How a Morning Usually Goes…
My status message on G-Chat has become a tradition on Monday mornings. Unlike the many sorry faces dragging themselves to work that day, I am usually quite peppy. I wake up at 5:30 (yes), go to the...
View ArticleDown the Rabbit Hole
It is interesting that recently, I’ve been seeing a lot of movies about women who need an escape. John Krasinski’s amazing adaptation of Brief Interviews with Hideous Men talks at length about the...
View ArticleWindow to Life
Yesterday I read this article in the New York Times. The subject is a lawsuit which was recently “thrown out,” on grounds that (in part) a district court cannot sit judgment on the President’s...
View ArticleThe Writing, The Alcohol
Not that this is a noteworthy post of any sort, but it’s as much as I’m going to get done today before heading off to yet another Tribeca Film Festival production. Apparently, there’s an ongoing...
View ArticleUpdates!
You may have noticed that I’ve been away for a week, despite my earlier promise of an immediate review of the documentary I watched at TFF. Hang tight, and in the meantime, here are some updates on my...
View ArticleHow To Love a City
There are stages of mourning — or rather, stages of adjustment — when you move. When I first got to New York, a bit shell-shocked with the unexpected move and incredulity, I spent so much of my time...
View ArticleThe Hollywood Divide
I’ve always wondered why a movie set entirely in a foreign country usually means 1.5 hours of fraudulent accents from its actors. It seems a strange expense – it must take time and effort to train our...
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