My 16 year old cousin Sky, who wants to be a film maker-actor-rock singer-artist, wanted to watch the Eight Scariest Movies of All Time, which he gleaned from several lists of Scariest Movies Ever.  His mother won't allow him to watch them at her house, so I told him he could come over and watch them at my house, despite my extreme aversion to ( Read more... )

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It's 2:34am... well, in real life it's 8:34pm - do you know where your chili cheese bites are?  Man, I love UK Burger King.  Chili Cheese Bites are the best thing, ever.  How do we not have something so awesome in the US ( Read more... )

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This work thing keeps showing up every day.  I guess something has to pay for this bliss.

So far I’m unable to find out any information on whether there will be a Minghella Film Festival this year.  Mrs. Minghella said in her New Year’s card to me that she was looking forward to seeing me soon, but the website is down and none of the siblings seem ( Read more... )

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The Minghella Film Festival was once again a blast to attend.  This time my friend Marie joined me from Paris.  The opening night gala involved drinks at William Coppin, then a viewing of The Eagle with Duncan Kenworthy, then a party and dance back at William Coppin afterwards.  At the party afterwards, there was a live band, which was a lot of fun ( Read more... )

Another day, another performance of Henrik Ibsen’s John Gabriel Borkman.  Ah, Ibsen.  I’ve said before I’m not a Shakespeare scholar, and I’m certainly not an Ibsen scholar.  I’m more of a William Howard Taft scholar.  I’ve now seen John Gabriel Borkman thirteen times - nine times in Dublin, and four times in Brooklyn.  I think it should be fairly ( Read more... )

"Why, Mr. Anderson? Why do you do it? Why get up? Why keep fighting? Do you believe you're fighting for something? For more than your survival? Can you tell me what it is? Do you even know? Is it freedom? Or truth? Perhaps peace? Yes? No? Could it be for love? Illusions, Mr. Anderson. Vagaries of perception. The temporary constructs of a feeble ( Read more... )