by jkylegregory | Jul 4, 2025 | Articles, Film, Rinus
Hard Truths by Mike Leigh When I started to become serious with my film watching after 2007, Mike Leigh was one of the directors who caught my early attention. The first one of Leigh’s films I watched was Secrets andLies (1996), soon followed by films like Naked...
by jkylegregory | Jul 2, 2025 | Articles, Books, Mary
The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store By James McBride James McBride once again brings to the reader an exquisite tale mixing raw reality with life-giving hope and love. Set in the 1920’s and 30’s in eastern United States, it is a time of Jewish immigration from Europe...
by jkylegregory | Jun 20, 2025 | Articles, Film, Rinus
The Room Next Door by Pedro Almodovar Spanish director Pedro Almodovar’s English-language debut film, winner of the Venice Golden Lion 2024, is a heartfelt, meditative, crafty work of a filmmaker who keeps developing with age.The issues he brings up belong to...
by jkylegregory | May 31, 2025 | Articles, Film, Rinus
Disappearing Ways of Life – The Films of Vittorio de Seta Last week I had the opportunity to get acquainted with the Italian film director Vittorio de Seta. He was born 1923 in Palermo, Sicily and died in Calabria in 2011. After his studies in architecture he...
by jkylegregory | May 31, 2025 | Articles, Books, Nat
Small Pleasures by Clare Chambers Set in the south of England, in 1957, we meet Jean Swinney, a downtrodden dutiful daughter, who lives with and cares for her mother, and works at the local newspaper. At the start of the book, Jean seems resigned to her drab...
