by Sam Juliano
Long time Allan Fish friend and protege Jared Dec, an amazing college student from the Bay area in California has resuscitated a cherished Wonders in the Dark institution by adding to The Fish Obscuro series with some intriguing rarities. Today marks the second week running that Dec has unearthed a hard-to-find title, and is graciously making it available for those interested with another stellar assessment. Jared’s new series is a real boon to the site and its erstwhile discerning cineastes.
Today the annual Mock Caldecott voting will be conducted in the Number 3 School Annex, where around 230 first and second grade students will be casting ballots for their favorite picture books of the year after months of scrutiny. As always I will post the results on next week’s MMD.
In view of the frenzy connected to the voting and the last eight or none essays being written for the Caldecott Contender series Lucille and I didn’t manage any theatrical showings this week. In any case most of what is out there are Oscar nominated films on re-run. The Greatest Television Series countdown Part 2 is on the horizon.
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That’s a neat annual venture Sam! Looking forward to read the results!
Hello Sam!
I didn’t see anything in theaters this week either. But thanks to Turner Classic Movies, I’ve been filling in some shameful gaps in my viewing experience. In the past week, I’ve seen all of these for the first time: Day for Night, All the King’s Men and Lubitsch’s Trouble in Paradise. I will finally be seeing Phantom Thread after work today, can’t wait!
What fun Sam. I am sharing this idea with Librarian Girl too!
Great to see the Fish Obscuro moving forward!
Sam — I’m excited to read about the results. Woohoo!