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Arrietty (2010)
Arrietty, Arrietty the Borrower (JP) or The Secret World of Arrietty (US) is a Studio Ghibli animation about Arrietty, a tiny girl who befriends a human boy, Sho. Arrietty and her tiny family live under the floors of Sho’s house and borrow little things that go unnoticed from the “human beans” who live above them, however they must keep themselves out of human sight in order to survive. The story is based on the book The Borrowers by Mary Norton with screenplay by Hayao Miyazaki and Keiko Niwa. The animation was directed by Hiromasa Yonebayashi. Consistent with Studio Ghibli, this is a beautifully animated film with a lovely story, and it is the…
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“Here Comes the Night Time” – Arcade Fire
Good night 🌙
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Prairie Moon Friends: Deer 2
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Exit 8 (2026)
Liminal spaces, often empty, sterile, fluorescent-lit rooms and hallways, represent places of in-between, of transition, or on the threshold of one state of being to another, and seem to be a growing theme in movies, especially with the recent A24 release Backrooms (2026) which solely focuses on these places. Increasingly, viewers want to take a deep look into these spaces and process the eeriness. Often, these are rooms or hallways that we pass through quickly, without giving them much thought, but when the Lost Man (played by Kazunari Ninomiya, known from 2006’s Letters from Iwo Jima) gets stuck in a subway station, he realizes he must take a closer look…
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Woodland Wonders Blanket Finished & New Crochet Books
Only two years after starting the Woodland Wonders blanket by Eleonora at Coastal Crochet (highly recommended for original and beautiful crochet patterns), I have finally finished it! And this is why I can never participate in a crochet-along, which in this case was supposed to last for six weeks. I don’t know how they do it. I do want to give a crochet-along a proper go at some point, but I’m not sure if I have the time for that kind of devotion to a project right now. As I was nearing the end of my blanket, I did some shopping for new crochet pattern books and found two absolutely…
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“Power and Glory” – Phil Ochs
American music I love ❤️🤍💙
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“American Music” – Violent Femmes
And yes, I do like American music… happy 4th! 💥
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“Love Plus One” – Haircut 100
Released in 1982, “Love Plus One” was a single from the album Pelican West from Haircut One Hundred. The band was formed in Beckingham, London in 1980 by singer-songwriter and guitarist Nick Heyward and bassist Les Nemes. The song “Love Plus One” is known for being one of the great one hit wonders of the 80s, even landing at 90 in VH1’s 100 Greatest One Hit Wonders of the 1980s. I haven’t done an inventory of my favorite one hit wonders of the 80s, but I have a feeling it would be much higher on my list, because “Love Plus One” is such an 80s gem, and to me, this song and…
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Seven Samurai (1954)
Often hailed as one of the greatest films of all time, Seven Samurai (七人の侍, Shichinin no Samurai) is writer and director Akira Kurosawa’s tale of a village aimed to defend themselves from marauding bandits. Based on an account from the Edo period of samurai defending a farming village from bandits, Seven Samurai takes place in a mountain village of farmers in the year 1586. When farmers overhear a gang planning to raid their village once their crops are ready, they take the matter to the village elder, Gisaku, who suggests hiring samurai who will take food as payment. Thus begins their quest to find seven samurai who can protect their village.…
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“On Your Mind” by FKA twigs (feat. Lil Yachty)
FKA twigs just released a video for “On Your Mind” featuring a rooftop dance battle complete with a full cast of dancers. The video was directed by Jordan Hemingway with choreography by Ebony Williams. “It never ceases to amaze me how pain can manifest into the hardest and most euphoric sonics,” twigs writes about the song. “I think making songs like this keeps me on my toes and reminds me that I am not in control.”
