Spring Babies and Parenting Styles
I’ve been following this Great Horned Owl family for a few months now. At first I only spotted Papa, later …
Category Archives: family
English Vinglish (2012)
If The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel is from the outside looking in, then English Vinglish is the reverse shot, bringing …
Saturday Snapshots July 21
Once again, Saturday Snapshots framed by a Paris in July backdrop… I was pleasantly surprised to find the open space …
A Summer in Genoa (2008) DVD
A film that you have not seen in the theatre in North America. It premiered at the 2008 Toronto International …
Quotable Quotes from Downton Abbey
NEW: Quotable Quotes from Downton Abbey Season 3 ** ‘You can’t do very much as an actress unless you have …
Then Again by Diane Keaton
It’s interesting to read Diane Keaton’s memoir after Julian Barnes’ The Sense of an Ending. In contrast to Tony’s hazy past …
The Tree of Life by Terrence Malick
(It is impossible to review The Tree of Life without writing about what it is about, hence: Spoiler Alert for …
A Jane Austen Education by William Deresiewicz
I’ve been following William Deresiewicz’s articles in The American Scholar for a few years. His idea of solitude has inspired …
Movies to Watch with Mom
Best time to enjoy some mother-child bonding is to watch a movie together and afterwards, talk about it. The following …
Alone Together by Sherry Turkle, Part 1
Sherry Turkle is the Abby Rockefeller Mauzé Professor of the Social Studies of Science and Technology at MIT, the founder …
Forget About Tiger Mothering, Try Inspirational Parenting
One of the most memorable lines in last week’s Academy Awards is Tom Hooper’s: “The moral of the story is: …
The Namesake (2006, DVD): Movie Review
This is a sequel to my last post, Book Review of The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri. These back-to-back write-ups form my second …
