Oliver and Family

...at Madline's 2nd Birthday

Paul, Oliver, Kat

Yesterday was Madline's 2nd birthday party. I met little Oliver, had a good meal, spent some quality time with family, and saw Andrew and Naomi's beautifully renovated Condo.

Finding Strength in Fragility

Two weeks ago Daniel and I went to see the Sydney Theater Company's poduction of Tennesse Williams's play, "A Streecar named desire." Cate Blanchett is co-artistic director of the company and starred as Blanche Dubois, a woman who is full of contradictions...to say the least. She is fragile yet strong, deluded yet quite aware of her faults. And despite any protestations people may give, most of us can relate to Blanche.

This article very astutely states that such an idiosyncratic character "acquires the stuff that is the universality of tragedy." Like most people, Blanche is complex which makes her eventual collapse incredibly sad.

I highly recommended reading this review. It's the best one I've found.

http://theater.nytimes.com/2009/12/03/theater/reviews/03streetcar.html?emc=eta1

Carey Mulligan - Late Show w/ David Letterman

She is so cute! Love her!

"Bright Star" - Official Trailer [HD HQ]

I know what you're thinking--romantic, British chick flick. Yeah, it is. But a quality British chick flick. It's important to distinguish between this and say, "Becoming Jane" and Anne Hathaway's embarrassing interpretation of Jane Austin's personality. Not to mention the accent. I have never imagined Jane Austin to be anything like the person she portrayed.

Oh, but this looks great. I should torture Daniel and make him watch it. Ahaha.

'A Serious Man' Trailer HD

An Education (2009) Trailer

I desparately want to see this movie. It's one of a few films I want to see at the moment that are only playing at Cinema Arts in Fairfax. I wish they had wider circulation.

Anyway, aAt first I thought this one had the potential to be cheesy but it has received excellent reviews.