Figuratively, not literally.
December 8, 2016
Midnight Diner
Netflix has come out with a 10-episode season of Midnight Diner, which began as an award-winning manga, then a Japanese TV series and feature film. Like the filmAn this series is quiet, quirky, and offbeat…mixing food, of course, with characters a bit on the edge of Japanese society but entirely recognizable as classic Japanese characters. Tokyo is said to be not so much a big city as a collection of small villages
January 17, 2016
Carol
After our talk about great films*, I decided I needed to go out to the movies more…because I used to enjoy the experience of seeing film in a cinema so much and somewhere along the way, I got out of the habit of it. So I walked over to the Violet Crown and got the last seat for Carol. I was underimpressed. The acting was fine, the period sets and
January 1, 2016
Tokyo: A Certain Style
How do you live like this? Not at home. Home is where you crash and store a change of clothes.
November 30, 2015
Virtues of Ben Franklin
“Either write things worth reading, or do things worth the writing.” — Ben Franklin
September 8, 2015
Far From the Madding Crowd
having since spent some time walking in similar places, I am much more impressed at how well Hardy captures them.
April 5, 2015
Going Light with Backpack or Burro
Before I left on my trip to Patagonia, I came across this delightful little book at Recycled Reads. Written in 1951 by various members of the Sierra Club of San Francisco (the focus audience being people exploring the National Parks of the American West), the editor, David R. Brower, prefaces the sixth printing in 1962 with this message. “More than a decade later (and six printings later, each helped by
February 22, 2015
Edge of Tomorrow
Starship Troopers meets Groundhogs Day with a bit of Aliens thrown in.
November 3, 2014
The Tale of Princess Kaguya
かぐや姫の物語 I was lucky to see this in the original Japanese-language version at the +Alamo Drafthouse. From the info I could glean on the Internet about the limited release in other American cities, I was afraid it was going to be the dubbed version. So a big thanks to the +Alamo Drafthouse for showing it in the original language! Taken as a whole (story, visual, and graphics) I think Princess Kaguya is the
September 28, 2014
Guardians of the Galaxy
Bottom line: Great fun for 8-year-olds of all ages and genders.