Categories
Movies

Movie Looks: Practical Magic

A few years ago, a friend and I walked to several video stores in the West Village looking for a copy of Practical Magic. The first video attendant actually tried to look for a DVD for us. At the second store, they laughed in our faces. Another store had no idea what we were even […]

Categories
Movies

Movies I’m Weirdly Obsessed With: While You Were Sleeping

Because the most inspiring fashion icon of my life is ’90s Sandra Bullock.

Categories
Dispatches from Ladyblogland

Dispatches from Ladyblogland: I Love the Internet

I am in love with the Internet right now. Yeah, there are some terrible spaces for women, but there are also amazing people calling it like they see it and making us think.

Categories
Books

Book Review: Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer

Hollywood recently made this book into a movie starring Sandra Bullock and Tom Hanks. I haven’t seen it; I generally have a thing about movies from books. First I have to read the book. If I enjoy the book, I find out if that the movie stuck to the story line and didn’t take a […]

Categories
Pop Culture

How Gossip Mags Mess With Your Perception

Full disclosure: I am a recovering gossip mag addict, which is why I know so much about the content of the tabloids.

Categories
Movies

Kathryn Bigelow’s Oscar Win and Questioning Women’s Roles in Hollywood

The 82nd Academy Awards will forever hold a special significance for me. Kathryn Bigelow’s win for Best Director showed me that women in mainstream Hollywood are capable of producing excellent films worthy of recognition, and gave me a filmmaking role model.