When I wrote about “Haven’t You Heard? I’m Sakamoto,” I promised not to try to convert my readers into dedicated anime viewers, but I did say that there are gems worth watching. “My Hero Academia” (“Boku no Hero Academia”) is one that I can’t help mentioning, particularly because I think it will appeal to Harry […]
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Have you ever tried to name five or more female artists off the top of your head? How did you fare? I hope you thought of Georgia O’Keeffe and Frida Kahlo. Did you remember to include Mary Cassatt? Who else made the list? I added Artemisia Gentileschi to the list of female artists I know […]
Paul Gallico begins The Silent Miaow claiming that his neighbor found the manuscript on his doorstep. It seemed to be written in some sort of indecipherable code, so, knowing that Gallico had a mind for such things, the neighbor turned it over to him. After some time, Gallico discovered that what had appeared to be a code […]
The tiffin delivery service in Mumbai is famous for its accuracy. The Indian film The Lunchbox (2013) starts with a misdelivered tiffin and unfolds from there. Ila is a housewife in an unhappy marriage. That first misdelivered tiffin is filled with food she hopes will make her husband fall in love with her again. It arrives at […]
This weekend I finally got around to doing something I’ve been meaning to do for years: I attended a roller derby bout. I think I first became aware of modern roller derby when I saw an article about a staff member at my workplace who was on a team. Then I became familiar with the Minnesota […]
I know that most of my recommendations have been cultural, but I want this Monday part of my blog to introduce you to all sorts of wonderful things, so this week I’m recommending something a little different: a solitary retreat in a hermitage. I firmly believe that we all need times of solitude and silence […]
Poetry is underappreciated. Perhaps it is because people had to struggle through interpreting poetry in high school literature classes and decided that it was too difficult, or perhaps it is because people simply prefer to be either informed or enthralled by their reading material. Whatever the case, I want to recommend three books of poetry — all […]
The Librarians television series owes its existence to three movies that aired on TNT between 2004 and 2008: The Librarian: Quest for the Spear, The Librarian: Return to King Solomon’s Mines, and The Librarian: Curse of the Judas Chalice. Had those three movies not inspired the TV series, I wouldn’t be writing this post. The movies aren’t bad. They […]
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Something Wonderful: Moon
I love sci-fi movies, and there are plenty I’d recommend, but I want to call out what I consider one of the best science fiction films in the last decade: Moon (2009). If your experience with sci-fi films is limited to expansive adventures, like Star Trek, you’ll find Moon very different. It’s quiet, spare, and melancholy. […]
When I was a kid I devoured fantasy novels. I was thrilled whenever I ran across a good series, because then I could revisit my favorite characters in book after book. Among these series was Lloyd Alexander’s Chronicles of Prydain, five books set in a sort of pseudo-Wales. They are, in order, The Book of Three, The […]