The Blue Angel (1930) – movie review
The Downfall – The Blue Angel (1930) This dark tale of love, morality, and obsession might seem trivial, and antiquated in today’s world of highly eroticized, and violent depictions of human [ . . . ]
Meet a Feminist: Susan Sontag. Susan Sontag’s “A Woman’s Beauty: Put-Down or Power Source?”
I love Susan Sontag’s essay “A Woman’s Beauty: Put-Down or Power Source?” as it relates to a subject I am deeply passionate about, women’s equality. Susan Sontag wrote this piece [ . . . ]
The Double Life of Veronique – Review
“The Double Life of Veronique” Review Krzysztof Kieslowski’s masterpiece, “The Double Life of Veronique” (1991) is neither your usual action-packed movie, nor a chick flick. While Roger Ebert describes it [ . . . ]
My Place
An unfamiliar sound wakes me up. I stare in the darkness for a long time trying to decipher the glowing digits on my alarm clock and note that it is [ . . . ]
Thanksgiving
This Thanksgiving was unlike any other. Each year, we either invited people to join us, or we were the guests. This time, however, we stayed home and made a feast [ . . . ]
Penelope
Penelope is one of the most known women in the history of literature. She is Odysseus’ wife and a lonely, yet faithful, queen of Ithaca, who had waited almost twenty [ . . . ]
Conversation with a Stone – analysis
Wislawa Szymborska (1923-2012) was a Polish poetess and a recipient of 1996 Nobel Prize in Literature. Despite her rather large popularity in her home country she was a reserved person [ . . . ]
A Witch
About three years ago, I went to a party that was held in a beautiful park-like setting in a rural area of North County San Diego. As I was strolling [ . . . ]
Cold-Hearted
I stare at you coldly as I walk away Your smile, so alluring, once stopped me dead Let silence be the last act of our play We both spoke words [ . . . ]
Musings
He tried to understand why this was happening to him. The sensation of abandonment and an unanticipated bitterness filled him to the brim. The house was deserted and he didn’t [ . . . ]