There has been a real
proliferation of “lux” movie theaters, the ones which will serve you a full
course dinner while you watch a movie in amazingly plush seats. Although we may
not be able to take full advantage of what they offer, we still enjoy going to
these, and another new one opened recently not far from where we live in New
York, so we decided to check it out. This one is called the iPic theater, “your
ultimate night out.” It really was quite lovely.
The trouble with
these places is that they by and large do not show the sorts of films we tend
to enjoy seeing, but from reading the reviews we thought that “Tully” looked
interesting. I just went back to read the New York Times review, in which Manohla
Dargis begins by describing the film as “a tragedy that thinks it’s a heartfelt
comedy.” I could not agree more. This movie was perhaps supposed to be funny,
but frankly I found it quite sad. The story focuses on two women, Marlo
(Charline Theron), who has just given birth to her third child, and Tully (Mackenzie Davis), a night nurse Marlo hires to help her through the early exhausting weeks. But Tully turns out to be much more than just a baby nurse, she quickly inserts herself into this family and, in particular, into the relationship between Marlo and her husband Drew (Ron Livingston, familiar to "Sex and the City" fans as Jack Berger). If any of you readers has seen this film, let me know what you think of it.
One of the advantages of living in New York City is that there are always so many interesting events going on. The 92nd Street Y is one of the places that hosts an amazing variety of speakers and performances throughout the year. The other night we went to see “Jake Tapper in conversation with Stephen Colbert.” Mr. Tapper is CNN’s chief Washington correspondent. Although the main focus of this talk was his recently published debut novel, The Hellfire Club, there was plenty of witty banter on any variety of topics. I really wish I had taken some notes because my memory is still just so frustratingly minimal!
Jake Tapper in Conversation with Stephen Colbert
Have a great weekend!
Love,
Rebecca
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