MovieMonday: Coco
A big-hearted Pixar family movie set in Mexico Continue reading MovieMonday: Coco
Month: November 2017
Philip Larkin and 20th Century Alienation
A modern poet of harsh rigor
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MovieMonday: Mudbound
A moving racial drama set in the post-war American South Continue reading MovieMonday: Mudbound
Land on Fire
Wildfire on the rise in the American West Continue reading Land on Fire
MovieMonday: The Killing of a Sacred Deer
A new film that updates an ancient Greek play Continue reading MovieMonday: The Killing of a Sacred Deer
High Noon, Harvey Weinstein and Modern Culture
Do we valorize victimhood or assert honorable principles?
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MovieMonday: Thor: Ragnarok
A slightly lighter Thor movie finds favor with Marvel fans Continue reading MovieMonday: Thor: Ragnarok
Things I Never Expected
On the thin and fraying veneer of civilization Continue reading Things I Never Expected
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