Les Photos- July 10, 2008 I finally got some photographs uploaded to my Flickr page....http://goatdog.com/blog/archives/les_photos.html Comment dit-on "exchange rate"- July 10, 2008 So let me start by saying that I came thisclose to meeting Mike Leigh, whose new film is opening in Paris soon. I was having lunch with a French critic who had a press conference with Leigh after lunch, followed...http://goatdog.com/blog/archives/comment_diton_exchange_rate.html Je Prends le Croque Monsieur- July 9, 2008 This morning I bought cheese at a cheese store in French, and then I asked directions to the grocery store in French, after which I purchased salami and lettuce in French. Dear readers, I've gone native. Soon I will be...http://goatdog.com/blog/archives/je_prends_le_croque_monsieur.html Je Suis Dans Paris- July 8, 2008 Nobody here will speak French to me. I got off the plane prepared, even if misconjugated, to buy my train ticket to our room at the University of Chicago Paris Center, which is only a few blocks from the new...http://goatdog.com/blog/archives/je_suis_dans_paris.html Silent Sunday: Salome (1923)- July 6, 2008 Alla Nazimova's titanic flop Salome is positively florid, with sets and costumes after Beardsley and acting somewhere between Stanislavski and Pavlova. It's really weird, for lack of a better word, and interesting because it's like nothing I've ever seen before....http://goatdog.com/blog/archives/silent_sunday_salome_1923.html "We try not to be killedracists, but sometimes we are."- July 2, 2008 The third installment of our trip to the middle of Oscar's top category is up over at Nick's Flick Picks. This time, we address Crash's deficiencies and All Quiet on the Western Front's general greatness. Despite what you've heard, Crash...http://goatdog.com/blog/archives/we_try_not_to_be_killedracists_but_sometimes_we_are.html |