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His Girl on Friday

Posted on January 10, 2013 by Kathy

Howard Hawks’s His Girl Friday (1940) is not to be missed. It stars Cary Grant and Rosalind Russell, and it’s funny. How do they talk so fast? See it at the Cinematheque Friday at 7:30 pm. On Saturday and Sunday, the … Continue reading →

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Films, Belatedly

Posted on January 4, 2013 by Kathy

This weekend, after a holiday hiatus, is so chockful of good programs at the Cleveland Museum of Art and the Cleveland Institute of Art Cinematheque, I’ll hardly be able to see all I want to see and am going to … Continue reading →

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My Gun Control Letter

Posted on December 16, 2012 by Kathy

I wrote this letter today and am sending it to my two Senators, Sherrod Brown and Rob Portman, as well as President Obama. Their addresses follow the letter below. If you’re so moved, write or email your own Senators and Representatives, and, please, if … Continue reading →

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My Lolita Rant

Posted on December 5, 2012 by Kathy

This week’s Cleveland Institute of Art Cinematheque offerings give me the opportunity to rant about Stanley Kubrick’s Lolita, and, while I’m at it, movies made from books in general. Here’s the thing. Lolita is, in my opinion, a great novel … Continue reading →

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Better Than Science

Posted on November 26, 2012 by Kathy

In my Latin class today, I shared a reading about Proserpina and Ceres (Persephone and Demeter, in Greek). I find it necessary to debunk all that the scientific mumbo-jumbo about the seasons, relating to planets and stars and orbits. Forget, … Continue reading →

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A Film Trio

Posted on November 19, 2012 by Kathy

If you haven’t seen The Imposter  yet, I suggest you catch it at the Cinematheque this weekend (Saturday at 9:45; Sunday at 6:30). This crazy documentary tells the story of a lost child who reappears in his Texas family’s life after three … Continue reading →

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Ozu’s “Tokyo Story”

Posted on October 24, 2012 by Kathy

Yasujiro Ozu’s 1953 Tokyo Story is a quiet, moving film about an essential theme of life: change. It’s not to be missed. Chishu Ryu, Ozu’s iconic actor, plays an elderly father who travels from the countryside to Tokyo with his wife to visit … Continue reading →

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A Clown, but Not “Klown”

Posted on October 15, 2012 by Kathy

Maybe I’ll always be recommending a classic film, here, in my weekly musings on my husband John’s film programs. If so, I may get boring, but I gotta be me. I generally want people to read classic books and see classic … Continue reading →

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A Collection of Choosers

Posted on October 12, 2012 by Kathy

I discussed the electoral college with my Latin students today, apropos of the Presidential election, of course, and described its Roman historical and etymological roots. As a break from our essential but enervating grammar explanations, such a lesson passes as … Continue reading →

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Reflecting on the 47%

Posted on October 9, 2012 by Kathy

By now everybody knows what Republican candidate Mitt Romney said about 47% of Americans. It goes something like this. People will vote for President Obama because they are dependent on government and believe they are victims. These 47%  pay no … Continue reading →

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