Tag: H is for Hawk

• Favorite Films, Books & Albums of 2015

  Resurrecting my 2013 choice to include all my best-ofs into one omnilist, here are 15 films, books, and albums I loved from 2015. Film 1. BrooklynThere’s a scene about five minutes into Brooklyn that setup the whole film for me. Eilis (Saoirse Ronan), soon bound for a new life in 1950s America, watches as her…

  Jan 26, 2016

  # best of, books, Brooklyn, film, Glen Hansard, H is for Hawk, Kate Beaton, lists, Lord Huron, Mad Max: Fury Road, movies, music, review, Sandra McCracken, Slow West, Spotlight, Sufjan Stevens, The Hunt for Vulcan, Typewriter Revolution

• H is for Hawk

  David Fincher’s Gone Girl opens gazing upon the back of Amy’s blond head. Her husband Nick, in voice-over: “The primal questions of a marriage: What are you thinking? How are you feeling? What have we done to each other?” I thought of this while reading Helen Macdonald’s H is for Hawk, when Macdonald’s gaze tried…

  Apr 21, 2015

  # books, falconry, film, Gone Girl, H is for Hawk, Helen Macdonald, movies, review