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Cannes 2025: Notes from a Festival That Still Matters
I don’t know what you were doing this week, but I was watching Cannes from the sidelines, piecing together the buzz, the ovations, and...
May 263 min read


The Morning Show, Season Three
The Morning Show, Season Three, who knew it was real?
May 64 min read


Last Season of The Handmaid's Tale
Season six of The Handmaid's Tale is here. What to watch before it begins to remind you of the last eight years....
Mar 303 min read


Douglas is Cancelled Review
And it’s good. No, it’s great. It’s funny. So you have to be on your toes paying attention. You can feel your brain synapsing.
Mar 224 min read


Film Review - "Challengers"
There is a reason why “Challengers” has become the darling of the independent film and theater community. I have never seen a film that...
Jun 3, 20241 min read


Series Review: Succession Finale & Fabulous Shiv
Huddle up, Succession lovers. Wake up and smell the woman. Shiv is the star of this finale, although the other actors’ performances are...
Jun 1, 20234 min read


#FunFilms: Draft Day Review
We are coming into Memorial Day weekend. Great time to watch a film you might have missed. One that the whole family can enjoy. I...
May 26, 20233 min read


Movie Review: Tokyo Story
by Patrice Tanaka Whenever I’m particularly agitated and need to calm down, I’ll watch a film by the late Japanese Director Yasujiro Ozu....
May 6, 20231 min read


Movie Review: The Quiet Girl
"You don't have to say anything. Many is the person who has missed the opportunity to say nothing." The gentle giant of a man, who says...
Mar 24, 20233 min read


Movie Review: Women Talking
Toward the end of the movie “Women Talking,” one of the characters says she has thought about one of the questions they’ve been mulling...
Mar 3, 20235 min read


The Martha Mitchell Effect Documentary Review
by Christine Merser When I learned that my cohort and fellow film lover Beth Levison, who sat on a panel with me and stayed in touch,...
Feb 15, 20235 min read


Farewell, Leslie Allen Jordan
Leslie Allen Jordan died yesterday. He was my Fairy Godfather. I was one of his fellow hunker-downers and I found joy and even...
Oct 25, 20223 min read


Great Female Characters: Cristina Yang from Grey’s Anatomy
Cristina Yang, played by Sandra Oh, from Grey’s Anatomy is not only my favorite Grey girl, but one of my favorite female characters ever...
Oct 18, 20224 min read


Bad Sisters Review: After the Finale
The “Bad Sisters” finale did me in. Yes, you will find out who did John Paul (J.P.) in, and yes, it’s a brilliant surprise, one that’s...
Oct 14, 20223 min read


Review of Tim's Vermeer (2013)
I’m not blessed with a natural sense of curiosity, so the question of how Dutch Master Johannes Vermeer painted his extraordinary...
Aug 24, 20223 min read


The Netflix Crash: Simmer Down
Netflix stock plummeted over the last two days as news broke of its having lost 200,000 subscribers, when the company had projected an...
Apr 24, 20223 min read


Silence of the Lambs and Me
I know, I know, you are all sick of Oprah and reluctant to read yet another self-exploratory something-or-other. I realize that Oprah...
Mar 30, 20223 min read


Elisabeth Holmes: Hollister's Personal Story
Note: I wrote this for my business blog in September 2021. I rarely mix Screen Thoughts with my work world, but after watching the first...
Mar 5, 20223 min read


Repost from the Guardian: Emma Thompson on living in a woman’s body
Reposted from The Guardian, written by Emma Thompson Emma Thompson on living in a woman’s body: my daughter thrums with life, my mother...
Feb 10, 20223 min read


Best Christmas Movie You Never Heard of...
A new friend of mine, Patrick Foy, sent me his review of his favorite Christmas film. I'm in! Hollister Did anyone catch that movie last...
Dec 24, 20213 min read
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