Going out in public with or without a face diaper during government-imposed politically motivated lockdown can be a dangerous act. It feels like everyone out there is on prescription anti-anxiety and anti-depression medication, and the drugs are no longer effective. Everyone, whether compliant or not, is on high alert, on …
A lesson from this lockdown, and from all state-sponsored and -enforced restrictions on free interaction and commerce between individuals: these are opportunities for crooks, charlatans and hackers to make big inroads into the lives of ordinary people. With government, lockdowns are just another chance to expand its power and control …
Dragged Across Concrete ~ This was one of the most suspenseful — almost unbearably so — cop movies I’ve seen since The French Connection. And blessed with a soundtrack that, while it doesn’t surpass Don Ellis‘ seminal work on that quintessential 70’s film, did reignite my interest in the O’Jays …
The Laundromat ~ I can’t tell yet if it’s because Steven Soderbergh is such a talented director that he brings out the best in his cast, or whether it’s because top talent like Gary Oldman, Antonio Banderas and Meryl Streep, freed of hype machine and blockbuster expectations (although a nominee …
