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Dear Truman, You’ve got guts. You were patient zero of the Too Much Information Age, born and raised on live television, your life laid bare for 24/7 streaming, even while you slept. You’re the ultimate media experiment, a person raised inside a television screen, no permission necessary. You lived on a set populated by actors […]

Let’s Raise a Glass to ol’ Truman What’s-His-Name — Silver Screenings

Are you in the mood for some classic world cinema? Recently, our friend and fellow movie blogger, Nuwan Sen, introduced us to the 1955 Bollywood romantic comedy/drama, Mr. & Mrs. ’55. Nuwan explains the significance of “55” in the title: In India, before 1955, divorce was not recognized by the Hindus, as according to the […]

The Marilyn Monroe of Bollywood — Silver Screenings

Have you ever watched a film beloved by many that left you feeling flat? We had a Letdown while watching the 1938 French film, The Baker’s Wife (La Femme du Boulanger), a comedy-drama about a gifted Baker of Bread who moves to a small village in Provence and loses his wife to a local shepherd. […]

The Importance of Good French Bread — Silver Screenings

Hollywood director Oliver Stone called film historian/journalist Roger Ebert one of the great film critics, because Ebert understood what filmmakers are trying to achieve. Stone’s comments may be due, in part, to Ebert’s appraisal of Stone’s controversial 1991 film, JFK. “This is not a film about the facts of the [John F. Kennedy] assassination, but […]

Roger Ebert’s Landmarks of 20th Century Cinema — Silver Screenings

Are you in the mood for some award-winning animated shorts? Excellent! We’ve chosen six shorts for you, all from the 1960s, in honour of National Classic Movie Day on May 16. If you plan to drop by our house for the celebration, we’ll make popcorn and lemonade. Oh – there’ll be chocolate cake, too, because […]

National Classic Movie Day: 6 Animated Shorts from the 1960s — Silver Screenings

Working from home certainly has its benefits. But one bad thing is that it can lead to overeating. Ask me; I know. Here are my 5 simple ways to avoid overeating…

5 Easy ways to avoid overeating (when you work from home) — The Entertainment Journal

If you have read the past two posts, you might know I have my heart wound up a little about my writing and growing old. But then again, don’t most of us? ( If writing is not your jam, substitute it for the passion that keeps you awake at night.) So for today I’ve decided […]

Letter To My 20-Year Old Self – Bikozulu — The Untamed Afterthought

What is the appropriate response to a mental breakdown? Break down! What a word! Does it encompass all that goes through your mind while you nurse your mental health to full recovery? Will any word ever fully define what your mental state looks and feels like when it is ‘unhealthy’ and rebelling against ‘sound judgement’? […]

Still waiting for permission to cry? — The Untamed Afterthought

Finally the month is ending but mental health awareness shall continue on and I’ll get to that post in just a bit. The month has ended on a low note with the rage of the Black Community in America and off it (afterall what the great do the less will prattle of) but this is […]

The Art of vulnerability — The Untamed Afterthought

Here and ready for the next bit of this Black and Proud Series. If you missed the first, you might want to start here but if not then read on anyway. I had a very brief discussion with my father yesterday as we listened to a recounting of how the Aboriginals of Australia were massacred […]

Black and Proud – A HISTORY! — The Untamed Afterthought