A Good Goodbye Funeral Planning for Those Who Don't Plan to Die
- Mortality Movies TV Show Episode Six: Funeral Shopping Tipsby Gail Rubin on July 21, 2026
Funeral shopping? You must watch episode six of the Mortality Movies TV series! Most consumers spend more time researching a new television or family vacation […]
- A Poem Pondering Food in France versus Americaby Gail Rubin on July 19, 2026
A poem about what you might see in the grocery store. As part of the creative nonfiction writing class I took at the American University of Paris this summer, […]
- Mortality Movies TV Show Episode Five: Putting the Fun in Funeral Planningby Gail Rubin on July 14, 2026
Mortality Movies on Funeral Planning Most people know they should make funeral plans someday. The problem is that “someday” often becomes “not today.” […]
- Mortality Movies TV Show Episode Four: Medicine and Mortalityby Gail Rubin on July 7, 2026
Mortality Movies and Medicine Modern medicine can accomplish extraordinary things. Doctors can transplant organs, replace joints, treat once-fatal diseases, […]
- Mortality Movies Episode Three: Discussing Death Won’t Kill Youby Gail Rubin on June 30, 2026
Mortality Movies can help us when we ask: Why is it so difficult to talk about death? Everyone knows it will happen eventually, yet many people avoid […]
- Mortality Movies Episode Two: Woody Allen on Death and Humorby Gail Rubin on June 23, 2026
Mortality Movies by Woody Allen Death has been a recurring theme in Woody Allen’s films for decades. Sometimes it appears as a punchline. Sometimes it […]
- Mortality Movies Episode One: Cultural Landmark Films About Deathby Gail Rubin on June 16, 2026
Mortality Movies Episode One Death has always been one of humanity’s favorite subjects to avoid, and also one of its most enduring topics in art and […]
- The Complicated Legacy of Last Tango in Paris, A Landmark Mortality Movieby Gail Rubin on June 9, 2026
Last Tango in Paris: Examining grief and the complicated legacy of this landmark film As I continue my cinematic journey through France in preparation for my […]
- Mortality Movie Chocolat: When the Dead Still Tell Us How to Liveby Gail Rubin on June 2, 2026
As I prepare for my summer trip to France, I’ve been revisiting movies set in the French countryside. One of my favorites is Chocolat (2000), starring […]
- Skeletons, Romance, and Paris: Mortality Themes in the Film Amélieby Gail Rubin on May 26, 2026
In anticipation of my trip to Paris this summer, another French Mortality Movie I recently rewatched is the 2001 film Amélie. This film is included in the […]









