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7/19/24

Hologram for the King Not Destined to be a Classic

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        A Hologram for the King (2016) Directed by Tom Tykwer Lionsgate, 97 minutes, R (nudity, language, drug/alcoho...
7/17/24

July 2024 Music: Brian Mackey; Fink and Marxer; Melissa Carper; Amy Annelle; Charlie Overbey ; Khoomei Beat; Alba Haro

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  I’ve never met Brian Mackey but there’s something about Good Morning Ireland , the smoothness of his voice, and th...
7/15/24

James: A Masterpiece of a Masterpiece

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      James (2024) By Percival Everett Doubleday, 320 pages ★★★★★   Scads of novelists have given treatments to...
7/12/24

A Man and a Woman: Bonafide Classic

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      A Man and a Woman (1966) Directed by Claude Lelouch Les Artistes AssociĆ©s 102 minutes, Not rated, in French w...
7/10/24

The Calendar Needs a Makeover

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  At the end of June a series of blue skies, tempering breezes, and long evenings made me think, “Why can’t we have mor...
7/8/24

Robert Parker Part Two: More Summer Reading

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  By the 1980s Robert B. Parker had begun to hit his stride. The books become a bit longer–though they are still quic...
7/5/24

Biden Must Go

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  In the 1930s humorist Will Rogers quipped, “I'm not a member of any political party. I am a Democrat.” That was...
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