HomeFront: Kate Winslet in uniform, Mark Sandmanâs âsecret band,â plus a rising quilt star
By Marie Morris Globe Correspondent,Updated April 15, 2021, 3:36 p.m.
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Kate Winslet in the HBO series Mare of Easttown. Michele K. Short/HBO
Welcome back to HomeFront, where the doors that have been slightly ajar are flying open to let normal life back in. If youâre not at least partly vaccinated, you probably know someone who is, and maybe youâve had a meal on a patio. You might even have received an e-mail about reopening procedures at a place you used to go all the time. We canât shake the feeling that became our constant companion early in the stay-at-home period: that itâs safer on the couch than out in the world. Luckily we have plenty of company, virtually if not physically. And almost everyone needs something to watch or listen to. The Globeâs experts have plenty of suggestions.
HomeFront: 4 stars for âNomadland,â tween-friendly TV, remembering comedian Patrice OâNeal
By Marie Morris Globe Correspondent,Updated February 18, 2021, 6:57 p.m.
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Welcome back to HomeFront, where weâre listening to metal and punk covers of
âLet It Snowâ (surprisingly soothing) and thinking about a Laura Ingalls Wilder book other than âThe Long Winterâ for a change. This time itâs âFarmer Boy,â in which Almanzoâs father says, âWhen the days begin to lengthen / The cold begins to strengthen.â Yes, I
am a lot of fun at parties.
FILM: Frances McDormand stars as Fern, a prickly widow roaming the American West in a van, in