‘The Green Knight’ is a devilish and honorable game

“The Green Knight” (2021) – Truth or Dare.  It’s a devilish game.  Sometimes, the player faces a no-win circumstance because each choice will cause detrimental angst.  Reveal a long-held crush when the said person sits – right there – across the living room, or pour two ounces of Tabasco in a wine glass and gulp it down.  Yikes.  Perhaps, look to Joshua from “War Games” (1983) for advice when dealing with such alternatives. “The only winning move is not to play.” In writer/director David Lowery’s film – based on “Sir…

Ironically, ‘The Glorias’ works too hard

“The Glorias” –  “The path up is always a jagged line, not a straight one.” – Gloria Steinem “Roam if you want to.  Roam around the world.  Roam if you want to, without wings, without wheels.” – The B-52s, “Roam” Most folks probably know feminist icon Gloria Steinem from “Ms.” (magazine) and her trademark glasses, but this influential trailblazer is a whole lot more than her 49-year-old publication and fancy spectacles. There’s only one Gloria Steinem.  That’s true, except in writer/director Julie Taymor’s “The Glorias”, a Steinem biopic with four…