My Moral Compass Got in the Way
Semi-Spoiler Alert - I don't think it spoils the movie, but if you're worried, wait and read it later. We were on a roll, Scarlett and I. First Lady Bird , then The Shape of Water . We were working our way through the Oscars, one great film at a time. While waiting for The Phantom Thread to be shown on the big, 70mm screen at The Loft , we took ourselves to see Call Me By Your Name this morning. Sigh. There were five of us in the theater. Scarlett and I chose different seats in the front row of the loge, just because we could. The previews enticed us to make plans to see the nominated short films when they arrive in February. We turned off our phones and settled in to be taken in by the languorous meanderings of a James Ivory film. It was beautiful; the NY Daily News nominated Crema, the city where the film takes place, for an Oscar. The countryside is verdant and warm and inviting; I wanted to be on a bicycle behin...