Reading and Roaming
MOVIE TIME: A PSYCHIATRIST IN CRISIS A Private Life (Cary Theater) Having discovered the delights of our local movie theater, the Chief Penguin and I walked downtown again. This time to see Jodie Foster in A Private Life. A French film in French with subtitles and a few snatches of English, it’s a little bit of everything: murder mystery, love …
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ON SCREEN: BIG CONTENDER FOR MULTIPLE OSCARS Marty Supreme In past years, the Chief Penguin and I have made it a goal to see as many of the Best Picture Oscar nominations as possible. More recently, we’ve been slackers, but we might see a few of them between now and the March awards. We are fans …
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RECENT VIEWING A Logger’s Life in the West: Train Dreams (Netflix) Train Dreams is a quiet serious film set in the Pacific Northwest in the early 20th century and based on a novella by Denis Johnson. Logging was at its peak, and trains were the fastest means of transportation across great distances. Robert Grainier is a logger, a dreamer, and …
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RELAXING WITH HOLIDAY FILMS “When the weather outside is frightful….” It wasn’t frightful, but definitely December cold and windy, so over the past week, we hunkered down most evenings and watched a series of holiday films including the Call the Midwife special. Plus one with Diane Keaton we hadn’t ever seen. Here’s our round-up. Love …
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