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The just-released Hitchcock Truffaut documentary based on the classic 1962 interviews and book of the same name. Hitchcock Truffaut captures key moments from the interviews and reveals Hitchcock more as an artist than an entertainer. Many of the Great One’s … Continue reading →

(Orson Welles’ greatest role: the mysterious, charismatic Harry Lime in The Third Man, one of the top 10 films of the tweniieth century, written by Graham Greene and directed by Sir Carol Reed) ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… I’m struck by the character differences … Continue reading →

on the tube to kick off each New Year! This year on Monday, 9 a.m.  in Edmonton. That and the fantastic, annual  New Year’s concert by the Vienna Philharmonic on PBS/ch. 22, Sunday, Jan. 1, 8 pm Edmonton time. Great … Continue reading →

Yes, there’s no place like home for the holidays. Christmas 2016–the best, most relaxed ever. Nothing but inner peace all December.

dyslexic’s way of spelling Ibsen.

“You have succeeded in life when all you really want is only what you really need.” –Vernon Howard “Only when we are no longer afraid do we begin to live.” –Dorothy Thompson “Simplicity is the essence of happiness.” –Cedric Bledso … Continue reading →

(even humorously, wittily, or ironically), rest assured it will automatically be shot down and reviled by a million faceless, self-righteous trolls online or in person. If she published To Kill a Mockingbird today for the first time, Harper Lee would … Continue reading →

it is no longer the sheer quantity (frequency and duration) of human stupidity that overwhelms and galls, but rather the endless quality of stupidity that astounds and exasperates.

The Year of Meltdown Mania. Everywhere you go or turn. Somebody is losing it when they can’t get what they want or they feel a great injustice has been done to them personally and so they will attack and crusade … Continue reading →

“Anyone who keeps the ability to see beauty never grows old.” –Franz Kafka “The truly rich are those who appreciate what they have.” –Yiddish Proverb “The simplest things are often the truest.” –Richard Bach “A contented heart is an even … Continue reading →