Teenage Merida and her mother Elinor (via)
To escape the heat on Saturday, Hanna and I went to the movies and saw Brave (Disney and Pixar, 2012) which most of you have probably heard much of a muchness about since it was released back in June. There’s been tons of insightful, critical...
plus did I mention the steampunk visuals?
On Monday, Hanna, Minerva, and I went to see Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows. It was, like, the first movie we’d seen in the theater in over a year, since most of the shows we’re tempted to see on the big screen these days come out in 3D and hello,...
A Town Like Alice
It’s June (can you believe it?) and that means summer is here. Well, not technically until the 21st but I come from a family of people whose lives were bound by the academic calendar, so as soon as school is out summer has definitely arrived. Also, the heat index in Boston yesterday...
Last month I had the pleasure and privilege to see the documentary 12th & Delaware at the Maryland Film Festival. Filmmakers Rachel Grady and Heidi Ewing, who brought us Jesus Camp and The Boys of Baraka, debuted the film at this year’s Sundance Film Festival. The film’s namesake is an...
Dr. Temple Grandin
I am super excited about the upcoming HBO biopic Temple Grandin, based on the life of lecturer, best-selling author, autism advocate and professor of animal science at Colorado State University, Dr. Temple Grandin.
Grandin, who is among the most famous individuals with autism in the...