Masculinity in “The Godfather”
Why do men adore The Godfather, the 1972 film by Francis Ford Coppola? Is it because the film depicts a bygone world …
Category Archives: Beautiful Men
The Gaze That Slays
This Friday’s post has been reserved for a moment of pure fangirl delight. A sulky, sexy 37-year old Ciarán Hinds as Frank Echlin …
Non-Hit Man: Agent 47
A London stage production of a 415-year old play has been proclaimed a “blockbuster” and is trending on social media. Meanwhile, a …
Nature Boy: “Hamlet” at the Barbican
Nature Boy: Hamlet at the Barbican Spoiler alert. Everyone knows the plot of Hamlet, but this post contains plenty of …
Sex, Lies and the Marketing of “Persuasion”
Maybe it’s not the worst marketing blunder in history, but it still blows my mind. When Persuasion (1995) was released …
The Indelible Beauty of Omar Sharif
He’s been on my mind lately. One of the sadder phenomena of aging is that when you get close to …
Not Fade Away: Jerry Garcia
This holiday weekend, the surviving members of The Grateful Dead are playing their last shows. The marketing and merchandising aspect …
Ajax, Cassandra and the Forbidden Fantasy
Is this painting erotic or horrifying? Magnetic or repellent? I ran across it one day while looking for images to illustrate …
Princely Endowments
We begin with apologies to Irving Berlin. The prince that I marry will have to be The owner of epic …
Erasmus Darwin and Me
Synchronicity is Jung’s concept of meaningful coincidence. They happen to me every so often. Maybe it’s a matter of keeping one’s eyes …
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