“In eighteenth century France there lived a man who was one of the most gifted and abominable personages in an era that knew no lack of gifted and abominable personages. His story will be told here.” So begins the novel Das Parfum by the German author Patrick Suskind. The novel was thought to be an [...]

For my generation, it was Mrs. Doubtfire.  For the following generation, it was Big Momma’s House.  So as you can imagine, I approached my first viewing of Tootsie with caution regardless of all the praise it had garnered back in 1982.  Beyond all that however, I can easily say that the film was very enjoyable [...]