Recipes for foodies and film nerds. Because life's too short for stale popcorn and crappy movies.
Ahhh Call Me By Your Name, what a gorgeous film. Set in 1983, “somewhere in Northern Italy”, the plot revolves around a six-week summer romance between Oliver (a dopey, beautiful American with an insatiable lust for life and the song “Love My Way”) and Elio, …
We all know breakups suck. But the aftermath of rage, humiliation, and FEAR is far worse than the event itself– especially nowadays when you can find pictures of exes and their wonderful new existences/significant others posted in high volume on social media. We’ve all been …
I’ve been craving pizza almost as much as I’ve been craving movies from my childhood– and it just so happens that this year is the 30th anniversary of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (god I’m old). So here we are! While looking up reviews of TMNT, …
After twenty years (!!!), Almost Famous is still on my list of all time favorites. What do I like about this movie? To begin with… everything. An autobiographical showcase of director Cameron Crowe’s misspent youth, Almost Famous focuses on the experiences of a fifteen year …
While not part of the 1980’s fantasy collection that I grew up with, Pan’s Labyrinth is still a favorite. This dark and beautiful fairy tale follows the quest of an 11-year-old heroine living in two worlds: Franco’s Spain, and the dreamy/sometimes nightmarish underworld of director …
