Space-Age SolutionS for the Oregon Trail Generation

It was a dark and stormy week at the end of September, and while sheltering with my parents and assisting them in eating the good steaks...

And the winner of the Old Man Boyfriend Obsession of the Summer is JEFF EFFIN BRIDGES. It appeared to be a one-man horse race with Sam...

This thing for Steve is 17 years old, and when a thing like that is old enough to drive and get a part-time job at Target, it’s old...

Joel Coen opens his pet Shakespeare film with the cryptic title card: When. It is the first word conjured in the play—and the film—by one...

“The English have a great hunger for desolate places. I fear they hunger for Arabia... No Arab loves the desert. We love water and green...

No Country for Old Men has impressed me and haunted me from the start, when I insisted upon its perfection in a LiveJournal post with my...

This man. Reliably awesome, effortlessly badass, always on deck with a genuine Dad joke that elicits a real laugh instead of an...

New things are happening. But first, some housekeeping. Film Month went too fast These past four weeks, I actually felt like I was back...

March is Women’s History month in a handful of English-speaking countries, and it’s Film Theory month at my house, and one of my books...

This week, I made the executive decision to go ahead and actually read the entire Furniture: World Styles from Classical to Contemporary...

It was not easy for me to resist watching Sir Ken Branagh’s most recent addition to his Shakespeare oeuvre. My year-long project has been...

I mean, Stephen is always going to be a Favorite Human of mine, and one more reason is because he totally adores another Favorite Human,...

September 9, 2020. 11:50 am. The Manse is empty save for three souls, two of which are happily in and around the pool. Sir Ken, in naught...

The hertz level of squee I unleashed this morning when I laid eyes on the big promotional Vanity Fair article for Dune was so high that...

As promised, below is every ink drawing from my first time participating in Inktober, revealing all the movie titles for each (in case...

OK, so, *deep breath* FUCKING HOT DAMN THANK YOU UNIVERSE FOR THIS HIGHLY PERSONAL FAVOR YOU ARE DOING FOR ME. I CANNOT EVEN. First,...

Over the latest long winter's break, I embarked upon a lost weekend of sudden onset boyfriend indulgence the likes of which I have not...

Let me preface this by putting my respect for Bill Nye into context. I watched him religiously as a child. I adore his bromance with Neil...

That is all. #currentsexuality

File this one under my weakness for nebbish Brits. I mean, I was even married to one for a while there, so I know my type. I've been a...