Some people are just too good for the world. They smile constantly, never show a bitter emotion, always have time to listen to someone else’s problems, always make an effort to be cordial and always want others to be as happy as them. To most of us, people like this can be quite an annoyance. Why is that? Are we, as a people, so wrapped up in our own little lively melodramas that we need to wallow, and can’t stand it when the rest of the world does not wallow with us? It’s not exactly a soup question, and I do not intend to answer it here. But just think about it. Read Post
I wasn’t going to review the wonderful new French film Tell No One this week because I didn’t think it would still be playing next week. Glancing through the paper today, I was delighted to see that our good friends at the Carousel Cinemas are holding it over for one more week. I am here to tell you now to go see this movie before it is gone. Or I will find you. And slap you. And tell you not to complain about Greensboro not getting good movies because you don’t go see them anyway. Seriously. Read Post
When I heard that Oliver Stone– director of JFK, Nixon, Wall Street– was going to make a film based on the life of George W. Bush while Bush was still in office, I was more than a little intrigued. I don’t like our current president. I used to. I actually voted for him in 2000, a mistake I didn’t repeat in ‘04. However I feel about the man on a day to day basis…I must admit to always being fascinated by him as a character. Read Post