by jkylegregory | Oct 20, 2025 | Alex, Articles, Events
Jazz in the hills This particular fall Saturday afternoon was fortunately sunny and warm. The green hills in this countryside setting were alive with music coming from cowbells dangling around the necks of these docile animals scattered across the hillside where they...
by jkylegregory | Oct 17, 2025 | Articles, Books, Diane
The Briar Club by Kate Quinn The Briar Club by Kate Quinn tells the story of seven women who live in the Briarwood Boarding House in Washington D.C. in the 1950’s. The book takes place during the Cold War and the McCarthy Era, when fear of being turned over to the...
by jkylegregory | Oct 2, 2025 | Articles, Film, Rinus
Sentimental Value directed by Joachim Trier Having followed the career of the Norwegian director Joachim Trier since his debut feature film Reprise from 2007, I was excited to get the opportunity last week to see his latest film Sentimental Value. This film had its...
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...
