A few film notes: “Amy,” a documentary on the singer Amy Winehouse (2015), Woody Allen, “Irrational man” (2015) —————————————————————————————- “Amy,” a 2015 Br. documentary (dir. Asif Kapadia), on the English pop/soul/jazz singer, Amy Winehouse (1983-2011). Amy Winehouse was an extraordinary... Continue Reading →
I knew vaguely of Oliver Sacks’ books beginning 20-30 years ago but didn’t get seriously interested in reading him until recently. A few months ago I wrote about the eminent, much-admired clinical neurologist regarding his much-noticed New York Times op-ed... Continue Reading →
Film critique: “Ex machine,” or Real Boy meets Singularity Girl In my continuing effort to be up-to-date with the culture I went to see the new movie, “Ex machina.” Loyal readers will remember the distinction between a movie and a... Continue Reading →
Fifty Shades of Grey is a hilarious movie. I was going to write profoundly hilarious but nothing about Shades is profound. It’s an erotic sado-masochist fantasy in which the audience, according to reports and my own quick look around the... Continue Reading →
In 2006, Clint Eastwood’s film Letters from Iwo Jima received many awards, some for Eastwood as the director, others as best picture of the year. Letters is told as a flashback to the battle of Iwo Jima in 1944, provoked... Continue Reading →
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