midgebop
Drunk on a world served straight: through the lens of a travel junkie, movie slut, foodie, music lover (no country twang please), queer liberal, English prof.

November 2009



William Kunstler: Disturbing the Universe

Friday, 20 November 2009 5:39 P GMT-07
Emily and Sarah Kunstler's new documentary, William Kunstler: Disturbing the Universe, answers Prufrock's question "Do I dare"; their father does indeed dare to disturb the universe, over and over, in his continuous battle against i

Leaves of Grass

Monday, 16 November 2009 9:59 P GMT-07
Part poetry, part pot heaven, Tim Blake Nelson's latest film, Leaves of Grass is sheer delight. The film stars Edward Norton, playing twin brothers Bill and Brady. Bill escaped his family roots of Little Dixie, Oklahoma, finding home in the Ivy L

Forgetting Dad

Monday, 16 November 2009 9:26 P GMT-07
I love documentaries--the way they mediate reality, the stories that take form as scenes unfold, and the experience to learn something new about a subject I knew little about. Such was the case the other night at the Denver International Film Festiva

Roasted Winter Squash/Apple Soup

Sunday, 15 November 2009 5:21 P GMT-07
With a refrigerator containing three winter squashes, I decided some type of squash soup was in order. Since Nan is not a fan of cinnamon/nutmeg seasonings, I decided to go for a chipotle flavor, and ended up producing a rather yummy (if I might say

PoliWood

Sunday, 15 November 2009 9:59 A GMT-07
Barry Levinson's film PoliWood is termed a film essay, a meditation on the intersection of politics and Hollywood. Using a backdrop of the Democratic and Republican conventions, along with the inauguration, the film follows The Creative Coalitio

Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans

Sunday, 15 November 2009 9:31 A GMT-07
Each year the Denver International Film Festival brings tons of possibilities for viewing. Werner Herzog's new film Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans proved to be an interesting flick, even if it didn't always seem to know its directi