You’re Not Listening, by Kate Murphy, was probably a highlight for me last week. Diving into the subject of listening…
Suzume, Your Name, My Neighbour Totoro
Suzume, Your Name, and My Neighbour Totoro Last weekend I took P. to a cinema to watch Suzume (⭐️⭐️⭐️), the…
Romantic Comedy by Curtis Sittenfeld
The other day on TOK FM radio station, presenters of Big Book Cafe – Paulina Wilk and Anna Król talked…
The Beasts, Tár, Blue Jean
Fleishman Is in Trouble, Scenes from a Marriage, The Time It Takes
Fleishman Is in Trouble (⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️) is a modern marriage story told from the perspective of Toby (Jesse Eisenberg), a divorced…
Paula, Pamela, and Britney
The 1990s gave us many cultural icons, but I doubt we remember them all for the right reasons. Women have…
Couples Therapy, Maybe You Should Talk to Someone, Stutz
Therapists, psychoanalysis, and psychiatrists tend to be notoriously anonymous. The less they reveal about themselves to their patients, the better……
Crying in H Mart, I’m Glad My Mum Died, Vrány
I have failed to produce any ‘the best of 2022’, but if someone asked me now for my top 5…
The Fabelmans, Apollo 10 ½ , and The Makanai: Cooking for the Maiko House
There are few directors whose work makes me feel as nostalgic as Spielberg does. Films that made an immense impression…
Daisy Jones & The Six, Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, and A League of Their Own
Towards the end of last year, my lovely colleague D recommended the book Daisy Jones & The Six (⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️) by…