Monthly Archives: April 2022

Before I settle onto my barstool I already know about my neighbor’s diabetes. He’s detailing the limits of his diet to the drinker to his right. Then he reproduces a bit of hockey game play-by-play. When the bartender asks, the man not only tells the date of the game, but the starting time, and selectContinue reading “Raymond the Great”

A lot of filmmakers started out as painters.  Maurice Pialat seems to’ve been more tormented by his failure at it than most. But then nothing is easy in his world if his movies are to be believed. Others like David Lynch and Julian Schnabel have found ways to continue with both mediums. Pialat said ifContinue reading “We Won’t Grow Old Together”

You say you hope I find what I’m looking for, on your way out the door. You tell me you can’t be what I want you to be. That I’m in love with love. I don’t understand half the things you say. They seem like ideas you throw against the wall to explain to yourselfContinue reading “Dear A,”