I’m writing this from the working-at-home trenches in Hamburg. We’re in between semesters in Bremen, so I organized a trip home to Seattle for next week, and while I was at it, scheduled in some time with mein Schatz that doesn’t require weekend commuting. While I’m much more productive in my actual office at the university, …
Tag: Movies
Of Stage and Screen
Continuing with yesterday’s theme of cold and dark, I have seen a lot of movies lately. Milk was brilliant. I first heard about Harvey Milk a long time ago while reading Randy Shilt’s And the Band Played On, and was moved to see a film made about the social change Milk created. The entire cast …
Lazy Saturday
I’ve already had two cups of coffee today, and I am already thinking about a third. Is this what having your own espresso machine does to you? If so, I am totally okay with that. We have been making a lot of household purchases lately, and although an espresso machine was not high on the …
Persepolis
Last night we saw the beautifully animated film Persepolis, based on the autobiographical graphic novels by Marjane Satrapi, of an Iranian girl’s coming of age during the Islamic Revolution. The film was written and directed by Satrapi and Vincent Parannaud. Production still from “Persepolis” (2007), originally uploaded by beastandbean. The film is touching and heart …