Harmonium In My Memory

An image of filmmaker Devereux Milburn.An image from the film Punch-Drunk LoveOn this week’s episode of Someone Else’s Movie, we get a little personal.

It happens in kind of a roundabout way, as Honeydew writer-director Devereux Milburn and I talk about Paul Thomas Anderson’s Punch-Drunk Love — the one that should have set Adam Sandler on a completely different path as an actor, and instead made it even more frustrating that he spends so much of his time making lame comedies in exotic locations. But what are you gonna do, the guy likes wearing his own clothes and getting paid ridiculous sums of money to hang out with his friends.

Still, this movie has power, and Devereux and I discuss its impact on each of our lives in what turned out to be a pretty meaningful episode. I think you should listen.

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And then you can listen to the latest episode of NOW What, in which I try to make sense of the chaos of Ontario’s vaccination rollout by reaching out to the people working to bend it into shape: Toronto Board of Health chair Joe Cressy, NDP member of provincial parliament Bhutila Karpoche and Parkdale Queen West Health Centre senior director of client services Maureen Gans, all of whom do their very best to explain what’s going on without collapsing into incoherent rage. They’re far better people than I am.

That’s about it for today. But don’t worry, there’s plenty more to come. I’m already exhausted.

One thought on “Harmonium In My Memory”

  1. Doug Ford is a goddamned idiot! I have a daughter who has worked in one of those definitely non-essential “essential” jobs in a warehouse for a completely discretionary product (not food or medicine related) that he didn’t close down today. She has worked throughout the pandemic, having to use public transit. But hey, someone can’t play golf, blah, blah, blah. I’m sure that will solve everything.

    On an actual movie/TV topic, I just read that Helen McCrory died at age 52. If you’re a Peaky Blinders fan, she absolutely blazed as Aunt Polly. Fookin’ hell.

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