The two films at the recent RiverRun Film Festival that were to my mind indisputable winners were The Nightingale and The Chef, with The German Doctor a respectable runner-up. In this day of instant On Demand, pay-per-view and streaming available … Continue reading
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Film festivals are peculiar institutions in my experience. The problem isn’t the films, it’s the festival. To jam so many films and too many people in so few days guarantees a kind of gridlock. Often the screenings seem closer to … Continue reading
If classics, as I argued last time, are the original how-to books that never grow old, they are also works that can change your life by teaching you to think anew. In my case, the service was provided by The … Continue reading