Suzume, Your Name, and My Neighbour Totoro Last weekend I took P. to a cinema to watch Suzume (⭐️⭐️⭐️), the … More
Category: Film
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
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
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
Fire of Love, Moonage Daydream, and Free Chol Soo Lee
Fire of Love (⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️) is a terrific documentary I was planning to watch since it premiered in cinemas in July becoming … More
The Last Movie Stars, The Hustler, and The Verdict
This six-part documentary series directed by Ethan Hawke, The Last Movie Stars (⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️), enthralled me completely. The idea for the documentary … More
Southlake and Nice White Parents podcasts
Last year I read an article in the New Yorker The Rise of Black Homeschooling by Casey Parks, about a … More
South Pacific and Mormons
It’s been a musical week for me, which I started with South Pacific (⭐️⭐️) at Sadler’s Wells Theatre. I was … More
Vivian Maier’s photography
Not sure if you have ever watched Finding Vivian Maier (⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️), a 2013 Oscar-nominated documentary about a woman who worked … More