Daily Archives: June 25, 2019

Back in the Golden Age of Sail, the ships were of wood and the men made of iron. In those days, when Britannia Ruled the waves, women on a boat were regarded as bad luck. It’s a notion that died … Continue reading →

Strip the poetry out of “Hamlet,” and the soliloquies. Retell the tale from a tragic character’s point of view. Yes, it’s been done before. And Tom Stoppard’s “Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead” had more zing to it than “Ophelia,” Clare … Continue reading →

“Midsommar,” the latest horror experiment by Ari Aster, the director of “Hereditary,” is a disturbing, patience-testing, rule-bending and frustrating film, one more to be contended with than passively enjoyed. And that appears to be the point. It’s about passivity. It’s … Continue reading →