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“RENE CHAR : Isle-Sur-Sorgue” [by Geoffrey Young]
It was early July, 1970, and we were at Le Chateau d’Lignane, guests of the Boutié family in Aix-en-Provence. Laura had spent a month with them when she was sixteen. The house had an…
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“RENE CHAR : Isle-Sur-Sorgue” [by Geoffrey Young]
It was early July, 1970, and we were at Le Chateau d’Lignane, guests of the Boutié family in Aix-en-Provence. Laura had spent a month with them when she was sixteen. The house had an…
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Lina Wertmüller, August 14, 1928 – December 9, 2021
Tracy Danison, who writes for us from Paris, e-mailed me last week with the news that Lina Wertmüller, the award winning director, had died in Rome, at 93. Together we had seen a series…
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Lina Wertmüller, August 14, 1928 – December 9, 2021
Tracy Danison, who writes for us from Paris, e-mailed me last week with the news that Lina Wertmüller, the award winning director, had died in Rome, at 93. Together we had seen a series…
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Upon First Viewing “”Ball of Fire” [by Stephen Kampa, with commentary from Mary Jo Salter]
<<< Stephen Kampa writes brilliantly about the movies, and his favorite period seems to be the Forties. He loves the lingo—the “vah-vah-voom!”—and the flirtatious, but not explicit, sexuality. Here’s his tribute to Barbara Stanwyck…
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Upon First Viewing “”Ball of Fire” [by Stephen Kampa, with commentary from Mary Jo Salter]
<<< Stephen Kampa writes brilliantly about the movies, and his favorite period seems to be the Forties. He loves the lingo—the “vah-vah-voom!”—and the flirtatious, but not explicit, sexuality. Here’s his tribute to Barbara Stanwyck…
