In tomorrow’s World Cup finals, Japan is Cinderella going up against America’s Jane Eyre.
Posted in Bronte (Charlotte) | Also tagged Albert Camus, Antoine de Saint-Exupery, Any Given Sunday, Charles Baudelaire, Charlotte Bronte, Dead Poets Society, Guillaume Apollinaire, Jane Austen, Jane Eyre, Jean de la Fontaine, Jonathan Livingstone Seagull, Richard Bach, Sense and Sensibility, Soccer, Sports, Taming of the Shrew, Villette, William Shakespeare |
Film Friday Last Friday I reported that Julia and I were on our way to a dinner with our film group and that we had an assignment: to come up with 3-5 films and explain how they had impacted our lives. The evening was a smashing success, and I recommend the idea to others. [...]
Posted in Bonnie and Clyde (film), Camelot (film), Cinderella (film), Deer Hunter (film), Departures (film), Desperately Seeking Susan (film), Harlan County USA (film), Haunted House (film), High Anxiety (film), Jules and Jim (film), King and I (film), Matewan (film), Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors (film), Sound of Music (film), To Kill a Mockingbird (film), Virgin Spring (film), Yellow Submarine (film) | Also tagged Accused, Bonnie and Clyde, Camelot, Deer Hunter, Departures, Desperately Seeking Susan, Film, Harlan County USA, Haunted House, High Anxiety, Jules and Jim, King and I, Matewan, Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors, Sound of Music, To Kill a Mockingbird, Virgin Spring, Yellow Submarine |
‘Tis the season to be grading, fa la la la la, la la la la. Last week I treated you to my stories about student essays. Today you get to hear thoughts on the subject from Jason Blake, our correspondent in Slovenia. Jason here searches for an archetypal narrative that will do justice to [...]
