A superb movie. The story telling devices are fantastic. Ingenius use of frame story and chapter structure. Intelligent editing. Dynamic yet clean composition.
The story, we’ve seen before: in a slum where violence begets more violence, some escape and the majority succumb. However, this is violence and desperation and age (these characters are ( Read more... )

An engaging and insightful look into the relationship among these three cousins, and how that familial relationship affected Europe, and lead their reigns to their respective conclusions. I really do mean insightful. The author had access to the most private letters of Queen Victoria’s family, and the window of family relations offers an intriguing ( Read more... )

Adorable and inspiring.

(2011 Boston Ballet staging)

It was a wonderful experience, and I'm glad I went. It's always nice when a choreographer embraces classical steps even when the voice is contemporary.

A movie about a 7 year-old Belgian boy who believes he is actually a girl, and the conflicts it causes within his family and neighborhood.

But it's not really about that. It's really about just how lovely life is when there is acceptance.

The book is an incredibly fun detective romp, and makes a massive amount of nerdy literary references while managing to not wink at the audience.

An engaging mystery that concludes with impressively deft handling of the self-fulfilling prophesies that come with a time travel story.

A pleasant and serviceable overview of the life of Isaac Newton.

It seems like Edith Piaf’s life was so complex, that even being a fan of her and her music was an experience. This movie isn’t so much a look through a window into that experience as it is a hungry glimpse through a part in the curtains.

(2010 The Metropolitan Opera based off of 1874 version)

The music is complex. The staging was an excellent use of minimalist sets in a large space. Story-wise, I think I missed something. It is mostly set up, with a thin conclusion.