#david hellman

[geekcavepodcast]

Arranger: A Role-Puzzling Adventure Reveal Trailer

Jemma the misfit is on a journey of discovery. She leaves her home in a small town to explore the world. But it is ruled by fear and some strange "static" force. As Jemma moves, the world moves with her.

Arranger: A Role-Puzzling Adventure launches on PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, and PC via Steam and Epic Games Store in Summer 2024.

[blackramhall]

Amsterdam - Written and Directed by David O. Russell (2022)

[bichaels]

[samuraifics]

Don't forsake me chapter 8 is up! 🥹

[rswitz]

Various Fire Emblem: Three Houses characters dressed as other characters voiced by their English voice actors!

[badmovieihave]

Bad movie I have Beast from Haunted Cave 1959 and Ski Troop Attack 1960

[i-am-countess-olivia]

Tobias Menzies on stage, selected plays, 2005-2024. Details below the cut.

"Hamlet" by William Shakespeare, Royal Theatre, Northampton, 2005

"Cloud Nine" by Caryl Churchill, Almeida Theatre, London, 2007

"The Children's Hour" by Lillian Hellman, Comedy Theatre, London, 2011

"The Recruiting Officer" by George Farquhar, Donmar Warehouse, London, 2012

"The Hush" by Matthew Herbert and Ben Power, National Theatre, London, 2013

"The Fever" by Wallace Shawn, Almeida Theatre, London, 2015 (staged offsite)

"Uncle Vanya" by Anton Chekhov, Almeida Theatre, London, 2016

"The Hunt" by Thomas Vinterberg and Tobias Lindholm, adapted by David Farr, Almeida Theatre, London, 2019 (also at St. Ann's Warehouse, New York)

"The Other Place" by Alexander Zeldin, National Theatre, London, 2024

[sleepythug]

What are some movies that every aspiring cinephile should watch?

battleship potemkin (sergei eisenstein, 1926)

city lights (charlie chaplin, 1931)

M (fritz lang, 1931)

freaks (tod browning, 1932)

brief encounter (david lean, 1945)

out of the past (jacques tourneur, 1947)

the third man (carol reed, 1949)

late spring (yasijuro ozu, 1949)

kiss me deadly (robert aldrich, 1955)

a man escaped (robert bresson, 1956)

touch of evil (orson welles, 1958)

la dolce vita (federico fellini, 1960)

peeping tom (michael powell, 1960)

man who shot liberty valance (john ford, 1962)

the exterminating angel (luis buñuel, 1962)

shock corridor (samuel fuller, 1963)

kwaidan (masaki kobayashi, 1964)

dragon inn (king hu, 1967)

playtime (jacques tati, 1967)

once upon a time in the west (sergio leone, 1968)

two-lane blacktop (monte hellman, 1971)

aguirre, wrath of god (werner herzog, 1972)

touki bouki (djibril diop mambety, 1973)

the conversation (francis ford coppola, 1974)

the passenger (michelangelo antonioni, 1975)

nashville (robert altman, 1975)

the killing of a chinese bookie (john cassavetes, 1976)

mikey and nicky (elaine may, 1976)

sorcerer (william friedkin, 1977)

days of heaven (terrence malick, 1978)

blow out (brian de palma, 1981)

8 diagram pole fighter (lau kar-leung, 1984)

mishima: a life in four chapters (paul schrader, 1985)

tampopo (jūzō itami, 1985)

blue velvet (david lynch, 1986)

something wild (jonathan demme, 1986)

landscape in the mist (theo angelopoulos, 1988)

sonatine (takeshi kitano, 1993)

salaam cinema (mohsen makhmalbaf, 1995)

fallen angels (wong kar-wai, 1995)

taste of cherry (abbas kiarostami, 1997)

cure (kiyoshi kurosawa, 1997)

the thin red line (terrence malick, 1999)

beau travail (claire denis, 1999)

yi yi (edward yang, 2000)

all about lily chou chou (shunji iwai, 2001)

memories of murder (bong joon-ho, 2003)

dogville (lars von trier, 2003)

tropical malady (apichatpong weerasethakul, 2004)

silent light (carlos reygadas, 2007)

sparrow (johnnie to, 2008)

holy motors (leos carax, 2012)

phoenix (christian petzold, 2014)

personal shopper (oliver assayas, 2016)

[mariacallous]

(JTA) – A global bestseller by a Jewish Holocaust victim; a novel by a beloved and politically conservative Jewish American writer; a memoir of growing up mixed-race and Jewish; and a contemporary novel about a high-achieving Jewish family are among the nearly 700 books a Florida school district removed from classroom libraries this year in fear of violating state laws on sexual content in schools.

