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29
Jun
2009
You Don’t Want to Miss This!  

6 days ago by thurberhouse

Jennifer Crusie Ohio’s own Jennifer Crusie makes a return visit to Thurber House for our next Summer Literary Picnic. The New York Times, USA Today, and Publisher’s Weekly bestselling author will read from her new novel, Always Kiss Me Goodnight–which won’t even be published until 2010, so you’ll be ...

The (Mostly) Official Blog ... - thurberhouse.wordpress.com · 1 reference

28
Jun
2009
Screenings: Warren Miller’s Higher Ground, In Search of Peace, Part 1: ...  

7 days ago by spitballarmy

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- Warren Miller’s Higher Ground (2005) The skiing footage in this sports documentary was terrific, as was the soundtrack. The frequent Grand Marnier and Jeep product placement shills were somewhat annoying, however. I had recently watched Surfing Hollow Days by Bruce Brown, and was struck by how sim ...

Spitball Army - spitballarmy.com · Rank: 115,431 · 4 references

22
Mar
2009
The Innocents: A Masterwork of Psychological Horror  

105 days ago by gypsyscarlett

The Innocents (1961) The Innocents is a near-faithful adaption of Henry James’s classic Victorian ghost story, The Turn of the Screw. Intelligently directed by Jack Clayton, the film boasts exquisite black&white cinematograpy, a haunting musical score, subtle chills, and sensitive acting. Deborah Ke ...

Gypsyscarlett's Weblog - gypsyscarlett.wordpress.com · Rank: 123,621 · 10 references

05
Mar
2009
And Britten Makes Four  

122 days ago by cultureonthecheap

Boston Lyric Opera (which hold’s the record for most unfortunate acronym) that it will go from presenting three to presenting four operas each year. It will also be the first season fully planned by the company’s new general/artistic director Esther Nelson. From The Boston Globe: “‘We’re trying to a ...

Mass Culture Mozart - oliviagiovetti.wordpress.com · Rank: 129,365 · 3 references

03
Mar
2009
Heaven And Hell (Black Sabbath w/ Ronnie James Dio) Finalizes Track Listing ...  

124 days ago by vBoogieMan

HEAVEN AND HELL have revealed the track listing for their forthcoming album, The Devil You Know. Featuring Ronnie James Dio, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler, and Vinnie Appice, Heaven and Hell is essentially the Black Sabbath line-up that was together from 1980-1982 and then again in 1991-1992. After the ...

Braingell Radio - braingell.com · 8 references

23
Feb
2009
She’s just a girl who loves to List  

132 days ago by Rachel

It’s a discussion we had in extension English today: ‘Ten People you could invite to dinner (dead or alive).’ Intellectually/Politically/Creative Genius/Ancient: - Einstein - Leonardo Da Vinci - Abraham Lincoln - Cleopatra - Cesear - Alexander the Great - John Kerr (Just so I can yell at him) - Henr ...

Truth of the World, it ... - rachelthegreat.wordpress.com · 1 reference

15
Feb
2009
Fast Internet Returns Tuesday  

140 days ago by Rachel

Extension English Homework is doing my head in. Maybe because I refuse to read Turn of the Screw and read the book summaries. Theories of how Miles died in Turn of the Screw - He died from exhaustion of being possessed. - The Governess accidentally embraced him so tight, he died. - The Governess did ...

Truth of the World, it ... - rachelthegreat.wordpress.com · 1 reference

27
Jan
2009
The most monstrous and incredible ghost-story  

159 days ago by drammapermusica

One last contemporary reaction to “Turn of the Screw,” this time from the December, 1898, issue of The Critic. Quite a contrast from the scathing critique I posted yesterday! “The subject matter of ‘The Turn of the Screw’ is also made up of feminine intuitions, but the heroine–this time a governess– ...

dramma per musica - drammapermusica.wordpress.com · Rank: 175,785 · 4 references

26
Jan
2009
The holiest and sweetest fountain of human innocence  

159 days ago by drammapermusica

The unnamed author of this third reaction to “Turn of the Screw,” which appeared in the January 5, 1899, issue of a publication called The Independent, lays it all out on the table in that first sentence. Note the strong emphasis on the children’s innocence and vulnerability in this review. “‘The Tu ...

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Mr. James’s new book  

160 days ago by drammapermusica

Following up on my previous post, here’s another contemporary reaction to James’s “Turn of the Screw,” published in the November, 1898, issue of The Bookman. “Mr. James is in a queer mood. Nearly all his later stories have been tending to the horrible, have been stories of evil, beneath the surface ...

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