What does one do with a blog in this, a time that seems to be a post-blog age? Now that podcasts have jumped the shark, and we get news in tweets, it seems like writing in a blog is positively ancient. Not to mention one that has been dormant for nearly three years. Is it…
WARNING: I composed this letter because A has not seen Rogue One and I have, so she can read it after she sees it. If you have not seen it, you should not read this letter either. There are spoilers throughout. WARNING: In case you didn’t read the first warning, this post has spoilers.…
The last month has been a mix of mainlining possible Oscar nominees, and seeking out whatever distracting, non-political, fluff television is at my disposal in my weaker moments. On call: Insecure, Westworld, You’re the Worst, Atlanta, Easy, Fleabag, Brooklyn 99, The Night Manager. Oddly, The West Wing is the exception that proves the rule. Last weekend,…
Love & Friendship. No, it’s not a Kidz Bop version of the Frank Sinatra standard. It’s a bold feature film-length adaptation of one of Jane Austen’s little-read short stories, “Lady Susan.” Its release was criminally narrow, but it’s a lush, smart comedy not soon forgotten. Lady Susan Vernon is recently widowed and finds herself nearing the end of her late…
My grandma was a real classy lady who reminded me of an Old Hollywood movie star. She liked movies, just like me, but sometimes we didn’t like the same movies. I always thought myself edgy for being able to withstand violent movies from Quentin Tarantino and Park Chan-wook. I wore it like a badge of pride.…
I cannot figure out Ben Affleck’s career choices. He’s gone from screenwriting wunderkind (Good Will Hunting), to can’t-take-him-seriously bad actor (Gigli), to acclaimed star and director of gritty movies (Argo), to… what is this phase now? Where he follows up directing a Best Picture Oscar winner and starring in a new classic thriller (Gone Girl) with a…
It was just okay.
It’s been a while since I took myself to the movies. It’s also been a while since I ordered myself an Icee and some Nerds because I can. But I did both the other week. I found myself with a happy, work-endorsed mental health day square in the middle of the week, and I couldn’t think…
A lot has changed in the last year. It hasn’t been a year, quite, since posting here, but I feel like I’ve taken a year off. A year off from writing, from movies, from critical thinking, from self-care. I haven’t stopped watching movies or taking care of myself, entirely, but I’ve stopped prioritizing them. I’m…
H and I were in New York City for Thanksgiving, and having ended up in the neighborhood of our bus home on Saturday a few hours early, and stuck in the rain with our packs, we ducked into the biggest multiplex I’ve ever seen in my life near Times Square and caught a screening of…
In my life as a reader, I was never more voracious, more eager, or more malleable than as a young teenager. Young Adult fiction can be a bold voice in a sea of less-bold media, media that gives young women version after version of the same archetype to idolize and mimic. And, so often, dystopia…
It’s fall. Fall is, by far, the best season. I could go on and on about why, how there’s something so great about a little crispness in the air, how awesome scarves are, how refreshing it is to not feel like the environment wants to kill you (see: Washington DC in the summer or winter). …
It’s high time we’ve had more space movies.
The Man From U.N.C.L.E. won’t be a blockbuster, but oh gosh it should be. The film adaptation of a 1960s television show peddles heavily on nostalgia for its predecessor, succeeding as a film but failing to convince enough people it’s worth seeing. This io9 piece breaks down summer movies quite admirably, especially when it comes…
I used to be much more dedicated to my movie watching habits. I noticed this when, in a moment of confusion a few weeks ago, I thought Netflix had deleted my queue of nearly 500 DVDs I had been contributing to since sophomore year of college, and I didn’t freak out. “Oh well,” I thought. …
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