Golly! Just put it on vibrate!

Hugh Jackman and Daniel Craig stop their performance for rude theatergoers.

Good morning to everyone! Genna and I are glad to be back home and are sorry we were unable to post while abroad. Turns out we didn't have the internet connection we had anticipated. Genna transported to Paris a very heavy and elaborate ipod charger :-)

Inspired by our trip, I am trying to collect titles to movies having to do with France in some way. They might take place there, be filmed there, have to do with some part of French history, geography or French culture. In particular we are interested in those having to do with Paris. We hope to watch them in order to "extend the experience" and learn some more in a fun way.

So far we have the following compiled by the Walkers, Genna and I:

French Kiss
Charade
How to Steal a Million
Marie Antoinette (with Norma Shearer)
Desiree
Scarlet Pimpernel
Day of the Jackal
Bourne Identity
Man in the Iron Mask
Three Musketeers
Gigi

Anyone have any more to add?

Love to all,

Karen

Irving Kristol, 1920-2009

I'm sure we've all been reading the tributes to Irving Kristol since his death on September 18th. And many of them are well worth reading. But, this tribute is, of course, the best.

A precarious pink-eyed shadow...

The Telegraph selects twenty of Dan Brown's more egregious examples of amateurism.

Always a Classic...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvltzwkUEEA
you're welcome!

Shakespeare Master Class: An Actor Prepares

I'm going through my annual Shakespeare fixation and reading and watching a lot of earnest analysis. This seems more than usually apt.

Oh, Canada!

Wow! A North American country with some cojones!