‘The French Lieutenant’s Woman’ (1981): A Few Thoughts on a Postmodernist Movie

I’ve wanted to see this movie for a long time now. Here are my thoughts on Meryl Streep’s and Jeremy … More

Giving Thanks for 2024 and Making Resolutions for 2025

People are losing their patience, their ability to anticipate good things. This year, more than in years past, I received … More

Originally posted in Counter Arts on Medium on September 3, 2024 I watched Midnight Cowboy with a friend the other … More

Upon watching Florence (2016) again, I have a new favorite actor. It’s Simon Helberg, who may very well earn an … More

June 1 was International Children’s Day, which we’ve celebrated here in Romania for decades. These days it’s also a legal … More

I happened to turn on the TV last night right before the film Official Competition started (a 2021 Spanish-Argentinian coproduction, … More

And . . . I saw Ticket to Paradise two days ago! I’d really I missed seeing a fully-fledged Hollywood … More

When it started, Emily in Paris was full of clichés about Parisians/French people vs. Americans and back, which was meant … More

I recently watched the Oscar-winning Marriage Story (2019) on Netflix, Noah Baumbach’s love story filtered through a divorce, and found … More

I caught Punchline (1988) on TV a few days ago around 11–11:30 p.m., while I was waiting for a mango … More