Paths of Glory: A Novel and A Film of War, Books,
As local author Adam Hochschild makes the rounds with his latest, amazing book, To End All Wars [following King Leopold’s …
Tag Archives: Movies
Inch’ Allah Dimanche: Algerian Immigrants to France
Immigration is big in the news these days – mostly the opposition to it– around the world. It is absolutely …
Cave of Forgotten Dreams – Werner Herzog
For a wonderful excursion away from the shattering sights and sounds of the here-and-now take a friend and an understanding …
The Owl and the Sparrow — A Film from Vietnam
There may be no films we watch with more trepidation than those of little girls in dire circumstances. Little boys, …
Buffalo Boy — A Film of Vietnamese Herders
The incredible, beautiful green of trees, grasses and rice against the blue rivers, blue skies and white clouds at the …
The Kite — Over the Lebanese-Israeli Border — a Film
Many years ago I translated The Manuscript of a Crow, a short story by Spanish author Max Aub, the protagonist …
Potiche – Trophy Wife, a frothy French Labor Film
We took a flyer last night on Potiche – Trophy Wife, based on Catherine Deneuve and Gerard Depardieu being the leads. …
Army of Crime — Immigrants Who Fought for France, A Film
My dear Melinée, my beloved little orphan, In a few hours I will no longer be of this world. We …
The Mother of the Bride – Screwball Comedy from Egypt, 1967
Comedies of family life have been a regular feature of movies and television in the US from the 1950s right …
Garbo: The Spy — A Documentary, WW II
Sort of by accident, on a rainy Sunday afternoon, we went to see Garbo: The Spy, a 2009 documentary and …
Outsourced — An Amusing Film About a Not So Amusing Subject
I tripped over Outsourced [2006, dir. John Jeffcoat] the other evening, and after seeing the premise — of cultural confusion as …
Struggle on the Nile: Three Tough Guys and a Dame in Egypt
In Struggle on the Nile, a 1959 movie from the golden age of Egyptian cinema, you will encounter a young …