1984. It was a “seminal” year for me. 'Twas the year I saw (drum roll) the movie “Romancing the Stone.” Just a wee girl of eight, I...

A shimmery whispering yellow in the trees – it comes for me this time of year. Doctor Zhivago. In autumn, whenever I see a gust of wind...

The other day I watched “Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison” (1957), a wondrously windswept, sand-in-your-eyes, nun-luvin’ movie set in the World...

You know how some people like to open a new novel and read the last page first? I’m like that with Old Hollywood movie stars. Now, it’s...

With my last delicate sip of Darjeeling tea, I whisper “Farewell, darling” to my Old Hollywood winter. Amber muscatel warms like the...

Sharing my “30 Favorite Films” list is an absurdly personal thing to do. I’m quite protective of revealing my favorite “anything” – but...

Going out with my fortyish, never-been-married single friends for a Friday night happy hour is like docking on the “Island of Misfit...