Silent Light

The newest film from Mexican maverick CARLOS REYGADAS opens in darkness to reveal a not-so-silent sunrise. TIMES critic MANOLHLA DARGIS reads the film's title as "an allusion to love," but I think the message is closer to spirituality and belief, which is not necessarily the same thing.

In this shot, as per usual, REYGADAS rewards our patience with a carefully wrought sense of beauty and significance.

I need another world

ANTONY AND THE JOHNSONS' latest single ANOTHER WORLD will be released next week. This is the teaser video, a hazy window into a flowery past.

Saint Bruce

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN is again helping out with the current Democratic candidate's campaign. I saw BRUCE play some live songs in Madison with JOHN KERRY in 2004 at a huge outdoor downtown rally that made the cover of the New York Times. This coming weekend he will be supporting BARACK OBAMA in rallies and benefit concerts in Philadelphia and New York.

Here he is, doing the classic SUICIDE song DREAM BABY DREAM on his 2005 tour.