Then the Montreal World Film Festival started. I had previously put myself in the mood by writing about two movies screened last year that I hadn't commented on yet (The floating castle, The little girl in me and the short B&W Foxes and the Cave of Light). So far I've managed to see almost all the japanese movies (I still have one tomorrow), but could put only three of them online (Botchan, The Flower of Shanidar, and The devil's path, plus the Australian short Tau Seru -- I'll do my best to finish the others and post them as soon as possible). The first movies I've screened didn't impress me at all, but they got better and better each day. Up to now my favourite is Mourning Recipe. I've strayed a little from my japanese targets and screened an italian movie for a change: L'amore è Imperfetto (I might comment on it eventually if I have time). Don't worry, I'll also soon resume commenting on manga... (I am currently reading several of them)
I managed to keep an eye on the news. Lately, it's all about the chemical attack in Syria and how the world should (or shouldn't) respond. There was still a few interesting stories that were worth bookmarking and I'll share them with you after the jump:
Anime & Manga related, Japan, Popular Culture
- Top 300 Graphic Novels in July 2013 (ICv2)
- Toronto Int'l Film Fest Posts Subtitled Trailer for The Wind Rises (ANN)
- Barefoot Gen Manga Removed From Matsue City School Libraries (ANN)
- Thermae Romae Spinoff Manga's Start Date Not Yet Listed (ANN)
- Schools remove famed manga due to ‘brutal’ portrayal of Japanese troops (The Asahi Shimbun)
- The 50 Greatest Graphic Novels of All Time (ICv2, The Herald Scotland) [Yikes! I've read only thirteen of them: #48, 33, 30, 23, 20, 15, 12, 11, 9, 8, 6, 2 and 1 !]
- The rise of live action role-playing (BBC)
- Olloclip's Telephoto + Circular Polarizing Lens: Up close and personal (TUAW)
- How to Completely Uninstall Applications On Your Mac (MacTrast)
- iPhone 5S Will Become Apple's Most Successful Product Ever (Cult of Mac)
- Sony 'Lens Cameras' Will Turn Your iPhone Into An RX100 (Cult of Mac)
- CNN takes a closer look at Apple e-book Judge Denise Cote (TUAW)
- Roundtable: What we think Apple has planned for its September 10th event (9to5Mac)
- Manual reveals how Sony's rumored 'lens cameras' will actually work (The Verge)
- Manual leaks for Sony's QX10 and QX100 lens cameras, fills in more pieces of the puzzle (Engadget)
- WSJ says two iPhones are coming early September (Todays iPhone)
- Get an extra 1GB of Dropbox storage just by linking the Mailbox app to your account (Todays iPhone)
- Sony's rumored Lens Camera range could change the way we look at mobile photography (iMore)
- Court: Apple needs monitoring after 'blatant' e-book price fixing (TUAW)
- Review: Google Docs vs. Apple iWork vs. Office (USA Today)
- New Sony 'Lens Camera' leak would look great with a gold iPhone 5S (iMore)
- Nuisible aux librairies (La Presse)
- Carnet de Gilles Herman: Réponse à M. Jacques Fortin [concernant l'article “Nuisible aux librairies”] (lien)
- La chronique culturelle du 19 août 2013: une idée inusitée qui provoque le désir de lire dans l'arrondissement Sud-Ouest à Montréal (Radio-Canada)
- Des machines distributrices de livres font leur apparition à Montréal (Radio-Canada)
- Patrick Senécal lance le troisième tome de sa série Malphas (Huffington Post)
- Surprisingly, people spend more time reading books on smartphones than tablets (VentureBeat)
- Le père de la loi-cadre sur le livre appuie le contrôle des prix (Le Devoir)
- Répression sanglante en Égypte (Le Devoir)
- Average Wage Growth In The US (Business Insider)
- L'immense incendie du parc Yosemite en accéléré (Le Monde)
- Gym workouts and sunbathing do more for your brain than crosswords and Mozart (Quartz)
- Broccoli slows arthritis, researchers think (BBC)
- Blueberries, not fruit juice, cut type-2 diabetes risk (BBC)
- Mieux vieillir avec le numérique (Le Monde)
- Système informatique du métro: La STM et Alstom ont été dépassés (Le Devoir)
- Lac-Mégantic: Les taux de contamination seraient élevés (Le Devoir)
- Bras de fer public-privé autour du bac vert (Le Devoir)
- Le futur Centre de soccer de Montréal est en chantier! (Lien)
- Quatre conditions pour un accommodement raisonnable (Le Devoir)
- Couverture du Festival des films du monde (La Presse)
- Resurrecting H. P. Lovecraft on the Big and Small Screen (Word and Film)
- Richard III: King's reburial row goes to judicial review (BBC)
- Staffordshire Hoard: Three-year touring exhibition begins (BBC)
- The Olinguito: New mammal species discovered (BBC)
- World's oldest man claim for '123-year-old' Bolivian herder (The Telegraph)
- Ancient Romans Built Monuments Centuries Before Archaeologists Believed (Gizmodo)
- Scientists: Meteorite Beads Oldest Example of Metalwork (National Geographic)
- Ancient artefacts found in melting snow (BBC)
- Italy calls for German assistance as Pompeii falls further into ruin (The Guardian)
- 10 things we didn't know last week (BBC)
- Miniature 'human brain' grown in lab (BBC)
- Picture this: Is there life after Photoshop? (BBC)
- Facebook opens up embedded posts to everyone (Engadget)
- Un bibliothécaire nouveau genre (Métro)
- Portrait général des Bibliothèques de Montréal 2012: Pour une compréhension globale de nos actions (PDF)
- Cols blancs et équité salariale- la Ville accepte de payer (La Presse)
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