Phaedra's Adventures

I have been looking forward to The Testament of Ann Lee  ever since it premiered at the Venice Film Festival last fall so I was really excit...

Last night I went to the Broadway to see Is This Thing On?  and, even though it is very predictable, there was enough humor and pathos to ke...

I am a huge fan of Jim Jarmusch as a director and Adam Driver as an actor (their first collaboration,  Paterson , is one of my very favorite...

Last night my nephew and I saw No Other Choice  at the Broadway and we both loved this hilarious dark comedy!  Yoo Man-su (Lee Byung-hun) is...

There has been so much hype  for Marty Supreme  but I did not share everyone's enthusiasm for it.  I reluctantly agreed to see it last n...

I love the play Hamlet  by William Shakespeare (it was my favorite thing to teach to my British literature students) so I have been eagerly ...

The second movie in my double feature at the Broadway yesterday was Sentimental Value .  I have been looking forward to this ever since it w...

Yesterday I spent most of the day at the Broadway watching movies with all of the other retired people!  My double feature started with Rent...

Last night I went to see Jay Kelly  at the Broadway.  I am a big fan of director Noah Baumbach and I really enjoyed it.  Jay Kelly (George C...

I didn't like Longlegs  as much as other people seemed to (I think the unbearable tension so painstakingly crafted in the first two acts...

I loved You Were Never Really Here  (it was my favorite film at Sundance in 2018) so I was very eager to see Lynne Ramsay's latest, Die...

Yesterday I went to a screening of the National Theatre Live production of Mrs. Warren's Profession  which was filmed earlier this year ...

The second movie in my double feature at the Broadway with my nephew last night was If I Had Legs I'd Kick You .  I was really excited f...

I am a huge fan of Yorgos Lanthimos so I have been eagerly anticipating his latest movie, Bugonia , for what seems like forever.  My nephew ...

I saw It Was Just An Accident , which won the Palme d'Or at Cannes this year, as the second movie in my double feature at the Broadway y...

Yesterday I spent most of the afternoon at the Broadway watching two movies with subtitles and it was definitely a great way to spend the da...

I love the novel Frankenstein  by Mary Shelley (it, along with Hamlet , was one of my favorite pieces of literature to teach) so the new ada...

The next movie in the double feature with my nephew at the Broadway last night was The Mastermind .  I am a fan of Kelly Reichardt's bro...

Last night my nephew and I had another double feature at the Broadway (they are becoming a regular occurrence for us).  We started with Blue...

Yesterday I went back to the Broadway (I pretty much live there) for a matinee of Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere  and I loved it!  Bru...