I’m on BBC World Service’s “The Arts Hour” again today, Saturday, January 12th
We’ll be talking about Keira Knightley’s new film Colette; everything Idris Elba; Justin Hurwitz’s amazing score for First Man; and a lot more.
Voices of the Sea documentary review: when home cannot nurture a family
A poignant, sensitive portrait of desperation, love, and survival in a beautiful place, one that is intimately Cuban, but with much wider relevance, too, in the midst of the global refugee crisis.
more (fictional) notes from The British Museum
A flash-fiction project, stories from which are available to all Patreon patrons at the $1/month level or above. Thank you for your support!
AWFJ 2018 EDA Awards winners announced
Our most honored films are Roma (five awards), The Favourite (four awards), and Can You Ever Forgive Me? (three awards).
curated: the da Vinci money-laundering scam to benefit Trump that will make a great movie
If the world survives President Donald Trump, that is.
curated: Trump’s misunderstanding of ‘Game of Thrones’ is totally emblematic of our culture today
Alas, Trump and his fans are not tuned in to metaphor. That sort of thing is for experts and intellectuals, who are not to be trusted.
introducing weekly flash fiction for Patreon patrons
As a way to get the fiction lobe of my brain working — and to keep it juiced up for far more exciting projects I will begin very soon — I’m embarking on a new weekly project I’m calling “(fictional) notes from The British Museum.”
On the Basis of Sex movie review: Notorious RBG’s origin story
Coasts on the awesomeness of Ruth Bader Ginsburg in a way unadventurous if solidly crowd-pleasing. But the depiction of her incredibly supportive marriage to a feminist man is intensely satisfying.
OFCS 2018 awards winners announced
Roma wins four awards including Best Picture; Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse is Best Animated Feature.
curated: “What It’s Like to Be a Female Movie Critic in the #MeToo Era”
Manohla Dargis says it all. I could have written every word of this.
