Several events vying for attention on my personal calendar this weekend. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHBQ5k1kpe8&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Ecinemaartstheatre%2Ecom%2F&feature=player_embedded]A few months back, I quoted on this blog…
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Chatting About Women’s Studies
At a Writer’s Center happy hour last night, I had an interesting, if too brief, conversation with Virginia-based filmmaker Lonnie…
Continue reading →California III: Vertigo
Well, I learned a valuable lesson today: If there’s someplace you particularly want to visit when you’re traveling, check ahead…
Continue reading →Love It? Hate It? Either Way, It’s Tough To Forget “The Night of the Hunter”
On the drive to campus this morning, I read Tara parts of Michael Dirda’s review of Jeffrey Couchman’s new study,…
Continue reading →Why So Bleak, Buddy?
In the wake of yesterday’s post about Blackbird, a play reflecting on a relationship between a 40-year-old man and a…
Continue reading →Blackbird: Beyond Law & Order
Last night, Tara and I had the fine privilege of seeing the Studio Theatre’s production of David Harrower’s Blackbird, catching it…
Continue reading →Pitter-Pat And Rat-A-Tat-Tat
The November 25th Washington Post carried an announcement that screenwriter John Michael Hayes had died on November 19. Hayes, 89, was the…
Continue reading →Grand Masters of Mystery
Mystery Writers of America announced yesterday its Grand Masters for 2009: James Lee Burke and Sue Grafton — the first…
Continue reading →Bond Reborn As Bourne?
That’s the big question that seems to be running through all the recent (and largely negative) reviews of Quantum of…
Continue reading →“Moving Midway” A Moving Experience
The DC premiere (November 13) of Godfrey Cheshire’s documentary Moving Midway was a real joy — not only the first…
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