Ann Silverthorn

It was a sight my dad never forgot, but he didn’t share the experience with me until a few months before he died. It was a memory of a sultry September day in 1955, when he was the first person on the scene of a plane crash in southwest Millcreek, a suburb of Erie, PA.…

This post originally appeared on the DVD Netflix blog “Inside the Envelope.” That company folded in 2023, and the blog was shut down, but you might find some good stuff here. Looking toward the future can be a daunting activity, especially today, when information is immediately accessible at our fingertips. Before the digital age, though,…

This post originally appeared on the DVD Netflix blog “Inside the Envelope.” That company folded in 2023, and the blog was shut down, but you might find some good stuff here. We love thrillers that make us say, “I didn’t see that coming!” Better yet, those that offer the unexpected and make us practically jump…

The COVID-19 pandemic has raised the level of human creativity. Autopilot no longer works and we continually have to find new ways to do old things. Take bridal showers, for example. Here you’ll learn how to plan and execute a memorable event during a pandemic. This is a hybrid model, both socially distanced for the…

This post originally appeared on the DVD Netflix blog “Inside the Envelope.” That company folded in 2023, and the blog was shut down, but you might find some good stuff here. Independent films can often bring an audience much closer to their characters than big-budget films produced by major studios. This is especially true of…

Key news-writing principals remain relevant today, even as publication methods and delivery systems evolve. An article entitled “Newspaper By-Laws,” written nearly 150 years ago, provides an excellent example. The unbylined article appeared in the Broome County Republican on February 17, 1875, and it exists on microfilm available through interlibrary loan from the New York State library. Here…

This post originally appeared on the DVD Netflix blog “Inside the Envelope.” That company folded in 2023, and the blog was shut down, but you might find some good stuff here. It’s fun to binge-watch when there’s not much else to do, and sometimes, rather than just being the passive recipients of entertainment, we’d like…

Social isolation because of the COVID-19 pandemic has been tough on all of us, but the elderly, and other vulnerable people, without computers, have suffered most. They need us more than ever. Months ago, I wrote a post about how computers are destroying humanity. In The Digital Age is Killing Humanity, I discussed the challenges that…

This post originally appeared on the DVD Netflix blog “Inside the Envelope.” That company folded in 2023, and the blog was shut down, but you might find some good stuff here. Family movie night can be a challenge these days. When we just want a laugh, appropriate for multiple generations, we often end up with…

This post originally appeared on the DVD Netflix blog “Inside the Envelope.” That company folded in 2023, and the blog was shut down, but you might find some good stuff here. Isabelle Huppert made her movie debut in 1971 and has not slowed down since. I first saw Huppert in Home (2008), where she plays…