THRU Magazine Archive
So, you’re at a party on a beautiful spring evening. The sun is setting, casting lovely muted light and you’re caught up in conversation with an exciting stranger. Initially, you feel enthralled by their enthusiasm with this topic; they have so many fun and insightful things to say… But, you start to realize they’re just […]
John and Faith Hubley are possibly the best-kept secret in town. Actually, as commercial animators they produced a living, and one of the most iconic bits in advertising. It is touching and creative enough that even Don Draper would be proud to produce it. My love for older things might be the illusion that cultural […]
Going to the movies, at its best, is a transformative experience. Even if it is temporary, the great joy of seeing a film has less to do with what happens on screen than how you feel when you walk out. That is how I would describe my reality after Hubley. It may be temporary, but […]
This is it. Summer is over. Literally, that is true because we had our Harvest Moon over the weekend, but since nobody in contemporary life counts that as a matter of fact, it’s more about personal markers, such as the end of this year’s annual contemporary art festival. It is as based in time and […]
The classic 1971 musical-film, Willy Wonka and The Chocolate Factory is a period piece set in London during the Great Depression. Wait; usually a Depression is set in America. Come to think of it, there are computers and television in the film—those are post-war fancies. One of my favorite scenes involves a technician with a […]