A Crown of Stars by Shana Abe follows real life historical figure, actress Rita Jolivet, from her budding acting career to her eventual survival of the torpedoing of the RMS Lusitania. Abe opens the novel in the early 1900s where Marguerite "Rita" and her younger sister Inez pursue their careers as an actress and violinist,… Continue reading Review: A Crown of Stars by Shana Abe
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2016 Media Consumption
At the beginning of 2016, I found out that every year, filmmaker Steven Soderbergh makes a list of everything he watched, read, and listened to that year. So, I decided to do the same...partly as an experiment to see if I could keep up with updating a list every day. Turns out I could! Mine… Continue reading 2016 Media Consumption
Room & 10 Cloverfield Lane: Women in Peril
WARNING: If you haven't seen Room or 10 Cloverfield Lane yet, this post contains spoilers! We've all seen the classic "woman in peril" trope - a woman hunted, beaten, raped, terrorized, and/or in captivity. At first glance, a viewer may easily place both Room and 10 Cloverfield Lane into this box, but these films are… Continue reading Room & 10 Cloverfield Lane: Women in Peril