Paula Schargorodsky make this interesting 7-minute film about what it means to be a woman and 35 and still married. It will be very interesting to see her make another film like this in 30 years.
The World remembers Nelson Mandela
Everybody seems to want to say good-bye to Nelson Mandela and participate in his sainthood. Here is a nice obituary from the New Yorker. .
POSTSCRIPT: NELSON MANDELA, 1918-2013 by
He was the last of the twentieth century’s national liberators. He became a global symbol of righteousness and reconciliation. He led his [Read More]
Middlesex
In October 2012, I started reading Middlesex. It did not know until I started this book that a certain percentage of people are neither fully male nor female.
It is the story of a Greek family immigrating and then making a life in America after World War 1 to current times. I found the initial [Read More]
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
I raved about The Hunger Games film. It was fresh and novel. The sequel reminds me of the disappointment I felt when I saw the second installment of Twilight: it was entirely repetitive.
The same mood, the same visuals, the same constellation of conflicts and affections. Apparently the director followed to book quite closely. [Read More]
Adam Gopnik on JFK
On the 50th anniversary of the JFK assassination Adam Gopnik writes an amazingly insightful review of the event that endless conspiracy literature that it has spawned. You will understand better why the event has been such a fertile ground of conspiracy stories and why the American public never saw the presidency in the same way [Read More]
Stories We Tell
We all know the dynamics of our immediate family. But unless we spent a lot of time—let’s say at the house of our best friend—we know very little about whether what happens in our family is typical or quite different from what happens in most other families.
Sarah Polley opens up her family for us. [Read More]
Rush
I am not a fan of Formula One racing or any car racing for that matter. But Niki Lauda is an intriguing figure and Rush received very high ratings by critics and the viewing public alike. So I went to see this new film by Ron Howard.
The story is a simple one-a rivalry [Read More]
NO
Advertising is curious profession. It is in part art and in part psychology. Some ads are amazingly good, and those who created these memorable ads become famous at least in the subculture of advertising agencies.
Until I saw the film “No” I was not aware that advertising people were quite instrumental in throwing General Pinochet [Read More]
Gravity
Thanks to Richard Branson, space tourism will be possible within a few years. Most people will not be able to afford to escape the gravity of earth in a Virgin Galactic aircraft.
A seat costs 0,000. But the good news is that there is now at way to get almost the same experience for only [Read More]
Dreaming of Italy
I hope to return to Italy soon.