies Bodies (2022) -- 15 ๐ŸŽฎ Ghosted (2023) -- 19 ๐ŸŽฎ School of Rock (2003) -- 19 ๐ŸŽฎ Snow Bride (2013) +- 02 ๐ŸŽฅ Bodies Bodies Bodies (2022) [Letterboxd](https://boxd.it/4Du0H3) +- 12 ๐Ÿ“• Between Two Kingdoms: A Memoir of a Life Interrupted _by Suleika Jaouad_ (2021) +- 15 ๐ŸŽฅ Ghosted (2023) [Letterboxd](https://boxd.it/4I5FQZ) +- 19 ๐ŸŽฅ School of Rock (2003) ๐Ÿ” [Letterboxd](https://boxd.it/4J6Gnv) +- 19 ๐ŸŽฅ Snow Bride (2013) [Letterboxd](https://boxd.it/4J6GAz) +- 26 ๐ŸŽฅ The Blackening (2022) [Letterboxd](https://boxd.it/4L81Z1) +- 30 ๐ŸŽฅ The Hating Game (2021) [Letterboxd](https://boxd.it/4QiDq9) +- 31 ๐ŸŽฅ Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (2023) [Letterboxd](https://boxd.it/4MFVP7) ## September +- 08 ๐ŸŽฅ Don't Worry Darling (2022) [Letterboxd](https://boxd.it/4OZuYT) +- 09 ๐ŸŽฅ Murder on the Orient Express (2017) [Letterboxd](https://boxd.it/4PiA6L) +- 13 ๐ŸŽฅ Death on the Nile (2022) [Letterboxd](https://boxd.it/4QszYh) +- 13 ๐ŸŽฅ Red, White & Royal Blue (2023) [Letterboxd](https://boxd.it/4QsBLT) +- 16 ๐ŸŽฅ The Nun (2018) [Letterboxd](https://boxd.it/4RiFuV) +- 16 ๐ŸŽฅ A Haunting in Venice (2023) [Letterboxd](https://boxd.it/4RiFI9) +- 16 ๐Ÿ“• Awaken Your Genius _by Ozan Varol_ (2023) +- 19 ๐ŸŽฅ The Hundred-Foot Journey (2014) ๐Ÿ” [Letterboxd](https://boxd.it/4SbPsP) +- 23 ๐ŸŽฅ Glengarry Glen Ross (1992) [Letterboxd](https://boxd.it/4WYqyH) +- 23 ๐Ÿ“• A Field Guide to Happiness _by Linda Leaming_ (2012) +- 29 ๐ŸŽค Hadestown [(MUSICAL)](https://broadwaysanjose.com/shows/hadestown/) +- 30 ๐ŸŽฅ Don't Look Now (1973) [Letterboxd](https://boxd.it/4WIMwh) + ## October +- 01 ๐ŸŽฅ The Conjuring (2013) [Letterboxd](https://boxd.it/4W580R) +- 02 ๐ŸŽฅ La Llorona (2019) [Letterboxd](https://boxd.it/4W58k3) +- 04 ๐ŸŽฅ In the Mouth of Madness (1994) [Letterboxd](https://boxd.it/4WIn4R) +- 07 ๐ŸŽฅ Spice World (1997) [Letterboxd](https://boxd.it/4XAl07) +- 11 ๐ŸŽฅ Haunted Mansion (2023) [Letterboxd](https://boxd.it/4Z2sGz) +- 14 ๐ŸŽฅ Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour (2023) [Letterboxd](https://boxd.it/4ZRZeF) +- 15 ๐ŸŽฅ Halloweentown (1998) ๐Ÿ” [Letterboxd](https://boxd.it/50ZLBZ) +- 15 ๐ŸŽฅ Halloweentown II: Kalabar's Revenge (2001) ๐Ÿ” [Letterboxd](https://boxd.it/50ZLQv) +- 16 ๐ŸŽฅ Halloweentown High (2004) ๐Ÿ” [Letterboxd](https://boxd.it/50ZM1D) +- 17 ๐ŸŽฅ Sisters (1972) [Letterboxd](https://boxd.it/50ZLh1) +- 18 ๐Ÿ“บ The Fall of the House of Usher (2023) [Letterboxd](https://boxd.it/51zugn) +- 22 ๐ŸŽฅ The Devil's Backbone (2001) ๐Ÿ” [Letterboxd](https://boxd.it/52Dbyz) +- 25 ๐ŸŽฅ The Exorcist (1973) [Letterboxd](https://boxd.it/53vD91) + ## November ## December