Tag Archives: horror

A 21st Century Carrie

Posted on October 31, 2013 by Santi Tafarella

The new Carrie remake looks worth seeing: _________ And below is the original 1976 trailer for Carrie. Carrie the book was Stephen King’s first novel and Carrie the movie gave John Travolta his first screen role. The film’s power lies … Continue reading →

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Five Recent Films I Like

Posted on January 13, 2011 by Santi Tafarella

Here’s the list: The Social Network. The story of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg’s extraordinary career rise. It will probably win the Academy Award for Best Picture—and it probably should. True Grit. My personal favorite in this list. Perhaps because I … Continue reading →

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Eggs watch a cooking show

Posted on March 27, 2010 by Santi Tafarella
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The Right Song for the New Year?

Posted on December 12, 2009 by Santi Tafarella

As we approach the end of one insanely dangerous year (in which we were extremely fortunate that war between Israel and Iran did not erupt), we begin yet another one, the same threat looming. This, unfortunately, seems the apt transition song between 2009 … Continue reading →

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Have a Very Edgy Halloween!

Posted on October 28, 2009 by Santi Tafarella
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Halloween is Coming

Posted on October 28, 2009 by Santi Tafarella

Look busy.

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“You Made Me Hate Myself!”

Posted on October 27, 2009 by Santi Tafarella

Happy Halloween!

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Halloween is Almost Here!

Posted on October 27, 2009 by Santi Tafarella

Wow!

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Bush Era Torture Lawyers and the Banality of Evil

Posted on April 22, 2009 by Santi Tafarella

A passage from one of the Bush era torture memos set to music: Waterboarding, by the way, as a torture method, goes back to the Spanish Inquisition.  Here’s how Jonathan Kirsch describes waterboarding in his excellent and troubling 2008 Harper-Collins … Continue reading →

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SHOCKER: Page 3 of the Bybee Memo Describes Bush Administration Insect Usage in Torture

Posted on April 17, 2009 by Santi Tafarella

Below is the description, by one of George Bush’s Justice Department lawyers, of insect usage in torture. The description is from page 3 of the 18 page Bybee memo (which you can read in full at the ACLU website here): You would like … Continue reading →

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Bearing Witness to the Holocaust: An American Soldier Removes One of the Few Survivors on the Dachau Death Train, April 29, 1945

Posted on February 14, 2009 by Santi Tafarella

Source: U.S. Holocaust Museum photo archives

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Bearing Witness to the Holocaust: Prisoners on a Death March from Dachau, April 29, 1945

Posted on February 14, 2009 by Santi Tafarella

More information on this photo can be found at the U.S. Holocaust Museum photo archives here.

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Bearing Witness to the Holocaust: The Toilet Facilities at Auschwitz

Posted on February 14, 2009 by Santi Tafarella

According to historians Deborah Dwork and Robert Jan Van Pelt, in their history of Auschwitz titled, Auschwitz (Norton 1996, p. 268), toilet facilities were minimal: The “privy” meant to serve 7,000 inmates was a shed with one concrete open sewer … Continue reading →

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“The Vampire” (A Poem by Santi Tafarella)

Posted on February 7, 2009 by Santi Tafarella

                    She calls it love at first sight,   so I’ll play with her cliche,   let it trip and tickle back to her   upon my tongue, tease her with … Continue reading →

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Willard: “You made me hate myself!”

Posted on January 26, 2009 by Santi Tafarella

The old movie below (from 1971) is not yet on DVD, but it might be soon. Amazon is asking people if they want notification by email of its DVD release. I remember, as a kid, seeing the movie on late night television, … Continue reading →

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