The Last Days of Summer
It has been noted that the drive from Lake Louise in Banff National Park up the Icefields Parkway north to …
Category Archives: entertainment
Six Degrees of Separation or Prophetic Voices of our Time
I’ve read several books in recent months that are good evidence of ‘six degrees of separation’, and I’ll just end …
‘Certain Women’: To Connect on a Vast Landscape
The common denominator is the landscape: Montana. Open country, clear, fresh air. The expanse of space could mean the freedom …
The Glass Castle: From Book to Screen
Jeannette Walls’ memoir had a “seven-year run on the New York Times best-seller list” after it was published in 2005, …
Metropolitan (1990): Whit Stillman’s Homage to Jane Austen
Thanks to New York born and raised director Whit Stillman, one of Jane Austen’s characters in her juvenilia, Lady Susan …
Upcoming Books to Movies 2017
Half a year’s gone already. How’s your reading and watching coming along? Here are some movie adaptations I anticipate for …
A Movie to Celebrate Canada Day
Happy Canada Day to all my Canadian readers! To celebrate Canada’s 150th birthday, and pay tribute to the Canadian spirit, …
10 Years
WordPress tells me I’ve been blogging for 10 years now. It’s been a life-changing decade. From a film lover writing …
Voicing out for ‘Silence’ and other adaptations
It’s a bit sad to see Martin Scorsese having had to defend the cinema. He wrote the piece in the …
Seattle International Film Festival 2017
The Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF) is the largest film festival in the United States, with an annual average attendance …
Out of Hibernation
You may have roses in your garden but we still have the remnant of winter. And in Lake Louise, about 58 …
Two Films for Thoughts at Easter
I’ve tried different words for the title: Two films for the uninterested, indifferent… So you think Easter is too maudlin …
