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Dec.15.2012 - 10:35 am
posted by Barbara Froman
This version of Peter Pan (1960), directed by Vincent J. Donehue is a part of my childhood. Made for TV by the National Broadcasting Company, it stars Mary Martin as Peter, and the inimitable...
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Dec.15.2012 - 12:01 am
posted by G. Kasten
When Pete confronts Mindy about her infidelity, his own character is revealed.
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Dec.14.2012 - 9:53 am
posted by Barbara Froman
Not your expected holiday entertainment, Trading Places (1983), directed John Landis, is part of the countdown because of the time of the year in which it's set, and the retribution it serves...
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Dec.14.2012 - 9:10 am
posted by Pauline Rowson
A short video clip from CSI Portsmouth 2012. Pauline Rowson, author of the DI Andy Horton series of police procedural mystery crime novels set in Portsmouth England, talks about translation, humour,...
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Dec.13.2012 - 8:28 am
posted by Barbara Froman
...The Twilight Zone, where Art Carney—a.k.a. Ed Norton in The Honeymooners—appeared as Santa Claus in a 1960 episode entitled, "Night of the Meek."
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Dec.12.2012 - 8:28 am
posted by Barbara Froman
From Jesu der meine Seele, "Wir Eilen" isn't generally associated with Christmas, as Bach composed the Cantata for the 14th Sunday after Trinity, but these trumpets just seem to shout, "...
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Dec.11.2012 - 2:18 pm
posted by Barbara Froman
Get the hankies ready....
Today's heart-rending clip is from my favorite adaptation of A Christmas Carol: Scrooge (1951), directed by Brian Desmond Hurst. Alastair Sim plays the title character....
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Apr.02.2012 - 10:42 pm
posted by Abraham Mertens
This video shows two boats from the Dutch student rowing club Njord, where I rowed when I studied in Leiden, the Netherlands, in 1997-8. This video brings back lots of great memories.
Below is a...
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Jan.20.2008 - 9:29 pm
posted by Geling Yan
Trailer for the film Xiu Xiu: The Sent-Down Girl (天浴) based on the author's short story "Celestial Bath." This film, directed by Joan Chen, won seven Golden Horses (Taiwan equivalent of...
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Sep.12.2008 - 4:29 pm
posted by Thich Nhat Hanh
TIME's David Van Biema recently interviewed Thich Nhat Hahn, the famous zen monk who helped lead protests in the 1960s during the war in his native Vietnam.
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Nov.01.2011 - 3:23 pm
posted by Geling Yan
This is the trailer for the Chinese market for The Flowers of War, based on my eponymous novel to be published by Harvill Secker of the UK (Chinese title 金陵十三钗).
YouTube is blocked in...
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Sep.12.2008 - 4:26 pm
posted by Thich Nhat Hanh
In this excerpt, Thich Nhat Hanh speaks about the intensity of anger and grief that human nature is heir to.
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Jul.10.2008 - 8:47 pm
posted by Amy Tan
An inane conversation with Steve Martin and members of the Rock Bottom Remainders: Mitch Albom, Ridley Pearson, Scott Turow, Greg Iles, Kathi Goldmark, Dave Barry, Roger McGuinn, Matt Groening...
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Jul.28.2009 - 12:31 pm
posted by Tim Wise
Here is a 10 minute clip of my April 2009 presentation at the White Privilege Conference, as carried on CSPAN2 - BookTV
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Sep.23.2012 - 10:22 am
posted by Mitch Cullin
One writer, one cat, & eighteen years of uneasy companionship: author Mitch Cullin talks about his beloved yet cranky pet Zooey and how this singular feline—despite her violent attacks...
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Sep.14.2007 - 2:34 pm
posted by Salman Rushdie
This clip was taken from "Faith & Reason" on PBS. Rushdie read the excerpt at the PEN American Center on April 26, 2006.
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