Image of the Month — MAY 2026

Posted by on May 1, 2026 No comments

The town of Boucherville, fac­ing Mon­tre­al from across the St. Lawrence. In the dis­tance can be seen Mont Saint-Hilaire, an extinct vol­cano with a crater lake on its sum­mit. To the left of this, and just at the hori­zon, is the tiny vil­lage of Sainte-Madeleine, where my moth­er was born. Beyond the hori­zon are the Mégan­tic Moun­tains, an exten­sion of the Green Moun­tains of Vermont.

FILMS — APRIL 2026

Posted by on April 30, 2026 No comments

(Hamer 1954) Father Brown [aka The Detective]
(Ros­mer 1934) The Secret of the Loch
(Mankiewicz 1963) Cleopatra
(Neill 1944) The Scar­let Claw
(Dono­van 2022) Three Pines: Ep.1 ― White Out, Part 1
(Neill 1944) The Pearl of Death
(Dono­van 2022) Three Pines: Ep.1 ― White Out, Part 2
(Lan­field 1939) The Hound of the Baskervilles
(Gilbert 2025) Mid­Somer Mur­ders: Ep.141 ― Trea­sures of Darkness 
(Neill 1943) Sher­lock Holmes Faces Death
(Ban­gu­ra 2025) Mid­Somer Mur­ders: Ep.142 ― Lawn of the Dead
(Schus­ter 1942) On the Sun­ny Side
*(John­son 2025) Nir­vana the Band the Show the Movie
(Hamil­ton & Kil­ly 1935) Sev­en Keys to Baldpate
(Deer 2022) Three Pines: Ep.3 ― The Cru­elest Month, Part 1
(Innuk­suk 2022) Slash/Back
(Sauvé 2019) La Faille: Ep.1 ― Accidents
(Cyr 2022) Michel Trem­blay en qua­tre-vingts temps

First-time listening for APRIL 2026

Posted by on April 30, 2026 No comments

27042. (Bill Mon­roe) The Essen­tial Bill Mon­roe & The Mon­roe Brothers
27043. (Bernard Her­rmann) Jason and the Arg­onauts Filmscore
27043. (Howl­in’ Wolf) The Chess Box, Disc 1 – 1951–1955
This Is Reg­gaetón 2023 – Part 3 [Spo­ti­fy Playlist]:
. . . . 27044. (Blessd, Mzi­ol­ly, Mike Bahía & Beéle) “Ropa interior”
. . . . 27045. (De La Ghet­to, L‑Gante & LIT kil­lah) “Ku’”
. . . . 27046. (Micro TDH & Yan­del) “Las Olas”
. . . . 27047. (Big Soto, Jer­ry, Micro TDH, ADSO & Akapel­lah) “En solidad”
. . . . 27048. (Lenny Tavárez, Micro TDH, Rels B & Justin Quiles) “Dime cuan­tas veces [remix]”
. . . . 27049. (Kev­vo, Las Vil­la & Wisin) “El tracatra”
. . . . 27050. (Paradize) “Chi­nas x botellas”
. . . . 27051. (Micro TDH & Myke Tow­ers) “El tren”
. . . . 27052. (De La Ghet­to & Valenti­no) “Lla­marte”
. . . . 27053. (Paradize & Car­lo Laquin­ta) “Sola y suelta”
. . . . 27054. (Austin Mahone, Lalo Ebratt & Mario Bautista) “Mia­mi”
. . . . 27055. (Las Vil­la) “Aven­tu­ra”
. . . . 27056. (Alu Mix, Elil­lun­i­nari, Koreko & Jae S) “Mal­va­da”
. . . . 27057. (Koreko) “Sin relajo”
27058. (Johann Sebas­t­ian Bach) Can­ta­ta #119 “Preise, Jerusalem, den Herm”, bwv.119
27050. (Johann Sebas­t­ian Bach) Can­ta­ta #120 “Gott, man lovet dich in der Stille”, bwv.120
27051. (Johann Sebas­t­ian Bach) Can­ta­ta #121 “Chris­tum wir sollen loben schon”, bwv.121
27052. (Thomas Dol­by) The Gold­en Age of Wireless

READING — APRIL 2026

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25560. (Michael Arvaar­luk Kusug­ak) The Lit­tlest Sled Dog [ill. Vla­dyana Krykorka]
25560. (Oliv­er Wen­dell Holmes) The Path of the Law [arti­cle]
25561. [3] (Andre Nor­ton) Storm Over Warlock 
25562. (Benoît Cursente) Les cagots, his­toire d’une ségrégation 
25563. (Nick Sikkuark) The Name of This Book Is What Ani­mals Think
25564. (T. E. Page, E. Capps & W. H. D. Rouse –ed) Remains of Old Latin, Vol.1 – Ennius and 
. . . . . Caecilius 
25565. (Walt Kel­ly) The Best of Pogo 
25566. (Nick Sikkuark) Hard Times, Good Times
25567. (Rene Descazeaux) Les Cagots ― His­toire d’un secret 
25568. (Noel B. Salazar) Imag­in­ing Oth­er­ness in a Mar­velous World [arti­cle]
25569. (Søren Rud) Colo­nial­ism in Green­land ― Tra­di­tion, Gov­er­nance and Legacy
25570. (Nick Sikkuark) Faces: Pic­tures and Stories 
25571. (Michael Arvaar­luk Kusug­ak) My Arc­tic 1,2,3

Image of the Month — APRIL 2026

Posted by on April 1, 2026 No comments

Yel­lowknife, North­west Ter­ri­to­ries, some­time in the 1960s.

