The Great Gatsby redux…

~Monday~ Enough already with The Great Gatsby. Wait, just this one last post. You may remember that on July 20th, I saw the new, 2013 version of the Great Gatsby starring Leonardo DiCaprio. Then on August 13th, I posted about watching the 1974 version of The Great Gatsby, starring Robert Redford and Mia Farrow, while … Read more

Double Indemnity: “How could I have known that murder can sometimes smell like honeysuckle?”

~Tuesday~ Tonight I saw a classic film that I’d never even heard of—much less seen—before I met Bob, the ultimate movie buff and movie trivia extraordinarre. My familiarity with Barbara Stanwyck was as described in this excerpt from the IMDB page about her: Today Barbara Stanwyck is remembered primarily as the matriarch of the family … Read more

Valentine Road…

~Friday~ Tonight I saw my final film of the 18th annual North Carolina Gay & Lesbian Film Festival, which I almost blew off, and I’m so, so glad I didn’t! When I picked this film, Valentine Road, to see, I didn’t read it very carefully, but words and phrases in the description, such as these: … Read more

The Great Gatsby, The Great Gatsby, The Great Gatsby, The Great Gatsby, The Great Gatsby…

~Tuesday~ A month ago, I saw the 2013, Leonardo DiCaprio version of The Great Gatsby, about which I shared my thoughts and observations in my July 20, 2013 blog entry. Tonight, I met most of our Mostly Social Book Club (Mary couldn’t make it) at Janet’s house to watch the 1974, Robert Redford, Mia Farrow … Read more