A Life (short fiction)
Thursday, May 4th, 2023—FilmShe feels the cries before she hears them. They seem to live in her now, in her nerves, her very bloodstream. They’re mixed together, she read that somewhere: their DNA entwined. Her child’s cells run through her body, blending past and future. She lifts her chin toward the showerhead and holds her hands to her […]
Women Talking (feat. editor Christopher Donaldson)
Monday, March 6th, 2023—FilmWomen Talking (USA 2022, Drama), Writer/Director: Sarah Polley When editor Christopher Donaldson graciously agreed to chat with me about his work on Women Talking, I revisited the post I’d written about Take This Waltz, which he also edited for writer/director Sarah Polley. The entry ends with these words: “Polley has a smart, daring voice that […]
Sophie and Jack (short fiction)
Friday, April 24th, 2020—Film[Author’s Note: I finished writing Sophie and Jack on January 24, 2020—exactly two months before the beloved playwright Terrence McNally passed away, on March 24, from COVID-19 complications. Because my story pivots around Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune, one of McNally’s best-known plays, I had hoped he might read it one day. […]
Marianne & Leonard: Words of Love
Sunday, August 18th, 2019—FilmMarianne & Leonard: Words of Love (USA 2019, Documentary/Music), Writer/Director: Nick Broomfield Marianne & Leonard: Words of Love is a documentary about Leonard Cohen that’s framed around his relationship with Marianne Ihlen, a Norwegian woman he met in the 1960s when they were “almost young, deep in the green lilac park” on the Greek island […]
The Wonders (Le meraviglie)
Thursday, July 4th, 2019—FilmThe Wonders (Italy/Switzerland/Germany 2014, Drama), Writer/Director: Alice Rohrwacher “Have you seen The Wonders? It is a wonderful—literally—recent movie by a great young woman director, set in the countryside… I think you will really like it. The director’s name is Alice Rohrwacher. She is one of the very, very few Italian directors who can represent female […]
