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Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019) France, 1770. Marianne, a painter, is commissioned to do the wedding portrait of Héloïse, a young woman who has just left the convent. Héloïse is a reluctant bride to be and Marianne must paint her without her knowing. She observes her by day, to paint her secretly. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portrait_of_a_Lady_on_Fire This week's ad: Language Games - Open Scho...

American Psycho (2000) review In New York City in 1987, a handsome, young urban professional, Patrick Bateman (Christian Bale), lives a second life as a gruesome serial killer by night. The cast is filled by the detective (Willem Dafoe), the fiancée (Reese Witherspoon), the mistress (Samantha Mathis), the coworker (Jared Leto), and the secretary (Chloë Sevigny). This is a biting, wry comedy examin...

Paris is Burning (1990) Review https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris_Is_Burning_(film) Paris Is Burning is a 1990 American documentary film directed by Jennie Livingston. Filmed in the mid-to-late 1980s, it chronicles the ball culture of New York City and the African-American, LatinX, gay, and transgender communities involved in it. Critics consider the film to be an invaluable documentary of the en...

We review Tokyo-Ga by Wim Wenders https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokyo-Ga "German director Wim Wenders made this documentary in which he tries to explore the Tokyo that was depicted in the films of Yasujiro Ozu. When Wenders visits Tokyo for the first time, he finds a very different city, one with a booming fascination with technology that often clashes with the traditional elements of Japanese cul...

This week we review Sonic the Hedgehog (2020 film) directed by Jeff Fowler. The world needed a hero -- it got a hedgehog. Powered with incredible speed, Sonic embraces his new home on Earth -- until he accidentally knocks out the power grid, sparking the attention of uncool evil genius Dr. Robotnik. Now, it's supervillain vs. supersonic in an all-out race across the globe to stop Robotnik from usi...

This week we review Inherent Vice by Paul Thomas Anderson https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inherent_Vice_(film) In a California beach community, private detective Larry "Doc" Sportello (Joaquin Phoenix) tends to work his cases through a smoky haze of marijuana. One day, Shasta, a former lover, arrives out of the blue to plead for Doc's help; it seems that Shasta's current beau, rich real-estate tycoo...

This week we have a special guest: Constant Dullaart www.constantdullaart.com We review "The Wild Blue Yonder" by Werner Herzog. The film is about an extraterrestrial (played by Brad Dourif) who came to Earth several decades ago from a water planet (The Wild Blue Yonder), after it experienced an ice age. His narration reveals that his race has tried through the years to form a community on our pla...

We're all stuck at home... This week we give you recommendations what to watch on Netflix, HBO, and all the other services.

Sorry to Bother You https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sorry_to_Bother_You Boots Riley https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boots_Riley Zoolander https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoolander Get Out https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Get_Out BlacKkKlansman https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BlacKkKlansman The Coup https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Coup Thomas Piketty https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Piketty La Grande Bo...

AirPods https://amzn.to/39ySsNt Shure MV5 microphone https://amzn.to/2TvHx1c Tik Tok https://www.tiktok.com/en/ ASMR crackling https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6yLBsO2Z2M&feature=youtu.be Rushmore (1998) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GxCNDpvGyss Wes Anderson https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0027572/ Jason Shwartzman https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005403/ Bottle Rocket (1996) https://www.youtube.com/wat...

Amazon Fire TV https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B079QHML21/ref%3Das_li_tl?ie%3DUTF8%26camp%3D1789%26creative%3D9325%26creativeASIN%3DB079QHML21%26linkCode%3Das2%26tag%3Djeremybailey-20%26linkId%3Dafd9c3d4622f9f163906977aa316334a&sa=D&ust=1582644531143000 Roku https://www.google.com/url?q=https://amzn.to/3c6d7tC&sa=D&ust=1582644531143000 Sonos Beam (Jeremy’ Sound Bar)https://amzn.to/2STz2g7&sa=D&u...

This episode we discuss Bong Joon-Ho’s Academy award winning movie Parasite. Blue Ocean Strategy https://www.blueoceanstrategy.com/what-is-blue-ocean-strategy/ Ed Wood https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CawVaHxWvnA 1917 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMBnvz-dEXw Mr Universe https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7Iaz_r2t-g Parasite https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xH0HfJHsaY The Florida Project https://ww...

