Laughing with the Devil: a review of “A Serious Man”
“The devil laughs because God’s world seems senseless to him; the angel laughs with joy because everything in God’s world has its meaning” Milan Kundera Humor is a funny thing. A comedian tells two jokes; he invests each with all…
How fantastic is it?
What is a hipster? Is it people who read McSweeney’s? Listen to Brooklyn-based bands? Wear their suits cut just a little tight (preferably tailored by Band of Outsiders)? Or is it the new addition to the Wes Anderson canon of…
What Is This Thing?
Every spring thousands of people from all over the world descend on our city. The streets are jammed. Live music pours from any conceivable location. Odd movies appear at the theatres. Strange people wander the streets. For nearly two weeks,…
Also Playing
Saturday afternoon. Lazy day. Let’s hit a movie. The mental process that follows can go (or in my case: has gone) something like this: You’re lying on a sofa, staring at the ceiling, thinking about sitting in a darkened theatre,…
Discussion questions for Doubt
If the review of Doubt below piqued your interest in watching the movie, here are some questions you might consider for your own, personal reflection; or, better yet, for discussion with friends. What were you thinking about as the film…
Read the Book. See the Movie. Read the Book.
It would be easy to say that Revolutionary Road, both the novel by Richard Yates and the recent film from Sam Mendes, is a story about the American Dream, and how it is nothing more than a dream. I’m sure…
Suspecting Certainty: a review of Doubt
“Nothing is so firmly believed as what we least know.” –Montaigne How do you feel about people who are certain? Do you find them attractive, admirable, encouraging? Or do you tend to suspect their character, their motives? How you answer…