Movies
Destination: Russia Book: Wolves Eat Dogs, an Arkady Renko Novel by Martin Cruz Smith (2004) Here is a fitting horror story for Halloween in the 21st century. Death by radiation poisoning. Life in a dead zone. When we were fortunate enough to meet Martin Cruz Smith last March, and accompany him around Tucson during the [...]
PDF Destination: Sweden TV Series: Wallander with Kenneth Branagh ( BBC and PBS) Guest Post by Melanie McMinn Melanie McMinn, an American ex-pat writer and artist living in New Zealand, actually takes time off from raising bees, creating creatures of felted wool, cooking, remodeling, and making all sorts of other things including a blog called [...]
I have been following Jane Boursaw‘s comments about movies and TV ever since I met her, and am so glad to have this treasure trove of entertainment knowledge join us on a regular basis at A Traveler’s Library. Although she does not mention it in the interview, Jane also teaches classes in blogging, and A [...]
Continue reading about Meet Jane Boursaw: Movies That Travel
Is this how traveling makes you feel? Is this the way you want to act when you discover a wonderful travel book or movie that takes you away? We travelers who read are endlessly curious. We want to know about all the things that might make us want to travel. And when we plan our [...]
Destination: Italy Movie: Three Coins in a Fountain (1954) Stars include Jean Peters, Dorothy McGuire, Maggie MacNamara, Clifton Webb, Rossano Brazzi and Louis Jourdan If you want a look at a foreign culture, the original Three Coins in a Fountain movie will do it for you. Yes, there is a lot about Italian culture, but [...]
Oh, please, don’t ask me to choose. It’s like picking your favorite child. It just isn’t done. Besides, think of the psychiatrist bills to battle the neurosis of those that are not chosen. But Choose I must. It seems there is this “thing” going around–not lethal but very infectious–and I have been intentionally exposed by [...]
Destination: Paris Movie: Midnight in Paris (NEW 2011), written and directed by Woody Allen What a delicious confection of a movie. If you are craving a hearty boeuf Bourguignon of a movie, go elsewhere, but if a simple little meringue melting on your tongue sounds heavenly–this movie is the dish for you. But it may [...]
Destination: Jamaica Movie: How Stella Got Her Groove Back I missed reading the book (1996), when it first came out and was a sensation of chick lit. And I never got around to seeing the movie version (1998). Recently I was invited on a press tour of Jamaica, and decided to Netflix (Netflick?) the DVD [...]
Destination: England Movie: Jane Eyre (2011) This movie came and went in the blink of an eye, and it did not even get to Tucson until a month after it had opened in more significant cities. If you missed it, I certainly hope that you will have the opportunity to see this latest Jane Eyre [...]
