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“The Conspirator”–Is Anyone Listening?

Written by diana on May 23, 2011. Posted in movie reviews. 2 Comments on “The Conspirator”–Is Anyone Listening?

“The Conspirator” opens with a gripping Civil War battle scene and treats us to incredibly imaginative camera angles, shot in sepia tones to time-travel cinematically to the late 1860’s. This is a story that sits underneath a story we all know– the history-book narrative of Abraham Lincoln’s assassination by John...

“The Book of Mormon” and “Avenue Q”–Nothing is Forever

Written by diana on May 18, 2011. Posted in Theater: plays and musicals.

While visiting New York City last week my husband and I had the immense pleasure of seeing two absolutely hilarious musicals, “The Book of Mormon” and “Avenue Q”, the former premiering on Broadway last March, the latter still enjoying a seven-year run. “The Book of Mormon” is the hottest play on Broadway right...

“Road Trip”–a short story

Written by diana on May 7, 2011. Posted in Literary and Art Journals. 6 Comments on “Road Trip”–a short story

My short story “Road Trip” has just been released in the Spring 2011 issue of Calliope, the official publication of the Writers’ Special Interest Group of American Mensa, Ltd. This is a condensed portion of a chapter from my work-in-progress, a novel entitled Things Unsaid. I really enjoyed writing this “flash...

“Bliss”–A Downward Spiral

Written by diana on April 25, 2011. Posted in movie reviews. 4 Comments on “Bliss”–A Downward Spiral

A Turkish movie made in 2007, “Bliss” is anything but. From the opening scene of the hillside in spectacular cinematography recalling “Woman in the Dunes”, “Bliss” is a beautifully acted cinematic gem that pits village customs against modern urbanization, religion against secularism, the disenfranchised...

Celebrate Beer!–Awaken Your Senses!

Written by diana on April 17, 2011. Posted in Unhealed Wound.

Last weekend my husband and I went to a class in the Artisan Series at Montrio Bistro in Monterey. We found it particularly interesting because, although we love beer and have visited microbreweries, we had not been to a seminar on the art and craft of making beer and studying the different types of brews. There were two different...

“Lincoln Lawyer”–More Than an Ambulance Chase

Written by diana on April 5, 2011. Posted in movie reviews. 2 Comments on “Lincoln Lawyer”–More Than an Ambulance Chase

We saw the movie “Lincoln Lawyer” a couple of days ago, and it was a highly engaging–not brilliant–courtroom thriller of a movie in the “Grisham” style. Think the best of the courtroom dramas of the recent past: “Fracture” meets “Presumed Innocent”, for example. This film noir,...