During my recent trip to the Bay Area, I met lots of people who are involved in the field of AI. My general impression is that this region has more smart people than anywhere else, at least per capita. And not just fairly smart, I'm talking about extremely high IQ individuals. I don't claim to have met a representative cross
Every place seems to resemble its golden age. Last January, I visited Miami Beach, where the dominant style is art deco. Last spring, I visited Palm Springs, where the style is midcentury modern. In the fall, I visited Prague, Budapest and Vienna, which are full of art nouveau buildings. At one time, all those styles were
In addition to these films, I also watched the first 5 seasons of Better Call Saul. It was a bit uneven but fairly entertaining. Better than those typically overrated middlebrow
Here's my latest dump of movie reviews: Newer Films: A Sun (Taiwan) 3.7 I found the first half to be a bit slow and predictable, but the second half is really good. Netflix has an excellent 4k print. The director was also producer for The Great Buddha, and you can see some similarities in style. Annette (US) 3.7 Leos Carax's new film is