Consider this Woody Allen’s diatribe against the toxic and wasteful pollutants of his Manhattan. Nevermind the fact that a nostalgic look behind to the 70’s and 80’s of New York City would magically overlook the high incidence of crime city corruption and just outright unpleasantness, now the city is built by masters of the universe who have used capital to turn otherwise....

  The apex of Woody Allen’s genius, Annie Hall swiftly, gently, harmoniously dusts over an existential question, like a pastry chef brushing filo dough with butter: why bother with human relationships?   While intersecting with the main thesis in the recent Her by Spike Jonze, the similarities end there. Annie Hall exposes the erraticism of intimacy, and how rare it is....

There is a bit of a challenge to define and describe what narcissism is. But you know it when you see it.   Separating the term from the psychological or personality disorder, wherein insecure and self-doubting individuals exhibit narcissistic behavior to protect or hide behind a veneer of confidence, what exists is a modality of human life that concerns itself with nothing else beyond....