Reviews and reflections about movies, screenplays, and books.
100 Movies in 2020: #16, Junebug Families are complicated. In the 2005 movie Junebug, director Phil Morrison employs creative uses of stillness to convey the characters’ deep and poignant sense of loneliness. Release: 2005 Starring: Amy Adams, Embeth Davidtz, Alessandro Nivola, Celia Weston, Scott Wilson, Ben McKenzie. Directed by: Phil Morrison Screenplay: Angus MacLachlan Setup […]
25 Books in 2020: #4, Small Admissions Small Admissions is a charming, lighthearted novel that uses creative experiments, especially with point of view, to tell its story. Set in the uber-competitive world of New York City private school admissions, the story employs both first-person and omniscient points of view. It follows twenty-something Kate Pearson–no, not […]
100 Movies in 2020: # 15, Lost in Translation Lost in Translation is a story about an unlikely relationship between a faded movie star who comes to Japan to make liquor ads and a young woman accompanying her photographer husband on a business trip. In this film, writer and director Sofia Coppola gives a masterclass […]
