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A Shockingly Relevant Film From 1957
My husband and I have a subscription to the Criterion Channel streaming service. Every month Criterion will organize its films into themed compilations. Some are pretentious sounding like ‘Cinema Verité’ others are kind of silly like ‘The Mustache Club.’ But they often help us decide what to watch. The theme that caught our eye this month was ‘Cast Against Type: Heroes as Villains.’ I love it when an actor shows off their range.
By Leslie Writesabout a year ago in Geeks
The End of The Tour (2015)
I have a confession to make: I was yesterday years old when I discovered David Foster Wallace and his significance as a contemporary American writer. I'll turn 55 in a couple of weeks. I know, it's embarrassing. My only excuse is that I lived half of my life in the Soviet and post-Soviet cultures.
By Lana V Lynxabout a year ago in Geeks
My Aims for 2025
As we know, I have moments where I go in and out of deep-dives when it comes to literature. You only have to look at what I'm publishing to know whether I am in the midst or have just raised my head above the water of a in-depth analysis of some niche and odd topic such as: disasters on the sea, 18th Century French Enlightenment Politics, marketing, books about female friendship, books about men at war and many other things that have made their way into the last year or so.
By Annie Kapurabout a year ago in Geeks
'A Complete Unknown' - A Review
It was a very pleasant surprise to come home on the Tuesday of this past week and discover, over dinner and exams needing my evaluations, that I had won a pair of passes to see an early showing of the Bob Dylan biography, “A Complete Unknown”. It was the very next day – 7 pm on Wednesday at Banque Scotia Cinemas in Montréal – and I could not find anyone at the last minute to join me.
By Kendall Defoe about a year ago in Geeks
Timeless Themes and Holiday Magic in Acting Out's 'An Ideal Husband'
To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong relationship - Oscar Wilde. Acting Out Theatre Company performed Oscar Wilde’s An Ideal Husband. First written in 1895, the play is a social satire that follows Sir Robert Chiltern, a successful politician whose career and marriage are jeopardized when a scheming woman threatens to expose him. With the help of his friend, Lord Goring, Chiltern must navigate moral dilemmas.
By Marielle Sabbagabout a year ago in Geeks
Book Review: "The Sun Down Motel" by Simone St. James
I miss reading some dark books and the reason I'm not doing it that much is mainly because I haven't been feeling there emotionally though I still miss them. I have decided to get back into them, just not obsessively because my emotional state can't take that many punches at the moment. As you know, I've been working my way through some novels such as this one, entitled The Sun Down Motel and another called Levitation for Beginners so it's fine like this for now (I've got some more on the way soon). But for now, until I have another nonfiction binge, I think this is what we're stuck with and I am sure we are both going to enjoy it...a lot.
By Annie Kapurabout a year ago in Geeks
Ghostlight
Ghostlight is at the top of my list for Oscar nominations. No fluff, no preface at the beginning of this review. I will obviously go into detail but Ghostlight was truly one of the best movies of the year. We know that I love movies about movies, but you know what I love more….movies about THEATRE. Yeah that’s right my little theatre nerd heart was so very happy with every aspect of this movie.
By Alexandrea Callaghanabout a year ago in Geeks
Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett
"Waiting for Godot," a seminal work by Samuel Beckett, was first published in French in 1952 as "En attendant Godot." This groundbreaking play, which Beckett wrote between October 1948 and January 1949, marks a significant shift in modern theatre. Initially, Beckett struggled to find a publisher willing to take on the unconventional piece, but it eventually found a home with Les Éditions de Minuit, a Parisian publisher known for embracing avant-garde literature.
By Annie Kapurabout a year ago in Geeks
Spoiler Alert!: A Guide To Proper Spoiler Etiquette
In the days before Internet, Social Media, and worldwide simultaneous episode drops on streaming services, having a film or TV series spoiled before you had seen it was a much less prevalent issue than it is today. Even though many U.S based TV shows aired weeks or months ahead of what was being seen in Australia, for example, the lack of immediate online discussion meant episodes remained unspoiled. The same was true for new release films. Unless you had encountered someone who had seen a film before you, and that person accidentally revealed plot details, you usually had more time to see a film before you needed to fear having it spoiled.
By Kristy Andersonabout a year ago in Geeks
