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2 Moby 2 Dick - "Moby Dick" (1956)
Part 2 of a series on Moby Dick, looking at the 1956 film starring Gregory Peck. Spoilers: It's pretty good.
Matt Juliano
Apr 15, 202418 min read
Into the Choppa - A Tour of the "Predator" Films
A tour of the Predator films. (Well, 4 of them, plus the B-movie bonus "Without Warning.")
Matt Juliano
Apr 1, 202428 min read
A Dip into the "Language" of Comics
A dive into the medium specific techniques and "language" of comic books.
Matt Juliano
Mar 25, 202422 min read
Waiting for a Denouement - "Anna Karenina"
A dive into Leo Tolstoy's 1878 masterpiece "Anna Karenina."
Matt Juliano
Feb 27, 202413 min read
Painting Her Own Reality - Opera Orlando's "Frida"
A look at Opera Orlando's 2024 performance of Robert Xavier Rodriguez's 1991 opera "Frida" about the life of Mexican painter Frida Kahlo
Matt Juliano
Feb 4, 202416 min read
William Wordsworth: Education of a Prophet* (Flashback)
Flashback to a college essay I wrote circa 2000 about William Wordsworth's "Lines Composed a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey"
Matt Juliano
Jan 11, 20247 min read
"Moby Dick" - Pelagic Horror and Nihilism
Part 1 of a series on Herman Melville's novel "Moby Dick," looking at style, structure, and the themes of proto-cosmic horror and nihilism.
Matt Juliano
Jan 7, 202417 min read
A Year of Dracula, Part 3 - Dracula 1931 and 1992
A look at the two Dracula films "Bram Stoker's Dracula" (1992) and "Dracula" (1931), focused on their adaptational choices.
Matt Juliano
Dec 29, 202313 min read
A Year of Dracula, Part 2 - "The Last Voyage of the Demeter" (2023)
A deep dive into the 2023 film "The Last Voyage of the Demeter," a fantastic horror movie adaptation of "Dracula" that, sadly, bombed.
Matt Juliano
Dec 23, 202320 min read
A Year of Dracula, Part 1 - The Novel (+ Ballet)
Part 1 of a look at Dracula in media, starting with Bram Stoker's 1897 novel and Michael Pink's 1996 ballet.
Matt Juliano
Dec 17, 202314 min read
R.F. Kuang, Criticism, and Metatext - Part 2 - "Babel" and "Yellowface"
The second in a two-part look at R.F. Kuang's novels Babel and Yellowface and the ways they reflect on each other.
Matt Juliano
Nov 18, 202318 min read
R.F. Kuang, Criticism, and Metatext - Part 1 - "Babel" and "Yellowface"
The first in a two-part look at R.F. Kuang's novels Babel and Yellowface and the ways they reflect on each other.
Matt Juliano
Nov 17, 202313 min read
Thoughts on "Tosca"
A look at Opera Orlando's 2024 production of "Tosca" with some thoughts on this production in specific and Tosca in general.
Matt Juliano
Nov 5, 202314 min read
Giuseppe Verdi, Prospero Betani, and Pre-Internet Comments Sections
A short story of the pissing match between legendary composer Giuseppe Verdi and Prospero Betani, a disappointed and entitled theatergoer.
Matt Juliano
Jan 1, 20214 min read
Launching the Lazarus Music Project
Launching the Lazarus Music Project, where I find and record lost Western chamber music.
Matt Juliano
Nov 22, 20206 min read
Kilimanjaro is Taller than Olympus, David - Lyrics and Poetry
An exploration of the intersection between song lyrics and poetry.
Matt Juliano
Mar 18, 202010 min read
Book Roundup - 2019
A look back at some of the best books I read in 2019.
Matt Juliano
Dec 10, 201913 min read
Do You Hear the People Sing? - "Les Miserables" at the Dr. Phillips Center
Some thoughts on the 2019 "Les Miserables" production in Orlando's DPAC, with a focus on the show as an adaptation of Victor Hugo's novel.
Matt Juliano
Oct 31, 201913 min read
Assembling an Album in Geologic Time - Part I
First of a two-part series about the creation of my band Beemo's fourth studio (and first full length) album.
Matt Juliano
Jul 7, 20186 min read
Assembling an Album in Geologic Time - Part II
Second in a two-part series about the creation of my band Beemo's fourth studio (and first full length) album.
Matt Juliano
Jul 7, 20184 min read
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