We have passed through the magical force field of the Solstice, landing straight into summer 2008.One of the great attributes of the season is the resonance of rum, which captures all the languid heat and dreaming quality of the days. When James Bond walked into history in Casino Royale he asked for Mount Gay Rum and soda. That says it all. Mount Gay is sweet and smokey, but not too sweet. It’s...
Saturday, June 21, 2008
Thursday, June 19, 2008
Dancing in the Dark, 1921 to 2008
It just so happened that this morning—the day after Cyd Charisse died-—my fabulous neighbors gave Steed and me tickets to tonight’s ABT performance of Sleeping Beauty. And so we found ourselves in the dark watching beautiful classical dancing at the Met. We rarely go to the ballet, so everything felt...
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
Mannion's Movie Madness
I invite you to pop over to my blog-away-from blog, newcritics, tomorrow, Wed. Jun 18 and join in Lance Mannion's Wednedsay Night at the Movies. It's an open thread about a film, with everyone posting as though they had just watched it. But here's Lance to tell you about it:"Just a reminder. Tomorrow...
Saturday, June 14, 2008
Who's Looking for What?
Oh, the glories of the sitemeter. It’s not the numbers, but the two tantalizing pieces of information that they come with: the city and country of the visitor matched to the words they searched or a referring site. But I particularly like the words searched. It’s such connective tissue between blog writer and reader. It’s a little glimpse into another life somewhere in the big world at a specific...
Monday, June 9, 2008
When Tony Was Ralph
Alan Sepinwall has opened the door to a one-year re-evaluation of the ending of The Sopranos, and I find myself walking on through. Such is the power a haunting, artistic achievement in television can have. Alan focuses his look at a loquacious blogger who has put forth 22,000 words arguing for the...
Friday, June 6, 2008
Hey, It's Internet Week
We know Fashion Week—-very glitzy, insiders only. Advertising Week---mostly of industry interest. And now Internet Week New York, presented by the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences in cooperation with City of New York and The Mayor's Office of Film, Theatre & Broadcasting.This...
Tuesday, June 3, 2008
A 2007 Film Festival--Woo Hoo!
I had a marathon home screening the other day, heding the warning from pay-per-view that some of the hot films of 2007 would soon no longer be available. I know, Netflix is a click a way, but the Movies on Demand service is so ridiculously easy that I’m spoiled for anything else.And that’s how I came...
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