From death cometh life and the living can be ridiculous! Fascinating! Oh good, good grief! Alfred Hitchcock always liked his films to have a sense of humor about them, and “The Trouble with Harry” is the height of funny stuff. There’s this man who happens to have died at the apex of everybody’s favorite hiking…
Month: October 2014
The Art of the Art that Melts: Brooklyn Ice Sculptor Joe O’Donoghue’s Latest Exhibit
You know those stories where someone finds a random object that turns out to be a key to a very usual looking door that’s actually a portal which opens up into a magical land? Well, one day I was walking down Plymouth Street, past the great Brooklyn Roasting Co. and I stopped to take a…
Sample Restaurant Review: RedFarm
Here’s a juicy sample of my restaurant review of RedFarm, which just opened a second location uptown.
Biographies of Women from History
Check out my new page. It’s chock-full of women’s history. If you enjoy these biographies, visit Project Continua to learn about more of the women who shaped history. Biographies | Sansoucie https://kaitlinsansoucie.wordpress.com/biographies/
The World of “Outlander” vs. the Spectacle of “Reign”
I love history and I truly appreciate that people who run television networks think historical characters are worth putting on T.V., but why must it all be inaccurate? Can it not be spectacular and real and massively viewed, all at once? Why did a show like “Reign” make it past the first season? Sensationalism. Targeting…
Whom Can One Trust? Doris Day Leads in “The Man Who Knew Too Much”
1955: Hitchcock owed his production gods at Paramount a film. He chose to fulfill his contract by directing a successful remake from earlier in his career in England. He chose “The Man Who Knew Too Much”. A new script was drafted and Jimmy Stewart was once again signed as the lead. Hitch liked him as…
Top 10 Feminist Films, 2000-2010
In which I introduce ten beautiful and innovative stories about women who thrive against the odds set against them. These are stories that allow me a glimpse of a brighter image of women in the film world. My Top 10 Feminist Films of 2000-2010 I invite you to share your thoughts on the topic and…
Season of Self
Gingko: BOOM- right up my nose. A scent that triggers my feelings about autumn. I am instantly happy at the scent of this fruit, smashed on the ground beneath my boots. Happiness: the joy of the harvest time for a New Yorker otherwise disconnected from most of the actual harvesting process. I’m ever excited by…
