Category Archives: Arts
May December, by Todd Haynes
Many people don’t know this, but it is not legal or possible for an underage child to give consent. They can say they wanted the relationship. They can say they wanted the sex. But legally, they do not have the … Continue reading
Here We Are, by Stephen Sondheim and others.
This is being touted as Stephen Sondheim’s last musical, but it is not. The last musical he wrote which reached Broadway was Assassins. He wrote another musical which was called Road Show out of town and Bounce when it made … Continue reading
The Zone of Interest, by Jonathan Glazer, based on the novel by Martin Amis
I’m not sure if they actually released a movie poster for this film, but this seems to be at least a poster for the movie when it played at Cannes. I’m not a Martin Amis fan so I have not … Continue reading
Saltburn, by Emerald Fennell
Another outsourced review of The Times by Wesley Morris gave this a terrible rating, and boring. It is anything but. As I wrote about when doing my own review of Promising Young Woman, the question the writer is asking (of … Continue reading
Coriolanus
I don’t think it’s necessary to add who wrote this. This version was very helpful in that half of the book is the Oxford World’s Classics essay about the play. The play itself only takes up about less than half … Continue reading
Aftersun by Charlotte Wells
The reviews are splendid. Heart-stopping. Best film of the year. You won’t walk away the same person. Masterful. Stops you in your tracks. Well no, it doesn’t. What it does have is a very delicate sense of mystery. Sophie is … Continue reading
TÁR by Todd Field.
(Spoilers all the way through, including the end.) Many of the people who saw this in the theatre with me groaned at the end, and several came up to me and asked me if I understood what “that was all … Continue reading
The Death of the adversary, by Hans Keilson
I read this some time ago — probably around 2009 when it and his other novel were re-issued for the 100th anniversary of his birth. (He died at 101.) His novels had been out of print and unavailable since 1962. … Continue reading
New Millenium Writings
Here you will find my name listed as an Honorable Mention in the Short Story category at New Millenium Writings. (Dot Org.) I entered a story with them once before that didn’t get any sort of mention so I suppose … Continue reading