Movies
“Ondine” has magic and mystery
June 21, 2010Movie Review "Ondine"Directed by Neil Jordan. Starring Collin Farrell, Alicja Bachleda and Alison Barry.2009, Ireland/USA, 111 min., PG-13 Like most of Neil Jordan's fine Irish movies, this new one, released in the U.S. this year, is...
Read moreMovie review: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
June 4, 2010Another title for this important Swedish film is “Men Who Hate Women.”
Read moreMovie review: The Secret in Their Eyes
June 2, 2010Movie Review: The Secret in Their Eyes. Directed by Juan Campanella, starring Ricardo Darin and Soledad VillamilAward-winning Argentine film covers 25 years in the seemingly plain life of an employee in a criminal court. The same...
Read moreWeathering racial storms, Lena Horne rose above
May 12, 2010Lena Horne, an African American pioneer who fought for equality as an artist-activist, died May 9 at age 92. She is remembered as a crusader for civil rights and a symbol of black pride.
Read more‘The Last Station’ – we loved it and learned from it
March 10, 2010Love, wealth, utopian ideas and looming revolution are themes in this wonderfully acted film about Tolstoy and his wife.
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