
Month: February 2023
Child with Cat by Pierre-Auguste Renoir
The painting shows Julie Manet, the daughter of fellow artists Edouard Manet and Berthe Morisot, and her kitten who seems to be so blissed out in her lap it’s practically smiling. Children can be thoughtlessly cruel, so I assume that Julie was a nice kid to earn this kind of absolute trust from a cat.

The Banshees of Inisherin – Film Review

I finally caught up with this movie in which writer-director Martin McDonagh reunites Brendan Gleeson and Colin Farrell in a quirky, sad and darkly hilarious tale about severed friendship on a remote island.
Eat Drink Man Woman – Film Review

A delectable, heartwarming Taiwanese comedy-drama about dysfunctional family, food and sex.
While the Light Lasts by Agatha Christie – Book Review

A collection of early short stories that I suspect would only be of interest to diehard Christie devotees and completists.
The Fifth Head of Cerberus by Gene Wolfe – Book Review
