‘Arts’ Archives
Movie Corner’s Top Ten of 2022 (And More)
Howard McQuitter II By HOWARD MCQUITTER II #1 Everything Everywhere All at Once. Fantasy/Comedy/Action/Science Fiction/Thriller. Directors: Dan Kwan and Daniel Scheinert. #2 Till. African American/Biographical/Drama/History/Civil Rights. Director: Chinonye Chukwu. #3 The Banshees of Inisherin. Drama/Period Piece. Director: Martin McDonagh. #4 The Whale. Drama. Director: Darren Aronofsky. #5 Elvis. Biography/Music/Drama. Director: Baz Luhrmann. #6 Guillermo Del Toro's Pinocchio. Animation/Claymation/Drama/Family/Thriller. Director: Guillermo Del Toro. #7 The Fabelmans. Semibiographical/Family/Drama/Period Piece. Director: Steven Spielberg. #8 Nope. Science Fiction/Science Fantasy/Thriller/Drama. Director: Jordan Peele. #9 Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. Science Fantasy/Action/African American. Director: Ryan Coogler. #10 The Gravedigger's Wife. Drama/Romance/Road. Director: Khadar Ayderus [...]
WE OF THE MIDDLE AGES
By SHELIA BLAND Confronted with the realization that our dreams did not come to pass, We who raised our children with such confidence. Sure of the difference they’d make in the future. Sure that we knew what they’d need for the future. We look up to discover That the future looks just like the present— The future that is now is no different Than the present that was then. And we are too tired to go on fighting, Too tired, and too wise to believe again In a future, future That can be different from the present, present. We experience a changing of the guard. We see in our children’s eyes, our dreams of yesterday. We see in our children’s limbs, our strength of yesterday. We see in our children’s hearts, our enthusiasm of yesterday. A changing of the guard. Our selves replaced. The same dreams re-hatched. We experience despair perhaps-- A feeling of uselessness -- Of being out of step. We experience [...]
The Life of a Leaf
By SHELIA BLAND Nibbled on Rained on Wind tossed Chilled Scorched Uprooted Disoriented Fallen Downtrodden Besmirched Disintegrated Shelia Bland lives in Midtown Phillips. She has been writing most of her life to help herself understand the experiences and people in her shared world.
