Author: Jay Ruud

Nomadland Chloe Zhao (2020) Facts for You: Where to Watch:Included on Hulu Length:1 hour 48 minutes  Names You Might Know:Frances McDormand, David Strathairn Language:English He Said: This is the current movie that everyone seems to be talking about. Or at least posting about. It was released on February 19, in limited release in theaters (which… Continue reading Nomadland

A Promising Young Woman Emerald Fennell (2020 Facts for You: Where to Watch:Rentable on Amazon Prime Length:1 hour 54 minutes  Names You Might Know: Carey Mulligan with supporting roles played by Connie Britton, Laverne Cox, Jennifer Coolidge and Alison Brie Language: English She Said: This black comedy suspense film from emerging creative powerhouse Emerald Fennell (Call… Continue reading A Promising Young Woman

Deacon King Kong James McBride (2020) James McBride is the acclaimed author of the National Book Award winning novel The Good Lord Bird (2013). He also wrote the popular memoir The Color of Water: A Black Man’sTribute to His White Mother (1995), which spent two years on the New York Times bestseller list; wrote the historical World War… Continue reading Deacon King Kong

The Dig Simon Stone (2020) Facts for You: Where to Watch: Streaming on Netflix Length: 1 hour 52 minutes Names You Might Know: Ralph Fiennes, Carey Mulligan, Lily James He Said:If you’re a big fan of Beowulf (and let’s face it, who isn’t?) then you’re well aware of the dark, elegiac tone that hangs over that poem, and the… Continue reading The Dig

Hamnet Maggie O’Farrell (2020) There is at the center of Maggie O’Farrell’s novel about the death of William Shakespeare’s 11-year-old son Hamnet a chapter that backs away from the story we are in the midst of and examines it from a transcendent perspective. It is unlikely that O’Farrell could have conceived at the time of… Continue reading Hamnet