For the last several years, I have grown increasingly attached to podcasts as my main source of information. I’ve found that long-form discussions lead to a better and more accurate understanding of both people and ideas. A three-minute soundbite from […]
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Column, The Movie Diary
Watching and waiting
By Dom Cioffi No parent ever wants to receive a phone call from the police regarding their child. It’s what nightmares are made of. This past weekend, I received one of those calls. It was late Saturday morning and I […]
Column, The Movie Diary
Disrupting the flow
My son was flopping around the house this past weekend looking bored and dejected. I inquired about his mood and was met with a multitude of shrugs and mumbling. When pressed, he finally admitted that he was indeed bored and […]
Column, Movie Diary
A memorable exchange
By Dom Cioffi Sometimes, the most compelling exchanges happen at the strangest times. That was the case this past Sunday afternoon while I was walking on the golf course. No one was around and I had some time to kill, […]
Movie Diary
The experience of a lifetime
By Dom Cioffi I told my wife and son this past Christmas that all my presents were going to revolve around experiences; there would be no physical gifts. So, on Christmas morning, instead of finding boxes wrapped under the tree, […]
Column, Movie Diary
The Movie Diary: Queen and Slim
Gone, but not forgotten by Dom Chioffi News travels fast… I was sitting in my living room watching football last Sunday night when a text arrived. I glanced at my phone and saw it was from a high school friend […]
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The Movie Diary: A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
A whiter shade of pale by Dom Chioffi For the last 30 years, I have witnessed the effect that the word “sale” has on my wife. For as far back as I can remember, that four-letter noun as lured her […]
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The Movie Diary: The Good Liar
Tour de Force I drove my family into the Blue Ridge Mountains this past weekend for a little rest and relaxation before the holiday season officially kicks off. We stayed at a beautiful establishment called the Grove Park Inn, which […]
The Movie Diary
You’re a mean one
By Dom Cioffi As a young child, I reveled in picture books. It wasn’t that I loved to read so much as I loved looking at the illustrations. This is probably why, when I grew out of the picture book […]