Persepolis is an autobiographical film (the second one reviewed on this site, after A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints) about Marji Satrapi, a girl who grew up in Iran during the Islamic Revolution. In French. For whatever reason, going into seeing the movie, I could not straighten “Iran”, “Islam”, and “Afghan” into the [...]
Entries from January 2008
January 25, 2008
The Professor, in the Library, with the Message
Nobel Prize winner Muhammed Yunus spoke at the Free Library of Philadelphia yesterday, and signed copies of his book, “Creating a World Without Poverty”. Hopefully, a bit later, we’ll have a little report on his speech, his message, and, perhaps, some commentary on the larger issues. Maybe later today. Maybe tomorrow.
January 21, 2008
Vacation Over
So, it’s been well over a month (some would argue close to two months) since we’ve posted on the regular. Since the last post on this site, the machine to select the next US President has begun its official machinations; There Will Be Blood came out and was bizarre and brilliant; Juno came out and [...]
