Comments on the 1936 film Pépé le Moko, starring Jean Gabin, and set in the Casbah
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Reflections on getting an iPhone
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Rear Window appears a murder mystery in which Jeff and Lisa play amateur sleuths. In truth, the film is a fantasy about the strange gravity between sex and murder.
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One of the things I learned on my last trip to Paris was about this special group of individuals in French society. They have been called the “bricoleurs de l’angoisse,”...
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A lovely set of days in Umbria, Italy, with philosophers and one in particular.
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