On the Way Home

 As you know, one of my core beliefs is that while trips may be defined by the big framing events, they are made the smaller, spontaneous ev...

 This summer sort of reminds me of the stretch right before I took off to spend a year in Abu Dhabi in that I seem to be, quite rightly, spe...

  Land of My Dreams (Yann Gonzalez, 2012) I watched another Yann Gonzalez short, this one entitled Land of My Dreams (2012). This one defi...

  The Gates of the Night (Marcel Carne, 1946) I've made the point before that Marcel Carne might be my favorite French director, but al...

  Islands (Yann Gonzalez, 2017) Over the years I've heard various and sundry versions of this statement from my friends: "It was r...

  Bergman Island (Mia Hansen'Love, 2021) Last night I re-watched Mia Hansen-Love's 2021 film Bergman Island , which is a film I lik...

  Out of the Past (Jacques Tourneur, 1947) I've (obviously) seen a ton of film noir , including its Japanese and French and Scandinavia...