06/06/2007

Martha Argerich – Scarlatti, sonata k. 141

Domenico Scarlatti

06/06/2007

Remembering Auden

By Alan Jacobs Christianity Today
In 2006, as lovers of poetry became aware that the 100th anniversary of W. H. Auden’s birth was coming up, some of them began to fret that the event wouldn’t receive the attention it deserved. No major celebrations seemed to be forthcoming, in pronounced contrast to the festivals for John [...]

06/06/2007

Film on Wednesday – Morocco (1930)

Morocco is a 1930 film in which a Foreign Legionnaire meets and falls in love with a sultry seductress. It stars Gary Cooper, Marlene Dietrich and Adolphe Menjou. The movie was adapted by Jules Furthman from the novel Amy Jolly by Benno Vigny. It was directed by Josef von Sternberg.
It was [...]