One of my favorite movies of the year is The Sessions, based on the true story of sex surrogate Cheryl Cohen Greene and her work with Berkeley-based poet and journalist Mark O’Brien, who was confined to an iron lung after contracting polio at age six. The story is riveting, and comprises the first chapter of Cheryl’s…
I read The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry in one sitting on a cross-country flight to my daughter’s college graduation. Ironically, it was the same day Barnes and Noble announced they were closing all their stores by the end of the year. I remembered my kids’ excited faces as we waited on line at midnight…
I’m not really a “Oh, it’s December 31, let’s reflect back on the past year” kind of girl. I’ve given up on resolutions and I’ve stopped coming up with a word to live by for the new year. At this point, I’m just trying to be present in the moment and get through my to-do…
I wasn’t going to review Hotel Mumbai because there’s already so much violence on the news, I can’t bring myself to watch a movie full of it. But, in light of the terrorist attacks on hotels and churches in Sri Lanka earlier today, I thought maybe this film — based on similar terrorist attacks in…
After sharing Buick’s adorable new ad campaign with you yesterday, I thought it would be good to dispel some more preconceived notions — this time, about someplace near and dear to the iconic car brand’s heart. Detroit!