The purge of books from Orange County Public Schools, in Orlando, over the course of the past semester is the latest consequence of a conservative movement across the country — and strongest in Florida — to rid public and school libraries of materials deemed offensive. While the vast majority of such challenged and removed books involve race, gender and sexuality, several Jewish books have previously been caught in the dragnet. 

The Orange County case is unusual for the sheer volume of books removed — 699 including some duplicates, according to documents the district provided — and for the unusually large number of books about the Holocaust and Jewish identity included among them. They included: 

“Suite Française,” by Irène Némirovsky, a Ukrainian-French Jewish writer who wrote her novel in secret under German occupation before perishing in Auschwitz 

“Herzog,” a semi-autobiographical novel by Jewish writer Saul Bellow, an outspoken cultural conservative whose son Adam Bellow is a publisher of right-wing Jewish books

“Black, White and Jewish: Autobiography of a Shifting Self,” by Rebecca Walker, feminist theorist and daughter of author Alice Walker, whose own antisemitic comments and writings have faced scrutiny in the past

“Bee Season,” a novel about a high-achieving family of Jewish scholars and cantors, by Myra Goldberg

“The Splendid and the Vile,” a nonfiction history book about Winston Churchill’s decision to fight Hitler’s forces during World War II, by Erik Larson

The collected plays of Lillian Hellman, a Jewish playwright and left-wing activist who was accused of Communist activities

“The Storyteller,” a novel dealing with the Holocaust by bestselling author Jodi Picoult

“The Reader,” a German novel about the aftermath of the Holocaust by Bernhard Schlink

“Sophie’s Choice,” a bestselling novel also about the aftermath of the Holocaust by William Styron

“The Freedom Writers Diary,” a nonfiction compilation of several high school students’ diaries inspired by their teachers’ efforts to instruct them on the Holocaust and Anne Frank

“Books are removed from classrooms with deference to House Bill 1069,” district spokesperson David Ocasio told the Jewish Telegraphic Agency, referring to a Florida law signed this year that heavily restricts instruction and classroom materials about human sexuality. 

No individual reasoning was given for each book’s removal, but Ocasio said that all of the books had been marked as “not approved for any grade level.” He added that every book will go through a secondary review to determine if it will be restricted to certain grade levels or “weeded from the collection” altogether.

Some of the books on Orange County’s list have come under scrutiny in the past for removals from other districts. “The Storyteller” was the subject of widespread press coverage after a member of the right-wing activist group Moms For Liberty successfully pushed for its removal from a different Florida school district earlier this year. “Sophie’s Choice” was recently removed from a third Florida school district at the behest of a Jewish parent’s challenge; both parents said their challenges were due to sexual content. 

Other outwardly Jewish books on the list, including “The Reader” and Philip Roth’s “Portnoy’s Complaint,” contain explicit sexual content. Non-Jewish World War II novels “Slaughterhouse-Five” and “Catch-22” were also pulled.

Among the hundreds of other books flagged for removal in the district were frequently challenged books like “Gender Queer” and “The Handmaid’s Tale,” as well as literary standards like Milton’s “Paradise Lost” and Maya Angelou’s “I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings,” and children’s fare like a book based on Disney’s “The Incredibles.” Some items were listed more than once.

Other districts in Florida this year have pulled an illustrated adaptation of Anne Frank’s diary in order to comply with the state law.

[lithub]

May 28, 2025

Today, we’re thinking about wildfires, queer ecology, and climate denialism in speculative fiction!

On Lit Hub dot com:

“Queer ecology challenges scientists to ask what boxes exist in our fields, who made them, and what we could learn if we broke them down.” Patricia Ononiwu Kaishian considers the possibilities of a more egalitarian relationship with the natural world. | Lit Hub Nature

Inside the making of a California megafire and the challenges firefighters face in times of climate change. | Lit Hub Climate Change

Chyana Marie Sage explores grief, personal narratives, and Cree spirituality: “I used to tell people that my father was dead.” | Lit Hub Memoir

Jessica Stanley on the art of political fiction and how Curtis Sittenfeld’s American Wife manages to afford even its ugliest characters nuance. | Lit Hub Criticism

Rochelle Dowden-Lord recommends books for the sommelier in you by Peter Hellman, Jilly Cooper, Bianca Bosker, and more. | Lit Hub Reading Lists

How the brothers Grimm became involved in an academic and political struggle that is still relevant today. | Lit Hub History

“All storms are alike yet each speaks to us in its particularity.” Catherine Bush on capturing the sensations of life’s storms. | Lit Hub Craft

“I don’t think I have much time left, so I’m going to say what I want to say.” Read Mieko Kawakami’s story “No Flowers,” translated by David Boyd. | Lit Hub Fiction

From around the internet:

