Movie Review: Swingers

Way back when I saw a trailer for Swingers (1996) couldn’t figure out when it was set.  The characters all dressed in 50’s clothing and drove classic cars, but had the Club.  I read a review and learned that the movie was about a Los Angeles sub-culture where people dress like they did [...]

Book Review: White Teeth by Zadie Smith

White Teeth (2000) by Zadie Smith is an ambitious, epic-in-scope, yet flawed novel. Starting in 1975 and continuing for two decades it tells the story of two families. First there’s the Jones family. Archie dumb but affable is a English man who narrowly escapes committing suicide on New Year’s Day 1975. [...]