If you are an aspiring filmmaker, a film buff, or just interested in finding a movie to see this weekend, then you have to check out MakingOf.com. This website was started by my friend, producer, Christine Alyward and actress Natalie Portman. Ms. Portman was inspired to give outsiders, an insider’s view of movie making by her very interested and enthusiastic friends visiting her on movie sets. Being a producer, Ms. Alyward has a love for Read More…
There’s been a lot of talk of civility in the past few weeks. Congressman Joe Wilson called President Obama a liar during a joint session of congress. Rapper Kanye West jumped onstage and ripped the microphone from singer Taylor Swift as she was giving an acceptance speech at the MTV awards. And from town hall meetings to ostensibly respectable members of the press, partisan bickering is nastier than ever. Joe Wilson, the congressman from South Read More…
I saw The Informant starring Matt Damon last weekend. While it’s a very good movie–worth your time and $10.50–Mr. Damon’s performance is the real reason to see this movie. He plays his character a bit like an idiot savant and he does so brilliantly. Most actors would have been tempted to play this character over the top, but Mr. Damon exercises control, even subtlety at times, allowing us to feel some sympathy for a contemptible Read More…
It feels like fall today. The air is crisp. But really, in San Francisco that means nothing, our “crispest” days can be in the middle of summer. It’s the light quality that let’s me know it’s fall. There’s a warm glow, a slight sepia coloring the world. Fall is bittersweet. Fall is the beginning and the end: The beginning of an exciting new school- year and the end of the halcyon days of summer. You Read More…
Over the weekend I was in Pennsylvania where I happened to catch Congresswoman Allyson Schwartz as I was perusing Sunday morning television. Ms Schwartz, a democrat from the 13th Congressional District, was being interviewed on health care. The Congresswoman, like most people, feels that something should be done about the rising cost of health care. However, unlike most people, she supports the Obama backed plan that came out of the House. When asked if she had Read More…
Several weeks ago South Carolina’s governor, Mark Sanford, got caught lying about his whereabouts. He told his staff that he was hiking the Appalachia Trail and would be incommunicado. Didn’t you know right away that this story would end with another woman? Of course you did. Even if politicians hadn’t been falling left and right to their carnal proclivities you would have known, wouldn’t you? The thing that surprised me about the story was that Read More…
Erudite New York Times columnist David Brooks (genuflect) is off this week. I count on Mr. Brooks to put into words what my gut is telling me. He is remarkably good at this! He uses quotes, facts, and figures from a myriad of highbrow sources that I would need amphetamines to get through. Mr. Brooks is respectful (I’ve never caught him name calling), fair (while clearly a fiscal conservative, he doesn’t hesitate to dole out Read More…
I just got back from a week in New York and a week in Nantucket. For any of you that are planning to visit either, or just like to be in-the-know, you’ve come to the right place. Both are quieter than in previous visits due to the economy, but still way cooler (at least in the figurative sense) than most other places. I was surprised by the store-front vacancies on Fifth Avenue, especially south of Read More…
A teachable moment? Oh really? What was it meant to teach? The president detracting from his nationally televised health care speech by commenting on his friend, Mr. Gates (Harvard scholar on black studies) was surprising to me. When he said that the police had acted “stupidly”, I was shocked. Harvard educated, reticent, and heretofore making every effort to be fair and unbiased in his approach to race, Mr. Obama’s earnest efforts to create an atmosphere Read More…
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