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Warning! Contains spoilers about an epic poem over 2000 years old. And about a marginally more recent film adaptation. I want to start by talking about my favourite scene in The Odyssey. It’s a conversation between Odysseus’ wife Penelope and his son Telemachus. The film itself opens at a point when Odysseus has been gone…
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The opening of Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey establishes the stakes. Ithaca’s king has been gone twenty years, his son is a boy learning to be a man, his queen is besieged by suitors who want to claim her and the throne… Meanwhile, Odysseus is stranded on an island with a beautiful woman, with no memory…
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The idea of the Home at Last concert series is to make classical music interesting to kids who have a basic level of interest but, understandably, not the patience to sit in a concert hall for two plus hours. Accordingly, the instructions to attendees include the standard ones (keep your phone on silent, and if…
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I’ve been writing creative fiction sporadically since high school. Anyone who has known me this long will readily testify that what I have lacked in talent, I have made up for with a stunning lack of application. That being said, I occasionally come up with something that works, and compels me to finish it. I…
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Disclaimer: In the tradition of investment advice columns disclosing their open positions on a stock, let me mention first that I have had multiple conversations with Praba Ram — who coauthored this book along with Sheela Preuitt — while they were writing it, so my perspective will be biased. Perhaps the most startling thing about…
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A flash piece on grief, growing up and the importance of masks (in a world with bats but not Batman). Inspired by a conversation with Author Praba Ram about her lovely new book, Down by the Mangroves.
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Thoughts on Project Hail Mary, a film that feels entertaining but not satisfying. Ironic how, for a film where the big villain eats sunlight, its biggest weakness turns out to be its lightness.
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A while ago, Indian-American comedian Hassan Minhaj put out a standup special called Homecoming King. It was a fairly well put together act that was framed as a series of “autobiographical” stories about finding oneself as an immigrant in America. I put in the quotes not because I didn’t think it was autobiographical but because…
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If the first film was the setup, the second is the payoff. Personally, I liked the setup better — it did more interesting things with its screen time.
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Maggie Gyllenhaal teams up with Jessie Buckley (with Christian Bale and others for support) to deliver a gloriously unhinged film.
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