In the scope of all movies I have ever seen in my life, none have had so complicated a relationship with my inner critic than James Cameron’s Titanic. Indeed, one can have a relationship with a movie – a love affair, you might say – so long as you feel as passionately for the...
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Love. Need I say more? All the hurting and beauty that is poured out of our hearts into that one-syllable word is a piece of literature unto itself. We cannot begin to encompass the nature of love; we cannot begin to explain it; we cannot begin to embrace it within one lifetime. Therefore, it...
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This nation has been forced to bear witness to several moments of crisis throughout its history – moments which take on a level of mythological proportion, and which become permanent fixtures in the minds of the public. Pearl Harbor was one such incident, the assassination of John F. Kennedy another. Each generation has had...
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Up until recently, I was beginning to doubt what this year had to offer in terms of movies. Granted, there has been a surprising streak of first-rate commercial releases, but one also looks for movies of substance, and quite frankly, they weren’t coming. Yet it is important to remember that within the span of...
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So – another year has come to a close. And, as is appropriate, all the different tributes to what has happened in 2011 begin to pop up in newspapers and magazines across the country. Now is the time we reflect on the greatest moments, the lowest lows, and – of course – “the best...
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On the last day of school of 2011, I decided to celebrate with one of my best friends by going to see a movie. Our first choice was to see New Year’s Eve – or more accurately, that was the only thing we remotely cared to see. But then we learned that this new...
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  Back in 2007, on my twelfth birthday, my grandparents presented me with a spellbinding book entitled The Invention of Hugo Cabret. A picture book/novel written by Brian Selznick, it tells the story of a twelve-year-old boy living by himself within the walls of a Paris train station during the 1930s. The mystifying story...
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  Cancer – just the thought of it is enough to evoke tremendous feelings of dread and worry from most of us. Everyone has, at some point, experienced the hardships of cancer either themselves or through a close friend or family member. It’s one of today’s most focused-upon diseases, with dozens of walks and...
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