Deb Olin Unferth explains what she did with a stipend. | The Paris Review

“I grew up so hopelessly steeped in the cult of Twain that I have to perform a mental adjustment to understand how a Twain revival could be possible.” John Jeremiah Sullivan explores why and how we’re experiencing a Mark Twain moment. | Harper’s

Piers Gelly on Diego Garcia, literary trends, and the promise of “polyautofiction.” | The Point

“Which is it: business as usual or the end of the world?” Joshua Rothman considers the possible futures of A.I. | The New Yorker

H.M.A. Leow revisits the murderous heroine of the 1949 classic Thai nationalist novel Huang rak haew luk. | JSTOR Daily

David Shipko pushes back against climate denialism in speculative literature. | Los Angeles Review of Books

[davidhellman]

Meet the team of artists behind the visuals of Arranger: A Role-Puzzling Adventure!

Video by David Hellman Music by Tomás Batista. Soundtrack here

ARTISTS FEATURED ~ David Hellman (lead), André Rodrigues, Catherine Graffam, Enrique Bernardou, Adam deGrandis, Lynds Gallant, Robert Lopatto, Tim Aste

Arranger: A Role-Puzzling Adventure is widely available! Steam | Nintendo Switch | PlayStation 5 | Epic Game Store | Netflix (iOS +: Android)

[dannyhellman]

“David Bowie” Illustration by Danny Hellman for New York Press Art direction by Michael Gentile 4/6/93

#art #illustration #illustrator #comics #cartoonist #NYPress #glam #rock #music

[gimmeshelter]

favourite first watches of august :)

the last movie (dennis hopper, 1971)

out of the blue (dennis hopper, 1980)

secret ceremony (joseph losey, 1968)

the american friend (wim wenders, 1977)

grey gardens (albert and david maysles, 1975)

lost highway (david lynch, 1997)

two-lane blacktop (monte hellman, 1973)

the blues accordin' to lightnin' hopkins (les blank, 1968)

soleil ô (med hondo, 1970)

[chicken-delight]

I feel like it’s been Friday all day. You know how that is? I got up at about 730 I had a glass of orange juice. I also had a banana chocolate chip muffin. It was good I sat on the couch and then I went outside and laid outside for a little bit. It was nice I was feeling a little vulnerable though because I’m dog sitting it’s not my house it’s not my backyard and I was just nervous that like the neighbors were being like who’s this chick, you know in her swimsuit outside but it was fine. I listen to ABBA. I came inside and then I went a little cuckoo crazy in archives. Researching things like Chris Hellman the birds, flying burrito, brothers, Graham Nash, Graham Nash‘s dead girlfriend, Stephen Stills, David Crosby, and then later on it became the band Robbie Robertson, Rick Danko I watched the BAND authorized video biography. It was nice. There were lots of really cute pie clips I could’ve clipped or turned in the gifts. There was one I posted and then deleted because I thought it was Rick being cute and then I was like actually, I think he might just be tweaking. so I felt bad about that. And now I’m gonna take a nap. I kind of really want chicken wings for dinner. We’ll see how that goes. Chicken wings are always my dog sitting meal. I don’t know why it just happens. What are you guys doing? How’s the weather, any plans? I work tomorrow in the day and then I also work at night. So whatever I’m on call someday so I hope I don’t have to go in. Crossing my fingers. Y’all cross your fingers too. I have Trader Joe’s orange juice, orange chicken, not juiced orange chicken to eat. Also have a yummy like jalapeño hot honey pizza to eat. I had the rest of my burrito that I got yesterday, yeah oh also the bed has spiders or something I think I’m getting spider bites all around my ankles but I don’t really feel like changing the sheets so. I also kind of deep down like having bug bites. There’s something nostalgic about them. It feels good to itch them.no don’t hate me. Don’t say anything about that. OK bye.

[sorrel-scribbles]

Ok, I'm probably soooo late to the party here, but I've never seen anyone else mention this, so maybe it's something?

TIL that Micheal Des Barnes played Murdoc in Macgyver (1985), and then played Hellman in Macgyver (2016), which is not only a cool cameo, but a fun way of making the passing of the torch for that character to David Dastmalchian canon.

[profoundgladiatorbarbarian]

The villains when they were younger going to the school of good and evil( My version of Marlene Academy)

Name: Cruella.

Age: 15

Home: London(Formally) Morgana Academy School of villains(Currently) Isle of the lost(Future)

Goals: Behind a successful fashion designer(Slightly accomplished / Fully accomplished in the future.) Upstage the baroness and get And get revenge at her for what she did to her and her brothers When they were younger( In the process but succeeding) Turn A hundred and one dalmatians into a Fur coat( Failed in the future)

Personality type: Rebellious, Respectless, Cruel, Evil, Sarcastic, Witty, Caring(Towards her friends and to a fault) Creative, Boastful, Cunning, Very intelligent, Moody(at times) Authority challenging, Crazy( Mostly when driving/ Psychopathic in the future), Fashionable.

