This is a repost of a review that also appears at Third Coast Review. Even if you're not a fan of classic Hollywood cinema (and why the heck aren't you?), you know the name Hedy Lamarr. According to IMDb, Lamarr has only 35 film credits, but among them are the likes of Boom Town (alongside ...
2017 [in films]
Sneaking this in both under the wire (I will get this post up on January 1!) and on a blog I bet you've forgotten about by now. Resolution in 2018: write, write, write. This year marked a whole bunch of change for me, chief among them my leap into self-employment. It's been a scary and ...
Listen to This: Christmas 2017
It's that time of year again: the time of year I take a moment away from movies (and just a moment, there are a lot of movies this time of year) and put some of my attention into music. Specifically, holiday music. A genre I love only slightly less than show tunes. I'm proud of each playlist I've ...
Life in the Gig Economy
This week was crazy busy. Like, crazy. Cray, as the kids say these days. I had a meeting and a work shift (more on that later) yesterday, and it wasn't until 6p.m. that I realized my sweater had been on backwards. The whole day. Not only did I not notice, but apparently no one I was with did, ...
Review: Faces Places
Full disclosure: this is a cross-post with Third Coast Review, where my review also appears. If you're a film nerd like me, you follow the various film festivals during the first half of the year (Sundance, Berlin, Tribeca, Cannes) with one ear to the cinematic ground, just waiting to hear what ...
I’ve always loved October
October is my favorite month of the year. Not only is it my birthday month (and the birth month of some of my favorite people ever), but there's never any shortage of other events and plans and celebrations throughout. Add to that the changing of the seasons and year after year, October is just ...
six weeks, many adventures, zero blog posts
Welp, six weeks have gone by and I've managed to do a whole hell of a lot in that time, none of which was post an actual blog. Whoops! On this first of the month, I started thinking about what a busy four weeks I have ahead and I said to myself, "Self, you know who'd be interested in that? ...
Review: Patti Cake$
It could be said (it has been said, I'm sure) that Sundance Film Festival likes to play favorites. It's a bit of a clique, and you're not in until you're in. Like the cool kids' table at lunch or the VIP section at the club, you gotta know someone or be in the right place at the right time.But I ...
Review(s): Columbus and Menashe
Two quiet independent films slip into theaters soon, and each is worthy of your attention. Both premiered in Chicago earlier this year at the Chicago Critic's Film Festival, a week-long affair that's proving to be a local film staple previewing the year's best fare. It was there I saw ...
The Friendliest Island in the Atlantic
When I made the decision to go into business for myself, my mom was not only my biggest cheerleader but also my first client. Her own small business, STEPS for Kids, Inc, was in need of some direction on marketing and business development. So one day in March, we met for lunch at Panera to dig into ...
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