It happened this week: Blue is the Warmest Color hit Netflix streaming. I've already written how moving I found this film, what a compelling performance Adele Exarchopoulos delivers. No matter. The news that the film is now streaming on Netflix merits mentioning it yet again. The film didn't get ...
If I had a vote…and let’s say I do
The Oscars are a tricky beast. There really is no way to know who the Academy gods will favor, and any effort to hazard a guess is all but pointless. So let's! ...
There goes the afternoon
As the one year mark of my living in Manhattan approaches (!), I've had a couple interesting conversations about what exactly that means, what it takes to make it on the island. If you're reading this from somewhere other than New York, you may think I'm exaggerating - that living here wouldn't (or ...
The Indie’s Oscars
The day before the Oscars, there's a party in Santa Monica that's more "smart chic" than "custom couture," more "new kid in town" than "living legend," more "vote of the people" than "who votes for these again?" It's the Spirit Awards, and over the last several years it's become the indie Oscars, ...
Up from here
February was not a good month for this blog, dear reader! I wish I could say it was because I was out being so adventurous I simply didn't have the time to recount it all on screen. Quite the opposite. This winter has been so cold, so snow-laden, so impossibly aggressive, I've been hibernating ...
On the beat, on the screen
Without going too far into it, I participated in a little experiment for the last week, challenging myself to see how disciplined I could stay with the various pieces of my life I want to be better in - watching what I eat, staying active, practicing my French and writing. It didn't go ...
What I watched this weekend
It's the first week of February, and so far I've seen about 30 new (to me) films in 2014. It feels like a lot, but also - it doesn't feel like many at all. At the end of every week, I'm always left wishing I'd fit in more. And the list of what I want to see just keeps growing! Add to that the ...
Getting the math right
Last month, I took advantage of a deal to subscribe to The New York Times, and in the last several weeks I've collected a respectable stack of Saturday and Sunday editions waiting to be read. I got to a few back issues today and discovered, much to my delight, this amazing opinion piece titled "A ...
The importance of footwear
Living in the Midwest, I thought I did a fair amount of walking. Then I moved to Manhattan. I should get one of those pedometers to figure out just how much I walk in a given day or week. I'm guessing it's a lot, between the blocks to and from the subway, the walk to the grocery store or movie ...
Mini-festival in my own time
I thought I'd seen a lot of films at Sundance. Or if not AT Sundance, a lot of Sundance films over the course of the year. And then, in the last week, I've seen no less than six films that were all selections at last year's festival. At this rate, I'll be watching 2014's selections well into ...
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