A Look at Woody Allen and Separating the Art and the Artist

Woody Allen

While my main goal on this blog is to not get too political, it's hard sometimes to avoid discussing certain things. If you're anyone who follows the media circuit, you'll know that this was a big day for Woody Allen. For starters, his new film Cafe Society opened Cannes. However, it was overshadowed by a variety of events including Ronan Farrow's excellent piece regarding the media's handling of Allen's own molestation charges. This has raised the obvious statement, and one when pieced together with a recent interview that suggested that he saved his wife and adopted daughter (the same person) Soon-Yi from misery, is that he's a creepy pervert. Here's my opinion: I acknowledge that all of this really does it make more conflicting for me to like his work, but it's also harder to not admit that I still like his work. It's time that I discuss the unfortunate deed of separating the artist from the artist.

My Top 10 Favorite Meryl Streep Performances

Meryl Streep

Today is actress Meryl Streep's birthday. As longtime readers will likely know, I have had a long and conflicting view when it has come to her work. While she is actually a good actress, I feel that it is worth debating how many of the 19 (to date) Oscar nominations or 3 wins was actually deserved. I have decided that on her birthday, instead of spreading more apathetic dismissals, that I would come forward with more evidence that I don't hate her. I have decided to count down my personal Top 10 favorite movies of which I have seen her in (not necessarily in the lead role). It will, in some respects, be shocking what actually makes the final cut, partially because there's a lot that I haven't seen. Nevertheless, let us get this list underway.