FILMS — MARCH 2026

Posted by on March 31, 2026 No comments

(Larkin 1942) Qui­et Please: Murder
(Gar­land 2020) Devs: Ep.6
(Wise 1976) I, Claudius: Ep.1 ― A Touch of Murder
(Gar­land 2020) Devs: Ep.7
(Briese­witz 2021) The Wheel of Time: Ep.1 ― Leavetaking
(Wil­son 2004) Agatha Christie’s Marple: Ep.1 ― The Body In The Library
(Pol­lock 1961) Mur­der, She Said
(Pol­lock 1963) Mur­der at the Gallop
(Wise 1976) I, Claudius: Ep.2 ― Fam­i­ly Affairs
(Pol­lock 1964) Mur­der Most Foul
(Pol­lock 1964) Mur­der Ahoy!
(Nar­iz­zano 1984) Miss Marple: Ep.1 ― The Body In The Library 
(Gar­land 2020) Devs: Ep.8

First-time listening for MARCH 2026

Posted by on March 31, 2026 No comments

27023. (André Gagnon) Nel­li­gan [com­plete opera — d. Lacombe; Lavois, Côté, Fortin (2005)]
27024. (Bob Moses) The Silence In Between [elec­tron­ic duo, not the jazz drummer]
This Is Reg­gaetón 2023 – Part 2 [Spo­ti­fy Playlist]:
. . . . 27025. (Ela­dio Car­rion & Justin Quiles) “Guc­ci Fendi”
. . . . 27026. (Casa de Leones) “Shorty”
. . . . 27027. (Anit­ta & Maluma) “El qye espera”
. . . . 27028. (JJAYCO & Myke Tow­ers) “Ande con quien ande”
. . . . 27029. (Anit­ta & Chen­cho Coreleone) “Gata”
. . . . 27030. (Zion and Lennox & Don Omar) “Embriágame [remix]”
. . . . 27031. (Ryan Cas­tro, SOG, Totoy El Frio, Natan and Shan­der, Nath & Blessd) “La nueva”
. . . . 27032. (Casa De Leones) “No te veo [sin­gle version]”
. . . . 27033. (Jow­ell and Randy & Valenti­no) “Suelta”
. . . . 27034. (Valenti­no, Justin Quiles & Nicky Jam) “Tú y yo”
. . . . 27035. (Valenti­no, Dalex, Lenny Tavárez & Sech) “Cosi­ta”
. . . . 27036. (Chris MJ, Ghet­to Kids & Men­doza) “Web­cam”
. . . . 27037. (Casa De Leones) “Dis­cote­ca”
. . . . 27038. (iZa­ak & Jay Wheel­er) “Finde”
27039. (Unleash the Archers) Time Stands Still
27040. (Christo­pher Cross) The Essen­tial Christo­pher Cross
27041. (Johann Sebas­t­ian Bach) Motet ”O Jesu Christ, meins Lebens Licht“, bwv.118

READING — MARCH 2026

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25548. (Thom Har­mann) The Last President
25549. [2] (Dou­glas Rushkoff) Sur­vival of the Rich­est ― Escape Fan­tasies of the Tech 
. . . . . Billionaires
25550. (Matt Clay­ton) A His­to­ry of Denmark
25551. (Peter McGe­hee) Boys Like Us
25552. (Susan Avin­gaq & Maren Vse­tu­la) The Pen­cil [ill. Char­lene Chua]
25553. (Gau­ti Krist­manns­son) Oss­ian in the North [arti­cle]
25554. (Celi­na Kalluk) Nagling­narniq­paaku­luk [orig­i­nal Inuk­ti­tut ver­sion of Sweetest 
. . . . . Kulu]
25555. (Celi­na Kalluk) Sweet­est Kalluk [see above] [ill. Alexan­dria Neonakis]
25556. (Erik Bergaust) The Next Fifty Years of Flight as Visu­al­ized by Bernt Balchen
25557. (Robert G. Elston, et al) A New Open-Air Pale­oin­di­an Site in the Cen­tral Great 
. . . . . Basin of North Amer­i­ca [arti­cle]
25558. (Angèle Bas­solé-Oué­drao­go) Sahéli­ennes [verse]
25559. (Ningeoku­luk Teevee) Alego [<(^J*] [in Inuk­ti­tut & English]

Image of the Month — MARCH 2026

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FILMS — FEBRUARY 2026

Posted by on February 28, 2026 No comments

(Lee 1956) A Town Like Alice
(Sax­on 2025) The Leg­end of Ochi
(Kar­dos 1953) Small Town Girl
(Tier­ney 2025) Heat­ed Rival­ry: Ep.5 ― I’ll Believe in Anything
(Hall & Tay­lor 1983) The Wind in the Willows
(Gar­land 2020) Devs: Ep.1
(Miyaza­ki 1978) Future Boy Conan [未来少年コナン]: Ep.2 ― The Journey
(Gar­land 2020) Devs: Ep.2
(Tier­ney 2025) Heat­ed Rival­ry: Ep.6 ― The Cottage
(Wise 1971) The Androm­e­da Strain
(Gar­land 2020) Devs: Ep.3
(Zil­balodis 2024) Flow [Straume]
(Gar­land 2020) Devs: Ep.4
(Lester 1963) The Mouse on the Moon
(Kim 2015) Detec­tive K: Secret of the Lost Island [조선명탐정: 사라진 놉의 딸]
(Gar­land 2020) Devs: Ep.5
(Con­nor 1987) The Return of Sher­lock Holmes