In the Mood for Love, in Art and Music
I’ve always been a romantic. Unabashedly so. A lover of life and all things sweet and sensual, tender and erotic, …
Tag Archives: Film
Multiple Layers of Reality in Film, and in Us
In several of his films, Ingmar Bergman plays with the notion of multiple layers of reality. This can be seen …
A Sultry Simone Sunday
I first become aware of jazz singer Nina Simone when I watched the film Before Sunrise, with a young Ethan …
In Bruges – “Like Being in a Fairy Tale”
In the brilliant dark comedy “In Bruges,” a mobster sends his two hitmen to Bruges to cool their heels after …
The “Willing Suspension of Disbelief” in Fiction and Film
What draws a reader into a story and compels her to keep tuning pages? This interests me both as a …
Layers of Reality in Bergman’s “Franny and Alexander,” and in Us
In several of his films, Ingmar Bergman plays with the notion of multiple layers of reality. This can be seen …
Popcorn, Anyone? My Top 100 Movies Challenge
Fellow blogger Nathan Bransford recently came up with a list of his favorite 100 movies, and challenged readers to do likewise. …
