WNYC has a great story about blind technology specialist Chancey Fleet:
Her house, in Sunset Park, is filled with gadgets. One of them intones, in perfect, soothing fembot, the color of any garment she runs it over. Another reads out the latest articles from The Atlantic–don’t expect to understand a word, however, because most Read More
Two years ago, at the age of 45, Chris Downey had surgery to remove a brain tumor. The procedure robbed him of his sight–but not his vision for architecture, which he continues to practive. The Architect’s Newspaper has a stunning interview done by august real estate maven Peter Slatin, who has also lost Read More
After six weeks of near nothingness at our local movie theaters, Hollywood has decided to reward us by releasing some 23 movies this weekend for us to choose from (actually there are eight, but it seems like more). Couldn’t some of these have come out during September, when we actually had time to see them? Read More
Blindness
Running Time 120 minutes
Written By Don McKellar
Directed By Fernando Meirelles
Starring Mark Ruffalo, Julianne Moore, Danny Glover, Gael García Bernal
In Blindness, a noxious, stomach-churning and deadly pretentious freak show by Fernando Meirelles, the talented Brazilian director of City of God and The Constant Read More
