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Grey Gardens 2009
This film adaptation of the original documentary highlights the quirky persistence of the Beales, singing and dancing many years after their days in the limelight have faded. It is a testament to the artistic life, which does not die by circumstance and shines most brightly when it is shared.
In providing heartbreaking context for details only briefly mentioned in the Maysles’ original work, this adaptation reminded me that Big Edie and Little Edie were, above all else, artists. They led…
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Pretend It's a City 2021
Fran loves and hates New York. And isn’t that kinda the only way to truly know a place?
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Nomadland 2020
Grief leads to the road, the road towards home. Frances McDormand shows us what it’s like to keep going but doesn’t let us forget where she’s been. Bob Wells—playing himself and processing his own grief on screen—delivers a monologue that made me weep. His scene with Frances is my favorite of the film and speaks to the inconsolable grief and vagabond spirit in all of us.
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The Big Lebowski 1998
Working on an ill-advised thesis where I juxtapose The Big Lebowski and Robert Putnam’s “Bowling Alone.”
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