The Martian movie review: life on Mars
An excellent complement to the novel, simplifying the science without dumbing it down yet retaining the suspense and urgency of its interplanetary stranding.
Year: 2015
Doctor Who blogging: “Before the Flood”
Part of the fun for me was that Doctor Who was always a show that rewarded extra thinking-about. Not such much anymore…
Where Are the Women? Room
A great example of how a movie with a male protagonist can still represent even a woman in “traditional” screen roles in a powerful way as fully human.
Room movie review: the world through new eyes (LFF 2015)
I wish I could have stopped the film — numerous times — simply to give myself a chance to step back from an emotional precipice of horror and tension.
Paris photo: Bastille Metro mural
You don’t need to go to a museum to enjoy some art in Paris. You can just hang out at the Metro stations.
Dukhtar movie review: giving voice to women who have none
A gripping story from a place where women are less than second-class citizens that insists that they are, in fact, people who deserve to live as they please.
Paris photos: Star Wars cafe
Rue Dante is a bit of a geek quarter, home to a whole bunch of comics shops and this Star Wars-themed cafe.
Where Are the Women? 99 Homes
With one tiny (and barely noticeable) exception, women here are nothing more than lovers or mothers to men.
99 Homes movie review: the foreclosing of the American dream
A horror story of today’s economy, of America’s heartless culture in which maximizing profit is all. Michael Shannon brings his usual terrifying intensity.
Paris photos: so many weddings!
Everywhere we went in Paris, we saw couples having their wedding photos taken.
