Say When (aka Laggies) movie review: resisting the path
Charming and off-kilter, this is a rare tale of a young woman struggling with her identity in a way that deals a shock of recognition and never apologizes.
Month: November 2014
London photo: Dunkin Donuts in Wood Green
Soon, everywhere will look like America. Sorry about that.
The Skeleton Twins movie review: oh brother how art thou?
Funny and sad and wise and wonderful… with an absolutely heartbreaking, career-changing performance by Bill Hader.
A Most Wanted Man movie review: intelligence afterscape
A smart, classy, slow-burn thriller made up of the stuff of authentic spy work and plenty of bitter irony about modern geopolitics.
London photo: remember, remember the fifth of November
It’s Bonfire Night in the U.K. Which for most people means “fireworks.”
Kelly & Cal movie review (London Film Festival)
A simple, honest, deeply satisfying tale of the complex mixed emotions and desires that make up a woman’s life and often exist in secret.
London photo: rainy Shaftesbury Avenue
As seen through the reflections in a restaurant window.
London photos: dogs love vintage cars, too
From a vintage car show along Regent Street this past weekend.
Nightcrawler movie review: how news gets broken
Noirish 1950s cynicism meets nasty 1970s Corman-esque exploitation in a thriller that is uncomfortable, unpleasant, unforgiving, and pretty darn brilliant.
Doctor Who blogging: “Dark Water”
None of this episode makes any damn sense at all.
