Another Mother’s Day has passed (I hope you had a good one) but luckily for you the Top 10 Movie Moms are available all year round - here’s the final Top 10 - including 2 new ones not yet profiled! Keep in mind these Moms may not be the most typical (they’re all actually pretty unique) , but they are definitely the most dynamic and interesting to watch on the screen.

10. Carol White in Todd Haynes’ Safe

A disturbing and eeery portrait of a California housewife and step-mom that suddenly turns sick from the chemicals in the air is in part an attack of suburban culture and in part a more general metaphor for the AIDS epidemic. But these social critiques aside, Julianne Moore’s turn as Carol White is a fascinating look at a woman who wants more that to run a house. The scene of Carol at a pals baby shower, when a young child is sitting on her lap as she starts to experience an attack will sit with you for some time… As will the last moment of the film. It’s a true testament to the side our mother’s keep to themselves…

And even though Carol may have had other problems, to ensure we all have clean air to breathe!

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Apparently there is a mugger loose in my neighborhood of Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Rumor has it he is specifically attacking women at knife point. Needless to say this news has sent shivers up my spine. I will never understand how a person can viciously attack an innocent person. Never.

Here’s a great (and one of the only) reports from Brian Lehrer show on “the Williamsburg stabber.”

While there are wonderful services such as Right Rides that promote safe ways to get home and offer free rides to women, transgender and gender queer individuals, more needs to be done in all cities to keep streets safe. and volunteer or donate to rightrides.org. Also check out this video about what it’s like to walk home alone.

Not only does news of my new neighborhood stabber terrify me but it infuriates me that I found out about it via an email forward from a friend rather than some sort of neighborhood alert. Guess I’ll need to waste even more money on cabs.

As a result of the reported muggings, there have been increased cops on the streets. We should be happy about this, right? I am, but a bunch of idiots on the Internet

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Since his unconventional Bob Dylan biopic came onto the scene, a lot more folks know who Todd Haynes is. Hopefully this means that a lot more know about his film Safe - but just to be “safe” I’m going write a bit about it.

Haynes’ 1995 film starring Julianne Moore as Carol White, is on the surface a slow, strange horror film where the bad guy isn’t a ghost, monster or a man in a mask, but is in fact the chemicals that surround all of us.

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