Under the Gables

Francois Truffaut with the "actors" in his movie, Pocket Money. From left (character names): Laurent Riffle, the hairdresser's...

Thiers, France, built on the hill. In the scene for the opening credits in Pocket Money , we see children tumbling down the streets of Thier...

I highly recommend Francois Truffaut's Pocket Money ( L'argent de poche , called Small Change in English), which I saw this week, ...

NPR and Fox News commentator Juan Williams asked Where Are the Fathers ? in his column for Father's Day. The statistics he presents are ...

The Virgin with the Book, from Leonardo da Vinci's Annunciation. A Bluebird's Table has a fascinating discussion of the tradition of...

Why Anna Karenina Vivian Leigh as Anna Karenina in the 1947 film, which was co-written by the French playwright Jean Anouilh On Sunday I fin...

Recently, I have become fascinated with women's living style in France and the way in which they keep themselves so well even past their...