This summer will mark the 5th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, and by then, David Simon‘s newest series, Treme will have come to  close.  Its twenty episodes will serve as a fitting reminder of the devastation that that storm, and the ensuing floods, wrought on countless lives, a devastation that continues to plague many lives even [...]

“All children are artists.  The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up.”  –Pablo Picasso I came across this quote in, of all places, this week’s Sports Illustrated.  Yesterday, I finally got around to watching Son of Rambow (2007) and found the quote and the film to be a perfect match.  The [...]