The Souvenir Part II, despite its name, isn’t just a sequel to Joanna Hogg’s semi-autobiographical film, The Souvenir from 2019. It is a sequel, yes, but it’s also a stylized re-examination of what that first film was all about and…
The Souvenir Movie Review: Hogg’s autobiographical powerhouse won’t leave you empty-handed
At the end of the day, we become our own people with our own ideas and voices, but the long road to get there is mired with love, loss and an often painful variety of life lessons along the way.…
TV Review – War and Peace (2016) | A great melodrama, a mediocre adapation
This past Christmas, I received an opulent Folio Society edition of Leo Tolstoy’s War and Peace from my father. I spent the next month setting out on what fans of the novel refer to as “The Long March.” Even at…