Unhealed Wound – Page 113 – Passion for Art, Movies, and Culture

“The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom”: A Day of Carnage

Written by diana on September 2, 2012. Posted in movie reviews, Unhealed Wound. 1 Comment on “The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom”: A Day of Carnage

Nominated for a Best Documentary Academy Award this year “The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom” is also a powerful narrative as vibrant as any dramatic cinema, an extraordinary, mesmerizing tribute to the resilience of human nature. More than an epitaph of mourning and loss, this film interviews ordinary residents whose philosophical...

Machka–Istanbul in San Francisco

Written by diana on August 28, 2012. Posted in Local travel, Restaurants. 2 Comments on Machka–Istanbul in San Francisco

A new Mediterranean restaurant opened in San Francisco last month ( at 584 Washington St. in the Financial District) called Machka. The small 32-seat dining room features long communal tables, a few smaller tables, and lots of dark wood paneling, suggesting an old tavern with its exposed brick walls. A beautiful flag with the Tengrian crescent...

“Hit and Miss”–Or, “Boys Don’t Cry” meets “Dexter”

Written by diana on August 20, 2012. Posted in Television reviews, Unhealed Wound. 2 Comments on “Hit and Miss”–Or, “Boys Don’t Cry” meets “Dexter”

This new mini-series created exclusively for DirecTV’s Audience Network stars Chloë Sevigny as a transgender hired assassin living in Yorkshire, England and fated to parent four children who have just lost their mother to cancer. One of the children, Ryan, is her son whom she fathered before pursuing her journey to becoming Mia. Now she...

Bar Pintxo: In a pinch

Written by diana on August 14, 2012. Posted in Local travel, Restaurants, Unhealed Wound. 1 Comment on Bar Pintxo: In a pinch

Recently on a trip to LA we embarked on a culinary adventure beginning with a cooking demo by Bar Pintxo Chef David Planowski at Surfas, a gourmet kitchen supply store in Culver City. Recently rated as one of the top 10 bars/tapas restaurants by Los Angeles Magazine, we wanted to check it out for ourselves by sampling at the demo. Surfas had...

“Between the Folds”–Origami as Scientific Art

Written by diana on August 6, 2012. Posted in movie reviews, Unhealed Wound. 1 Comment on “Between the Folds”–Origami as Scientific Art

Vanessa Gold, producer of the film, “Between the Folds” (winner of the 2010 Peabody award), chronicles origami, literally, “folding paper”. Many American children have attempted this Japanese craft in elementary school, making an origami crane or simple fish. However, origami is much, much more and has become...

“The Newsroom”–A Behind-the-Scenes Look at Cable TV News

Written by diana on July 30, 2012. Posted in Television reviews. 12 Comments on “The Newsroom”–A Behind-the-Scenes Look at Cable TV News

In the opening episode, veteran news anchor Will McAvoy (Jeff Daniels) is asked by a fresh-faced journalism student what makes America the greatest country on earth. Cajoled into giving a substantive response by the moderator, Will McAvoy throws caution aside and proceeds in a blistering monologue filled with statistics to explain why America...