An Archive of the Eclectic Interests of an Autodidact
So many families called the Rockaways home here are just a few from the past. Hit the video and I hope you enjoy the memories.
All the photographs towards the end of this film are of my family we go back to the Rockaways from 1915 to 1970s
How can one undersand how great the Rockaways were. For decades family lived year round. And thousands went to spend the summer months.
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Four Moons (Spanish: Cuatro lunas) is a 2014 Mexican drama directed by Sergio Tovar Velarde.[1][2] It [3] Alejandro de la Madrid,[4] César Ramos, Gustavo Egelhaaf, Alonso Echánove,[5] Alejandro Belmonte, Karina Gidi[6] and Juan Manuel Bernal.[7][8][9][10][11][12] It was one of fourteen films shortlisted by Mexico to be their submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 88th Academy Awards,[13][14] but it lost out to 600 Miles.[15] Alonso Echánove was nominated for an Ariel Award for Best Supporting Actor in 2015 for his role in Cuatro Lunas.[16]
Four interwoven and complex stories of love and acceptance (of self and others): a boy who has secretly been attracted to his male cousin through life; two college students starting a secret relationship; a committed couple severely tested by the arrival of another man; and an old married man dazzled by a young married male who hustles to get back to his own family.
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Handsome Devil is a 2016 Irish coming-of-age comedy-drama film written and directed by John Butler. It centres around Ned (Fionn O’Shea), an ostracised teenager at an elite, rugby-obsessed, all-boys boarding school in Ireland. Ned’s unlikely friendship with his new roommate Conor (Nicholas Galitzine), the school’s star rugby player, is tested by those around them. The film features themes of homosexuality, while examining hypocrisy and snobbery in the Irish private school system. It was shot on location in Castleknock College,[2] and is based on Butler’s own experiences attending Blackrock College in the 1980s.[3]
Handsome Devil premiered in the Contemporary World Cinema section of the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival and was released in cinemas in Ireland on 21 April 2017 by Icon Film Distribution. The film received critical acclaim, winning the award for Best Irish Feature of 2017 from the Dublin Film Critics’ Circle. It also earned four nominations at the 2018 Irish Film and Television Academy (IFTA) Awards, including Best Feature Film; and the Best Single Drama Award at the annual Celtic Media Festival in 2018.
Ned is an ostracised student at the fictional Wood Hill College, an elite, rugby-obsessed, all-boys boarding school in Ireland. He seems to be the only student at the school who does not enjoy rugby. A new student arrives at the school, Conor, a star rugby player who is assigned to be Ned’s roommate. Though initially wary of each other, they soon form a close friendship, with a shared interest in music. A new English teacher, Mr Sherry, also arrives at the school. Though stern, he is encouraging towards Ned and Conor. The school generally encourages homophobic behaviour, particularly by the students and the rugby coach, Pascal.
During a night out celebrating with the rugby team, Conor sees Mr Sherry with his male partner at a gay bar. At the same time, Ned realises that Conor is gay after seeing him enter the bar. Later that night, back at school, Pascal sees Mr Sherry and Conor talking and worries that Mr Sherry will have a negative effect on Conor. Pascal reports Mr Sherry to the headmaster.
At Mr Sherry’s encouragement, Ned and Conor decide to perform a musical piece at the local primary school’s talent show. Pascal encourages another student, Weasel, to ask his cousin (who attends the same school Conor did before starting at Wood Hill) why Conor got into fights at his previous school. Weasel reports that Conor fought with students who discovered he was gay. Pascal uses this knowledge as blackmail, insinuating that if Conor does not pick different friends, his secret will be revealed. As a result, Conor does not go to the scheduled performance with Ned. Ned turns up at an event with the rugby team to discover why, and Conor shoves him away in front of the entire team. Angry and frustrated, Ned outs Conor during a rugby rally. A remorseful Ned is suspended, and Conor runs away.
As the final match approaches, Conor is still missing. Ned knows where to find him and brings him back to the stadium, where they argue to Pascal and the team that Conor can still be gay and a good rugby player. The team stands by Conor, ultimately forcing Pascal to concede. The team eventually wins the final, while Mr Sherry comes out to the headmaster at the game. Ned returns to the school and wins the English writing competition using the story of his friendship with Conor in an essay titled “Handsome Devil”.