Ego vs. Id: A Dangerous Method
In his gorgeous new film, director David Cronenberg [see post below] has taken an enormous bite into the unconscious cravings of those struggling to fit into "polite society." But he also works to unpack some of the deepest conflicts—between Freud and Jung, for...
A Dangerous Method
The formative youth of psychoanalysis, with all of its nascent uncertainty, longing, paranoia (the field, not the patients) is transformed into a disturbingly sensual film, A Dangerous Method, by cine-maestro David Scanners Cronenberg. If you thought you were curious...
The Truck Stops Here!
Fran Grayson's mobile dining table is preparing to make some new stops - at the Live Oak Farmer's market. Starting January 29, you'll be able to stop by the roving silver food dispensery and order up apple fritters for breakfast, or fish tacos, arepas, rice plates and...
An Invitation to Dream: Hugo
A French kiss of a film, Martin Scorsese's Hugo enfolds its cinematic heart in a bittersweet quest for redemption. It seems that the feisty film director still remembers what it was to be a child, and to believe in artistic magic with a child's appetite for adventure...
A Fantasy Double Bill
If you've seen both of these films then you know what I mean — Hugo and The Artist make terrific side-by-side movie experiences. Each deals with the enchanted, tumultuous world of filmmaking. Each is riddled with the ecstatic triumphs and the anguished failures of...
Inside the Flame
A book of sensory adventure: The rituals, passions and discoveries of an engaged life.