I've been watching a lot of movies for a long time, and yet I'd be the first to admit I have a lot to learn about the movies. I went through a Scorsese phase a while back and finally saw some of his iconic early work, from Taxi Driver to Raging Bull to The Last Temptation of Christ. I didn't know ...
Archives for May 2018
Review: On Chesil Beach
I can remember reading Ian McEwan's Atonement like it was yesterday, even though it was really 2005 or 2006. I was living in my first solo apartment in Indianapolis, and I was sitting in bed devouring the thing, enthralled with McEwan's evocative writing. I can remember reading the twist ...
Next Stop: Madrid and Lisbon
I haven't traveled solo since I spent a month in India in 2013. I've been plenty of places since then—London, Reykjavik, Dublin, Paris—but they've been trips shared with friends or family. Which are lovely in their own way, of course. Traveling alone, though...there's something wonderful about ...
Review: Disobedience
This is a repost of my review on Third Coast Review. On the heels of a well-deserved Oscar win (Best Foreign Language Film for last year's A Fantastic Woman), Sebastián Lelio returns to theaters this week with Disobedience, a story of love and loss and living one's truth, set in ...