Cold War: Love in Black & White
In real life, an Impossible love affair is agony. But in cinema it's the stuff of enchantment. Cold War is the captivating odyssey of such a love. Seductive music and obsessive love perfume this gorgeous black and white loveletter to director/screenwriter Pawel...
Oscars 2019: Part II
Duelling Divas — my film buddy Lisa Jensen and I — continue to ponder our Oscar favorites. . . CW: Best Cinematography. It's gotta be Cold War. Every moment of its eloquent visual storytelling surrounded its central characters with the bohemian allure and political...
Oscars 2019! Part I
I chat with GTWeekly film critic Lisa Jensen about the Oscar nominations. CW: Hey there Lisa—well I have to say of this list of eight nominees for Best Picture this year, I have seen only 5 (five!). Bohemian Rhapsody—heart-pounding music and attitude; Roma—languid,...
Ceci n’est pas un film
Dear Peter - I know you're a professional art dealer and connoisseur. You've been around the block. And I also know that, like me, you had a poster of Van Gogh's Starry Night on your bedroom wall when you were in high school. Who didn't have a crush on Vincent? We all...
a day in October
Carmel without fog, exciting new opera, and a dinner of sophisticated comfort food. What an afternoon! Thanks to the innovative Days and Nights Festival that is one of the West Coast laboratories for friends and colleagues of composer Philip Glass (image: Chad...