Unnecessary Dorm Room Extras
Amid a plethora of lists detailing essentials and must-haves, it can be relaxing to entertain a rather frivolous thought experiment: what don’t I need? The following items are not necessary or essential; though most can be considered useful, by and large they lean toward what one might call luxuries. But sometimes it’s the little comfortable…
“The Slipper and The Rose”—Symmetry in Storytelling
Though initially something of a mystery, the title of the Sherman Brothers’ 1976 musical adaptation of “Cinderella” is the primary clue to its value. “The Slipper and the Rose” proposes a symmetry, a duality of attention, in how it treats the main leads and their situations. And it is in these complementary and crossing paths…
Vintage New Year’s Eve Movies
After the Thin Man, 1936 Set immediately after the Christmastime events of “The Thin Man,” “After the Thin Man” finds Nick (William Powell) and Nora (Myrna Loy) speeding to San Francisco to spend the New Year’s holiday with her family. Between Aunt Katherine’s teetotaling reprimands to Nick, and Cousin Selma’s missing husband, “After the Thin…
The Intentional Ordinary 