“Think about death”, Svetlana told me. It is good advice.

• Simon Norfolk documents wars through time, as he explains in a fascinating interview at BLDGBLOG.

• Enrique Metinides’s photos were showing at Anton Kern Gallery.

• Weegee documented the stark street life of New York City.

• Intentions of Murder 赤い殺意 and The Ballad of Narayama 楢山節考 were among the Shohei Imamura 今村昌平 films showing at the Brooklyn Academy of Music.

“The appeal of cinema lies in the fear of death.” —Jim Morrison