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Ricky Jay, Magician
Happy February 1. It is still winter. January was a blur of days and days below zero and evenings watching movies on Netflix. I’m not surprised to see I didn’t keep up my twice a week blogging schedule because, well, … Continue reading
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Tagged deception, DVD recommendation, film, film review, illusion, magic, magician, Ricky Jay
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Pirate Films
It has been too cold to do much except watch movies lately. We are always looking for good Scandinavian films, so I was excited when Netflix turned up a few, including A Hijacking, (Kapringen), a Danish film about Somali pirates. In the fall … Continue reading
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Tagged Captain Phillips, Captain Richard Phillips, Somali pirates, Tom Hanks
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The Turning
It does feel heroic to go to work when it is -12 degrees outside. Especially when it’s New Year’s Eve. So I stayed under my covers until I could do so no longer, and then I put on my long … Continue reading
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Tagged chocolate tart, Netflix film festival, Preston Sturges, The Lady Eve
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Frances Ha
I’m late to discussion of this movie, which is currently streaming on Netflix. I highly recommend it– and it’s sweet! And I just saw so many connections in it, which I loved, that I had to do a little blog … Continue reading
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Tagged Annie Hall, autobiographical film, film and life, Frances Ha, Greta Gerwig, Noah Baumbach, Woody Allen
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Terrence Malick Speaks of Love
On Saturday, in part to clear our heads after the media extravaganza that was the Boston Bomber Manhunt Week, we went to the Twin Cities to see Terrence Malick’s new film, To the Wonder. It was lovely to hear so … Continue reading
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Tagged art film, beauty, Catholicism, film, Mont St. Michel, movie review, Oklahoma, romance, suburban life, Terrence Malick, To the Wonder
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