Phaedra's Adventures

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...

My nephew joined me at the Broadway for Urchin , the next movie in my triple feature yesterday, and we both loved this powerful and tragic p...

There are a lot of movies that I want to see this month so I actually had a triple feature yesterday in order to fit them all in (it has bee...

Despite some divisive reviews, my nephew and I decided to see After the Hunt  at the Broadway last night.  I was initially very put off by s...

Yesterday afternoon I was really excited to see a screening of the National Theatre Live production of Inter Alia which was filmed earlier t...

The second movie in the double feature at the Broadway with my nephew last night was A House of Dynamite  and it is incredibly tense and tho...

My nephew was very eager to see Orwell: 2+2=5  so it was the first in a double feature at the Broadway last night.  It is an incredibly insi...

I was thrilled when I learned that Daniel Day-Lewis was coming out of retirement to star in his son's directorial debut, Anemone , and I...

The second movie in my double feature at the Broadway last night was Good Boy  and I loved the message about the loyalty of dogs.  Todd (Sha...

Last night I went to the Broadway for a double feature (there are so  many movies I want to see in October).  I started with The Smashing Ma...

Last night my nephew and I returned to the Broadway (I have been there a lot this week) to see  Eleanor the Great , Scarlett Johansson's...

I have been trying to keep my expectations in check lately because I have been disappointed by many of my most anticipated movies this year ...

I was on the fence about A Big Bold Beautiful Journey  because the trailer didn't really do it for me but I ultimately decided to see it...

I have wanted to see The History of Sound  ever since I learned about it because I am a big fan of both Paul Mescal and Josh O'Connor an...

Yesterday afternoon I was able to see a screening of the National Theatre Live production of  A Streetcar Named Desire which was filmed in 2...

I was in desperate need of a laugh so my nephew and I went to the Broadway last night to see Splitsville  because the trailer looked really ...

I had a blast seeing Jaws , the original summer blockbuster, on the big screen in a packed theater at the Broadway yesterday.  It is back in...