You’re Not Listening, by Kate Murphy, was probably a highlight for me last week. Diving into the subject of listening … More
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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 … More
Romantic Comedy by Curtis Sittenfeld
The other day on TOK FM radio station, presenters of Big Book Cafe – Paulina Wilk and Anna Król talked … More
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 … More
Paula, Pamela, and Britney
The 1990s gave us many cultural icons, but I doubt we remember them all for the right reasons. Women have … More
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… … More
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 … More
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 … More
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 … More