This is a wonderful film (and book) about the American autodidact Helene Hanff ordering books from London in the 1950s and 1960s. Ann Bancroft and Anthony Hopkins are superb and there's a cameo for Judi Dench. Get the snacks. My review is up on the new substack where I'm blogging now. It's been pretty popular … Continue reading 84 Charing Cross Road, film review up on the new blog
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The escape from irony. Scenes from a Marriage and Marriage Story.
Johan and Marianne are trapped by the ironies of their life together. Marianne is a divorce lawyer who cannot acknowledge she is unhappy in her marriage. She is frustrated by the conventional expectations of Sunday lunch with her parents but not by the conventions imposed on her by Johan. She thinks their friends who are … Continue reading The escape from irony. Scenes from a Marriage and Marriage Story.
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