Long Live Charlize Theron
“I used to be worshipped as a god,” says Charlize Theron’s character, Andy, in Netflix’s The Old Guard.
You Can Handle ‘The Truth’
I love intimate French dramas where people, particularly relatives, tell each other unpleasant truths. The French are, to generalize wildly, so very good at this….
‘Clueless’ is 25! Everything you didn’t know about the iconic film
Twenty-five years ago this July, the film world was forever changed by two little words: As if!
In ‘Da 5 Bloods,’ Spike Lee Refuses to Look Away
Unlike certain tone-deaf PSAs, there are voices you need to hear from at a volcanic cultural moment like this. Enter Spike Lee, whose new film Da 5…
We can make moviegoing better
(CNN) On Wednesday, the world’s biggest movie chain announced it may not bounce back from the financial damage of the pandemic shutdown. AMC Theaters has said it…
White’s Woods logging: ‘There will be a lot of tears’
“In childhood the wilds seemed infinite. Along Crooked Creek in the Allegheny Mountains of western Pennsylvania there was a tract of forest we called the…
Logging White’s Woods, version 3.1
INDIANA — As spring slowly comes to Indiana, a battle is reheatingover the fate of White’s Woods Nature Center, the 250-acre wooded tract of land…
‘Just One of the Guys’ turns 35: Joyce Hyser Robinson, Lisa Gottlieb on cult movie
Amid the jocks, nerds and shoulder pads of the ’80s teen rom-com landscape, a dark horse emerged: 1985’s “Just One of the Guys,” which wore…
An introvert’s plea: Let me socially distance in peace
(CNN) Settling onto the couch for a Zoom happy hour recently, I felt a sudden tightness in my chest. I already knew that it wasn’t…
Domestic violence in quarantine
INDIANA — On Sunday, an Indiana Gazette story cited a crime drop in recent weeks as the community largely stayed at home during the coronavirus shutdown….