Need some short piece of comedy to cheer up your workday? Then check out the funny TV episodes of Sacha Baron Cohen as Ali G and Borat. Go to Youtube.com and search for Ali G or Borat.
What I may have done in the 14th Century
I recently met a woman who told me that I am an “old soul.” “No, I am young! Much younger than you think!,” I retorted. But she would be pleased to learn that a priest by the name of Peter Murmann existed in the 14th century who founded a cloister called Klosterli in the 
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[Read More] Grizzly Man
Timothy Treadwell lived for 13 summers with grizzly bears as if they were tame and loving creates before he was killed by one them. Treadwell created in total 100 hours of film footage that Werner Herzog has woven into an arresting documentary. The film is the most original piece of work that I have seen 
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[Read More] Dr. Love has one More Piece of Advice for You!
This is a good story. I wish I had written it.
By JANE GORDON (NYT)
FOR years, Charley Wininger, a Gestalt psychotherapist and dating coach in Brooklyn, had wined and dined serious, intellectual women. A hippie who recalls being gassed while protesting the Vietnam War, he has always been passionate about politics and philosophy. He has 
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[Read More] Rupert Murdoch’s Family Values
Murdoch believes in family values. That’s why he married three times. In a recent profile in the New Yorker (October 16, 2006) he explained. “I am a radical in the sense of supporting change… I also believe in free markets and family values—in a low-key way. I am not one to preach about it, 
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[Read More] Jazz Washes Away the Dust of Everyday Life
Art Blakey uttered this wonderful line in the superb documentary on Jazz by Ken Burns. I am presently watching the 10th and final episode of a film that taught me a new understanding of American history.
Cars
The two previous blockbuster movies by Pixar, Finding Nemo and The Incredibles, became such an artistic success because the animal and cartoon characters were more human than most characters in films populated by humans. I was skeptical whether you could turn automobiles into believable human characters. After all, people often love their cars, but they 
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[Read More] A Prairie Home Companion
A Prairie Home Companion is a film about the live radio show presenting a mixture of folk music and comedy for the heartland of America every Saturday night. Periodically I would stumble upon show on my classical radio station, but never listened more than a few minutes because the humor was not my cup of 
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[Read More] For Sale: Baby Shoes, Never Worn
Ernest Hemingway proved that it is possible to write an entire novel in one line.
The Departed
The Departed is an exceedingly well-craft piece of work. But I left the theatre disappointed because the story feels repetitive and fundamentally wrong. Just as in many of his films, Sorcese suggests that violence for violence’s sake is the general condition in America. Without question America is violent. Too violate for my taste. But no 
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