B.Jude
My blogs
Blogs I follow
| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Education |
| Occupation | Teacher |
| Location | San Diego, CA, United States |
| Introduction | I'm a Boston University film school graduate. In the past, I have contributed numerous published film reviews for The Boston Globe. I'd currently like to use my blog to articulate and offer cinematic food-for-thought. I work in education after joining Teach for America in 2002. I've taught in various inner city communities including Los Angeles, Dallas, and San Diego. |
| Interests | Familia y amigos = primero amor Reading, film, writing, snowboarding, working out, drinking coffee and eating bread in the morning, running around San Diego |
| Favorite Movies | This could take a while; I'm such a fucking nerd when it comes to film that ever since I was a kid I kept track of all the films I saw during the year and then compiled my own "Best of . . ." lists. So I'm just going to list a number of my favorite films. This list is by no means definitive; it's a living, breathing document. I love almost anything by Scorsese (specifically Taxi Driver, Mean Streets, Goodfellas, The King of Comedy). I also adore the following: The Wizard of Oz, Pulp Fiction, Boogie Nights, Donnie Darko, Gummo, Rushmore, Lone Star, Strange Days, LA Confidential, any of the Pixar films, any of the Wallace and Gromit short films, John Woo's Hong Kong films, Three Kings, Do the Right Thing, Dumb and Dumber, Limbo, Bound, The Jerk, Chop Shop, Gone Baby Gone, George Washington, Raising Victor Vargas Television 1.) "The Wire" - Without a doubt, the best show on television and possibly the greatest production in any medium. Mixes art, entertainment, and a true awareness of the socio/political/economical dynamic that exists within any urban setting between rich and poor, criminal and cop, black and white, have and have not. Also a giant middle finger aimed right at our country's failed policies/opportunities/hypocrisies. 2.) "Seinfeld" - Genius boiled down into 30 minutes of hilariously clever storytelling 3.) NFL, NBA, tennis 4.) Old school shows I used to love to watch include, but are not limited to: "In Living Color", "Picket Fences", "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air", "House of Buggin'", "Friends", "Siskel and Ebert" |
| Favorite Music | Currently listening to a lot of: Band of Horses, Dawes, The Avett Brothers, Mumford and Sons, Mates of State, Sleigh Bells I love: Atmosphere, Mos Def, The Roots, The Streets, Talib Kweli, Nas, Outkast, Sage Francis, Handsome Boy Modeling School, Blackalicious, Dizzee Rascal, Kanye West, NERD, DJ Danger Mouse, Dilated Peoples, Travis, Starsailor, Idlewild, Snow Patrol, Keane, Coldplay, The Doves, Embrace, Athlete, Radiohead, Tom McCrae, Teitur, Jimmy Eat World, Dashboard Confessional, Billy Joel, Bruce Springsteen, The Who, Pink Floyd, The Postal Service, Bright Eyes, Cursive, Ozomatli, Sam Cooke, The Supremes, Norah Jones, Jewel, Nelly Furtado, The Arcade Fire, Bend Folds, Barenaked Ladies, Green Day, The Eagles, Guster, Nada Surf, 311, Significant Others, Sublime, Weezer, Aimee Mann, Cat Stevens, Chris Isaak, David Bowie, Dixie Chicks, Elvis Costello, Phil Collins, Genesis, Gwen Stefani, Indigo Girls, Jackson Browne, Remy Zero, Fountains of Wayne, Interpol, Indigo Girls, Leona Naess, Nickel Creek, Death Cab for Cutie, Vampire Weekend |
| Favorite Books | Most Recent Favorite: "The Unforgiving Minute", "Moneyball", "Samaritan" Oldies, but Goodies: "A Prayer for Owen Meany", "The End of the Affair", "The Corner", "Across the Wire: Life and Hard times on the Mexican Border", "The Working Poor", Any Calvin and Hobbes book, "The World According to Garp", "A Widow for One Year", "Blue Blood" |