Words and Movies

Saying it had been forced to take action against networks that refused to change their conduct, the Federal Communications Commission announced Monday it would investigate broadcasters of TV shows where the mom has a job. “It has come to our attention that the public airwaves have been used to transmit indecent images of female characters who have both children and jobs—and in some cases are even a family’s breadwinner,” said FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr, claiming such programs were not in compliance with new guidelines that require fictional mothers to be breastfeeding off-screen for at least two-thirds of an episode’s duration.

What better way to escape the heat and Gay Pride jollities than to slip into a cool cinema to see something dark? IN A LONELY PLACE has the fatalism, the alienation and sadness, the swooney romanticism: ‘I was born when I kissed you; I died when you left me; for a few weeks I lived while you loved me.’ Some of the most memorable dialogue in film history, and this not including its wonderful use…

Five Mandarines - René Smoorenburg. , 2026.

Dutch, b. 1954 -

Renato Guttuso (Italy 1912-1987)

Sera a Velate - Evening in Velate (1980)

Portrait of Benedetta Marinetti -1915

Giacomo Balla (1871-1958)

William Hawkins (American Artist, born 1962)

"Glory Clouds", 2025.

Oil on Canvas, 50.8 × 40.6 cm.