Tuesday
Apr102018
Water: Sweet Indulgences
This exquisite tale focuses on the cloistered lives of widows in 1938 India, its delicate brush strokes defying the garish oils of present day Bollywood.
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Classic & CrimeSunday
Apr082018
The Lives of Others: Schnitzel with Lemon-Caper Cream
Rarely has there been such a perfect film, and increasingly rarer yet, one that Hollywood has had the good sense to recognize. Though it is interlaced with references to the plays of Bertolt Brecht and the music of Beethoven, to me this exquisite German film shines with the spare beauty of a Petrarchan sonnet.
Thursday
Apr052018
Isle of Dogs: Japanese Dog Treat Recipe
Say the title fast three times. What do you get? “I Love Dogs.” And what person in their right mind doesn’t? No wonder adults and children are flocking to this latest Wes Anderson package.
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Wednesday
Apr042018
Mr. and Mrs. Smith: Almost Classic Meatloaf Recipe
What does it say about our culture that the battle of the sexes is no longer just verbal banter but an all out assault with deadly weapons? And why are stars so publicly against guns, violence, and killing the ones reducing the set to an amo dump?
Monday
Apr022018
The Theory of Everything: Grand English Plum Pudding Recipe
This exquisite film is as brilliant as the mind of Stephen Hawking, the world-renowned theoretical physicist and heir to Einstein. And it does something that far too few films currently do. It inspires us.
