Storms of My Grandchildren
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Category Archives: Art & Culture
The Secret In Their Eyes: A Film
For a good middle of summer thriller, lower yourself into a comfortable seat, ignore the inevitable advertisements, turn off your …
New Orleans: A Film
Drawn by the promise of seeing a young Louis Armstrong and Billie Holiday on film, doing what they were best …
Beijing Coma: A Novel
Mainland China is an enormous country. With 9.6 million square kilometers it is the third largest country in the world …
Films to Watch For
For all you film fans who think this spring has been particularly dismal in the local movie houses, there are …
Mexico, Tropic of Cancer
Sayulita, a small town in Mexico, with a small wonderful stretch of protected Pacific beach and small waves for small …
Tongue of War: Some Poems
Beach Landing, Iwo Jima They didn’t shoot at us. A silent scene until we clogged the beach, and then–all hell, …
The Greatest Show on Earth: Richard Dawkins
I’ve just finished a several week virtual book club with a friend in Colorado. We both downloaded and listened while …
Ajami: A Film: Open Your Eyes
Depending on your movie and story sense, Ajami, co-directed by Yaron Shani, an Israeli Jew and Scandar Copti an Israeli …
St. Patrick’s Day Remembrance
We had to leave the Hunger said my Da. We walked the half of Ireland trying not to see what …
Crazy Heart: A Film
Jeff Bridges and Maggie Gyllenhal turn in very nice performances in Crazy Heart, another of so many movies/stories of American …
White Ribbon: A Film: Is There a Who in the Whodunit?
I was glad to read after seeing Michael Haneke’s new film, White Ribbon, that the crowd at the Cannes’ premier, …