I Loved “La La Land” So Much I Hated It

Alert: This post is filled with spoilers. If you have yet to see “La La Land,” you should go see the film first, with no idea about what is going to happen. Its surprises are magical and charming. If I was a better writer, this post would somehow clump…

Five Films That Helped Me Survive the Horrorshow of 2016.

Do Not Consider The Lobster. Go for the La La Land Instead!

I hate musicals, generally. And especially musicals made for film. The exceptions to this are “Les Miserables” (love the Broadway version and really liked the film from a few years ago, despite Russell Crowe’s terrible…

The Golden Globe Awards: A Legacy Check

One day into 2017 and the annual Golden Globe Awards are handed out in only six days. Barely recovered from the New Year celebrations we are already hurtling headlong into awards season where I, for some reason still unbeknownst to myself, become unnaturally…

#365DaysOfWriting — Day 239

Opinions

Reading an opinion piece back in the day used to be fascinating. You read it in a magazine/newspaper, and if you agreed or disagreed with it, you wrote a letter back to the editor, and sometimes your responses would be featured in the next…

“Wolf Children,” and Life’s One Candle to Burn