Weekly Filet #22: Too Good To Miss. And more.
22, the number of the feast: Weekly Filet #22 is out. You can view it in your browser or right below.
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This week's top recommendation
Block 90 minutes of your weekend, now. HBO, known for their award-winning documentaries, have turned the eruption of the 2008 financial crisis into the obvious: a thriller - or, as you might want to call it, a thrillumentary. Based on the book by New York Times writer Andrew Sorkin, "Too Big To Fail", they recap the dramatic events before and right after the collapse of investment bank Lehman Brothers. A captivating story of big money, bigger egos and looming disaster. The film is not officially available yet - so I'm pointing you to the extended 18-minute trailer - but I'm sure you can think of ways to watch the entire film.
→ Too Big To Fail (HBO)
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Always worth a re-read. One of this generation's greatest writers on the probably best tennis player ever.
→ Roger Federer As Religious Experience (David Foster Wallace for The New York Times)
Haven't booked your summer holiday yet and don't know where to go? Here's a nice tool by your search engine of choice: Kayak Explore lets you find out how far your budget will take you.
→ See where you can go for how much (Kayak)
Ultimately, you always end up with philosophy. Here's the proof: Start from a random Wikipedia article, click on the first link of the entry that is not in brackets, same again, same again, follow the path...see?
→ Random Article (Wikipedia)
The almost painfully beautiful film on Icelandic virtuosi Sigur Rós is now available as a download, too, including some bonus material that hasn't been on the 2006 DVD.
→ Heima (Sigur Rós)
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