best of 2006, or the sublime

train photo by m swiezynski

in no order,

dvds of note:

satantango, bela tarr, artificial eye
the double life of veronique, krzysztof kieslowski, criterion
la bete humaine, jean renoir, criterion
young mr. lincoln, john ford, criterion
pickpocket, robert bresson, criterion
pandora’s box, g.w. pabst, criterion
the spirit of the beehive, víctor erice, criterion
seven samurai, akira kurosawa, criterion
lightstreams + light threads, tarrl morley
saraband, ingmar bergman, sony
john wayne - john ford film collection, john ford, warner
a history of violence, david cronenberg, new line
edvard munch, peter watkins, new yorker
l'enfant, dardenne brothers
preston sturges - the filmmaker collection, preston sturges, universal
supersilent, 7, rune grammofon

movies in the theatre

l'armee des ombres, jean-pierre melville
children of men, alfonso cuaron
the new world, terrence malick

m swiezynski

cds

jonathan coleclough & murmer, husk
scott walker, the drift
nurse with wound, shipwreck radio 2
bernhard gunter/heribert friedl, trans
chris watson & bj nilsen, storm
bj nilsen & stillupsteypa, erykkjuvisur ohljodanna
current 93, black ships ate the sky
mnortham, automnal 2003
jgrzinich & seth nehil, gyre
steve roden, ubu 5
giuseppe ielasi, giuseppe ielasi
gidon kremer, j.s. bach the sonatas and partitas for violin solo
phill niblock, touch three
richard chartier, incidence + specification.fifteen (with taylor deupree)
svarte greiner, knive
bonnie prince billy, the letting go
max richter, songs from above
thom yorke, the erasure
dj olive, sleep
andrew chalk, goldfall
isolde, on waving and drowning
tom waits, bawlers
andrew liles, the dying submariner
the hafler trio & colin potter, a pressed on sandwich
peter wright, red lion + unvarnished, untreated, unzipped + pariahs sing om
charlemagne palestine - tony conrad, an aural symbiotic mystery
maurizio bianchi-nobu kasahara-hitoshi kojo, the epidemic symphony no. 9
maurizio bianchi, bacterie
spiracle, ananta + isis
hum, inner navigation
stephan mathieu & janek schaefer. hidden name
johann johannsson, ibm 1401, a user's manual
william basinski, variations for piano & tape
tomasz stanko, lontano
deathprod, six track
jacob kirkegaard, 4 rooms
hwyl nofio, hounded by fury
the hafler trio, exactly as i am
pandit pran nath, midnight raga
ov, the moon is down

books

brice marden moma catalogue
anselm kiefer, heaven and earth
carlo scarpa architecture atlas
villa girasole: the revolving house
hiroshi sugimoto, theaters
gerhard richter: works on paper
gerhard richter: paintings 2003-2005
edward hopper: catalogue raisonne
klee and america