Family Moments
It was definitely Sunday. The year is less certain—somewhere in the late ’80s or early…
Taco Break Courtesy Common Sense Media
It’s not easy watching movies with one’s children. “Depiction does not equal endorsement” is a…
Film on the Disc: THE STRAIGHT STORY
The first time I saw The Straight Story, I cried. I knew who David Lynch was,…
Film on the Disc: THE ADVENTURES OF BARON MUNCHAUSEN
It has come to this. In the thrilling conclusion to his “Trilogy of Imagination,” Terry…
Film on the Disc: TIME BANDITS
Terry Gilliam’s Time Bandits, released in November 1981, is a children’s film. That is to say…
THE BOSS BABY
I passed out during The Boss Baby. This is not from my being tired, as I…
Film on the Disc: OCTOBER SKY
When October Sky was released in February 1999, Universal had no idea how to market it,…
Film on the Internet: THE LITTLE PRINCE on Netflix
Antoine de Saint Exupéry had exiled himself in America when he wrote his existential modernist children’s…
How We Connect
I did not always get along with my boyfriend’s mother. Well, that’s normal; after all,…
THE ANGRY BIRDS MOVIE
It’s not like any of you are going to see this, so I’m revealing the…