DschwendA Quiet Place 2My first movie in a theater since, you know. I was an audience of one, which was bizarre, but that was the opposite of frightening…Jun 7, 2021Jun 7, 2021
DschwendLockdown daysI woke up wanting to know how Cáit O’Riordan’s given name was pronounced, since Irish names are never what they seem to be, y’know, the…May 17, 2020May 17, 2020
DschwendCursive, semi-cursive, non-cursiveWe have no good definition by which to distinguish cursive from semi-cursive writing in Greek.Oct 1, 2019Oct 1, 2019
Dschwend‘Apollodorus’ Library of Myth, pt.1This is an adaptation of Sir James Fraser’s translation (because, let’s face it, it’s frightfully Victorian in ways that we are just not)…Aug 28, 2019Aug 28, 2019
DschwendWhere i go at nightLast I went to Saigo City, some place in the future. The world is different, better and worse. Aliens have arrived, who are smarter than…Aug 20, 2017Aug 20, 2017
DschwendThe CircleEmma Watson lands an entry level job at a Google-esque, with the help of an Scottish model turned actress, Karen Gillan. Gillan is allowed…May 16, 2017May 16, 2017
DschwendThe PassengersThere was something promising about the premise: two people wake too soon from sleep stasis three decades into a 120 year voyage. There is…Dec 22, 2016Dec 22, 2016
DschwendRogue OneI went to see the new Star Wars flick because I had finished my proofreading, had the afternoon off, and well, why not? I sat too close…Dec 21, 2016Dec 21, 2016
DschwendThe OAThis episode (Homecoming) begins with a series of visually arresting plot points. Blonde Brit Marling runs to the edge of a bridge, looks…Dec 18, 2016Dec 18, 2016
DschwendSloane, Ms.Saw “Miss Sloane” without knowing much about it, except that it looked better than “Hacksaw Ridge” and “Office Christmas Party” and Jessica…Dec 18, 2016Dec 18, 2016