Voice actress: lilli cooper(Teen years.) Wendy Raquel Robinson(Adult)

Allies: Horace, Jasper, Nireka(Best friend), Benson, Edmund, Le pelt(Best male friend and friendly fashion Competitor), Grimhilde, Jafar, Ursula, Jamal facilier, Gaston, Clayton, Yzma, Scar, the hyenas, Anita darling, David, Cecil B, Hook(To an extent),Shen Yu, Morgi(Once or twice before), Black Swan

Enemies: Roger, Anita darling(In the future), The baroness(Full on enemy), Daldamations(And dogs in general),Ulyana(Formally) Hook(Sometimes/ Formerly), Maleficent(Formally), Hades(Formally), Morgi(Most of the time/ Formally) prince charming, Prince eric, Cinderella(Barely But sometimes), Mickey mouse, Mini mouse, Merlin, Morgana le fay(Likes to disrespect her authority As a principle), Is the house of lavasia, The house of Willi ninja, Jasmine, Aladdin, Prince adam, Belle, White Swan, The law in general

Family: Baroness(Birth mother/Abandoner) David(Younger Twin brother) Cecil b(Younger brother) Baron Von Hellman Deville(Late Birth father) Catherine Miller(Adoptive mother) Dalmatia(Future son) Davis Cruel(Future son) Ella(Future daughter) Carlos(Future Son) Darson(Future son) Carly(Future daughter) Carol(Future daughter) Hunter(Future great grand nephew) Ivy(Future niece) Diego(Future nephew) Evertt(Future nephew) Evelyn(Future sister-in-law) Oscar(Future Late husband) The Huntsman from Bambi(Future ex husband)

Description: Estella deville is the main antagonist of one hundred and one dalmatians , but during her youth had a lot going on for her. When she was younger, she and Her twin brother , david and younger brother cecil , where abandoned by their mother after their father died and turned over all the will to his children and were orphaned once their adoptive mother who was killed by the baroness, who was their Birth mother. Estella was devastated by what happened to her adoptive mother comma that she ran away with her brothers from the countryside all the way to london , where they started a fresh new life. But still scared that somebody would find them And hold them responsible for what happened to Estella's.Adoptive mother, they all died their hair A dark brownish red as to keep a low profile. They slept around from park bench to park bench till they ran into horace and jasper comma who invited them to join their crew comma and together the five of them became thickest thieves, and little thieves planning things from a small Paid pocketing to full on heists. It was a fun life for them as Thieves, But later on crew I'll have decided.

That she would also like to put her Fashion skills to a higher use and with the help of horse and Jasper managed to steal herself, a job at the baroness house of fashion. It was going well for Estella there, But 1 day as she was, In the barrennesses office, she found a Peculiar ring that used to belong to her adoptive mother. Seeing the baroness with the ring, she felt annoyed and angry and decided to pull a heist to get it back with the help of her friends Of course. The baroness.

 Was holding a black & white party the day of the heist, and Estella decided to bring back her old friend cruella to party crush. As the baroness was making a toast to Herself.

In mysterious, figure walked into the party wearing a white cape cloak while pulling a glass of Alcohol-free champagne From the bottom of a champagne tower collapsing all the other glasses and making a scene for herself, then pulling out a match. She burnt her cloak on top And revealed a beautiful red dress with her stunning black & white hair showing. After humiliating Security a bit, She and the baroness sat down to have a little chat with each other, And while they were chatting, they were served dinner, only to find that it was a bunch of Rats on their platter.

Freaking out the Baroness, Using this opportunity, cruella grabbed, The ring, but unfortunately it fell into one of the Baronesses Pet Dalmatian's mouth as he accidentally swallowed it. As cruella gave a sign of disappointment, she heard a familiar sound, of the baroness blowing a whistle, instantly she was brought back to the night of her adoptive mother's death, where that same whistle was blown and A bunch of dalmatians pushed her adoptive mother off a cliff. Putting all the puzzle pieces together, She figured out that the baroness was the one who killed her adoptive mother, And after that day she made it her life's mission to ruin the baroness by upstaging her In the world of fashion and embarrassing her at every point, even going so far as to destroying all her clothes and showing off a jacket, she made from leather and let's just say what once were the baroness's pets. While this feud with cruella and the baroness was going on, Cruella Got an invitation to go to the school of good and evil, Where she was selected to attend Morgana Academy For her evil deeds. Cruella at first was a bit skeptical, but found the idea Intriguing, and with some encouragement from her brothers and tourists in Jasper, she finally decided to go, fully embracing her new side as not Estella, but Cruella Deville.