Monsters: Dark Continent movie review: war movie is hell
Suffers from a terrible case of cinematic aphasia. Clearly thinks it’s saying something important and deep, but makes no damn sense at all.
Year: 2015
Where Are the Women? Alex of Venice
Mary Elizabeth Winstead’s lawyer, wife, and mother reflects realities of modern women’s complicated and harried lives that movies often ignore. [This post is not behind the paywall.]
Where Are the Women? A Little Chaos
For its complicated female protagonist, wifehood and motherhood and new romance are only a part of her full, rich life. [This post is not behind the paywall.]
London photo: house keepers flat
A charming vintage touch adorning a piece of real estate that now, of course, no housekeeper could possibly afford.
a few thoughts about Game of Thrones S05 E02 (“The House of Black and White”) and open thread
A girl will not be deterred…
Alex of Venice movie review: no mess like home
Mary Elizabeth Winstead is eminently relatable in a compassionate, human-scaled movie of the sort that movies have almost forgotten of late.
London photo: none of yer fake king kebabs here
In Wood Green.
A Little Chaos movie review: necessary fantasy
Romantic and funny and smart and wise and just plain different. This is a historical costume dramedy romp about gardening. How cool is that?
London photo: but print is dead
I dunno. Print does seem dead to me. But I still see newsstands like this all over London.
Where Are the Women? The Last Five Years
Yes, there’s a female coprotagonist here, but she is all about lamenting the demise of her romantic partnership with a man. At least she also has a career. [This post is not behind the paywall.]