Metrograph http://metrograph.com/ Moviepass https://www.moviepass.com/ Cineville https://www.cineville.nl/en/card The Criterion Channel https://www.criterionchannel.com/ Uncut Gems https://a24films.com/films/uncut-gems Good Time https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4846232/ Adam Sandler Netflix Deal https://www.theverge.com/2020/1/31/21116858/adam-sandler-netflix-deal-four-movies-murder-mystery-most-viewe...

A super-special 2019 new year’s reunion episode. We improvise our way through a look back of the year and the decade closing in art, culture and tech and chart a vague course for a somewhat hopeful future in the rearview mirror. http://goodpointpodcast.com/shownotes/ShowNotes2019NewYearsReunionEpisode.html

A final recording, two voices jump into, the sound of friendship Tom Sherman https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VzuF56zzS1s The Disaster Artist https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPSJYXi7BWA Tommy Wiseau at the Academy Awards https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NeCMMg8zLA0 The Room billboard https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWf0SOPXWIk&feature=youtu.be&t=2m3s The old pond, a frog jumps into, the sound of wat...

Have we jumped the shark? Are we near the tipping point? Is it time to Think Different? Judith Doyle Art Faxes http://mikehoolboom.com/?p=13354 Iceland tourism https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/europe/iceland/articles/iceland-tourism-growth-slows-bubble-burst/ Jumping the Shark https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=jump%20the%20shark Apple Think Different https://en.wikiped...

A new, original, unusual, fresh, unfamiliar, unconventional, imaginative, innovative episode of Good Point. Mega Gallery Podcasts https://news.artnet.com/opinion/mega-gallery-podcasts-1311104 New Models Podcast https://newmodels.io/ The Essential Phone 2 Cancelled https://www.theverge.com/2018/5/24/17391734/essential-cancels-phone-development-considers-sale-report Marina Abromovic https://en.wikip...

There are so many ways we could let you know about this podcast and email isn’t one of them Revere app https://www.revereapp.com Management by Wandering Around MBWA https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Management_by_wandering_around Zoom video conferencing https://zoom.us/ ICQ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ICQ How gmail happened http://time.com/43263/gmail-10th-anniversary/ Email batching https://blog.sa...

We talk about all kinds of stuff this week... no shownotes please forgive us.

Why does this podcast exist? Does it have values or a mission? Does it solve a problem or perform a task? Is it just part of a routine? Perhaps its purpose is to have no purpose. Anything goes! Kraft Singles https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kraft_Singles Reinventing Organizations http://www.reinventingorganizations.com/ Holocracy https://www.holacracy.org/ Rabby and Dunne http://www.dunneandraby.co.u...

Introducing a breakthrough episode of Good Point that challenges everything you thought you knew about keynote presentations. Toronto 5th least affordable city https://www.blogto.com/city/2018/01/toronto-ranked-one-least-affordable-cities-world/ Google IO in 15 minutes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHdQUVPk5ww WWDC in 15 minutes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CORL6kACgE4 Self Control by Steve L...

Good Point, a great alternative to drugs and alcohol. “Unhappiness Bar” in Oslo https://andershusa.com/misfornoyelsesbar-christopher-nielsen-prindsen-oslo-unhappiness-bar-paranoia-schizophrenia-anxiety-psychedelic Bryan Lewis Saunders (portraits done on different drugs) http://bryanlewissaunders.org/drugs/ 50 Cent https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qm8PH4xAss Get Out https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=...

Are you a creative intellectual looking for a solution to boring art and technology talk? Look no further, this week Good Point will thrill and entertain your senses with an improvised and rambling conversation on marketing and advertising. Casper mattress https://casper.com/ Glossier https://www.glossier.com/ Deciem store.deciem.com The Pitchman, Malcom Gladwell on Ron Popeil and the importance o...

Though idealistically it is our intent to provide show notes with every episode, Jeremy bears the tremendous guilt of breaking this promise to you, our valued listener, this week. Because Jeremy is busy helping advance the careers of artists in Chicago you must now suffer without this vital reference material.

"To me, the great hope is that now these little 8mm video recorders and stuff have come out, and some—just people who normally wouldn't make movies are going to be making them. And you know, suddenly, one day some little fat girl in Ohio is going to be the new Mozart, you know, and make a beautiful film with her little father's camera recorder. And for once, the so-called professionalism about mov...