Refuge
“Music was my refuge. I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness.”
– Maya Angelou
in praise of folly
movies, music, art, geekery
other folly
July at the Movies
September 15, 2025
June at the Movies
August 29, 2025
recent films from letterboxd
- Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair, 2006 - ★★★★½So much movie.
- Stop Making Sense, 1984 - ★★★★★Fantastic concert doc - one of the gold standards for a live concert recording. The staging of the first half of the show is fascinating with the slow construction of the set, one piece at a time. High energy, sweaty, funny, entertaining.
- Hamnet, 2025 - ★★★★★I left the theater a blubbering emotional wreck - in the best way possible. Chloe Zhao’s direction and vision lend extra layers to this gorgeous exploration of love and loss. If there’s any justice in the world, Jessie Buckley will win an Oscar for her portrayal of Agnes (Anne) Hathaway. Paul Mescal as Shakespeare is […]
- Taxi Driver, 1976 - ★★★★Scorsese’s most important film, arguably, but a tough watch, even by today’s standards. From the very beginning of the film we feel Travis’ alienation, and his slide into complete disconnect from reality isn’t hard to believe as he continues to grapple with that loneliness. His isolation is palpable, passed to us through De Niro’s fantastic […]
- A Charlie Brown Christmas, 1965 - ★★★★★The Christmas traditions have started.
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