Category Archives: Stories, Essays, Films, and Comix

Has estray wander’d far? Is the reason-why strangely hidden? Would you sound below the restless ocean of the entire world? Would you know the dissatisfaction? The urge and spur of every life: The something never still’d -  never entirely gone? … Continue reading →

The ‘supermoon’, a phenomenon that occurred on Sunday when the distance between Earth and the moon was the smallest out of any time this year. pic from MHooper on Flickr

“Home surfing movies I made with my brother, Craig Tissot, during a trip to Bali in 1978 and Hawaii in 1979-80. Bali: Kuta Beach, Nusa Dua, Uluwatu. Hawaii: Honolua Bay, Haleiwa, Ala Moana. You had to hike to Ulu back … Continue reading →

Michael Fishbach narrates this ‘veritie doco’ encounter with a humpback whale entangled in a fishing net. Gershon Cohen and he have founded The Great Whale Conservancy to protect whales. http://www.greatwhaleconservancy.org

Don’t complain…

“Lost in the cacophony over the Keystone XL pipeline debate in the United States is the fact that a Canadian company intends to build a pipeline channeling its tar sands oil to its west coast through the Great Bear Rainforest — … Continue reading →

From Variety Reviews: Stunning lensing and a deep respect for the stories of coastal Kenyans leave audiences pleasantly ruminating on a world touched by magic long after the final credits roll for “Wavumba: They Who Smell of Fish.” Debuting helmer … Continue reading →

Robert J. Flaherty’s award-winning Man of Aran uses stunning location photography and brilliant montage editing to build a forceful drama of life on the Aran Islands. Situated among the frequent and violent storms that slam into its barren landscape, the … Continue reading →

Kassia Meador in “Echo” by Bruce Muller something delicious in the slowness, the music, the glimpses just past the waves… The visual meditation is the first of four shorts teasing the release this fall of Frequencies, an experimental documentary and … Continue reading →