Sofia Coppola’s The Beguiled – The Bachelor Under the Moss
The Beguiled is visually beautiful. A large white Virginia mansion sits surrounded by majestic trees dripping with moss. The women who inhabit this home are outfitted in gowns that would put Scarlett O’Hara to shame. Each scene, shot in gauzy, low light is mesmerizing, giving the entire film a dreamlike quality. Yet that exceptional cinematography […]
Liane Moriarty’s Truly, Madly, Guilty
“This is a story that begins with a barbecue….An ordinary neighborhood barbecue in an ordinary backyard.” What happened at that barbecue frames the plot for Liane Moriarty’s bestselling page turner, Truly, Madly, Guilty. With an expert hand, she teases out what actually transpired at the cookout, along the way filling us in on the lives […]