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Today was the last day of niveau 3. Some of us are continuing and some of us are not. We were a diverse group covering the US, Canada, the UK, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Russia, Italy, China, Japan, Vietnam, Thailand, and I think that covers it. This time we did not all speak English so when [...]

We were watching TV recently and this clip was playing from the movie The People v Larry Flynt, yes they play things like that on regular TV in France, as part of a discussion about obscenity. Can you imagine such a a thing in the US, at least one not dominated by religious conservatives, an [...]

There is a little movie theater in Le Buisson. We went to see a French animated movie called Persepolis. It documents a young girl’s life as she leaves Teheran and her family in 1978 due to growing political unrest, goes to Austria to school, joins a band, makes friends, loses friends, joins one click, joins [...]

This is the scene I was talking about in my story about getting my VISA. Does anyone remember this movie? I saw it when it came out and thought nothing of it. Jean-Jacques and I saw it a few years ago and it has aged poorly, but I still vividly remember the explosion. Read the [...]

I still like Jodie Foster. I still see her movies. We just saw her new movie called The Brave One. It was directed by Neil Jordan. The cinematography was excellent, the story compelling, and the acting was very tight.
I have a problem with revenge stories though. No matter how apparently justified revenge violence might seem, [...]

On Wednesday night we went to the Ritz Theater because it is $6 movie night, I miss $2 Tuesdays in Berkeley, and saw Death at a Funeral. It is a British comedy about the coming together of a family “with huge issues”, what family doesn’t have them, for the funeral of the father. There [...]