Joe Meyers

It was my pleasure this morning to do a Zoom interview with French Canadian writer-director Mathieu Denis about his brilliant film ‘Gagne ton ciel (The Cost of Heaven).’ Focus on French Cinema will be presenting the U.S. premiere tomorrow at 2 at the Bruce Museum in Greenwich.

He isn’t dead. Celebrated his 80th birthday yesterday.

$320,141
The reported average annual household income of people going to Broadway plays last year, according to the Broadway League. That’s 20% more than the $266,881 average household income of people going to Broadway musicals.

They Went to the Woods Because They Wished to Live Deliberately

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‘All you need is a chair and a view’: could daily ‘dusking’ make us healthier and happier? An old Dutch ritual of going outside to watch the coming of night – or dusking – is having a revival across Europe. Fans of the practice say it’s a great way to disconnect from screens and find peace

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BOTD: Donna Murphy

Indeed

BOTD: David Gilmour

Pasolini 101 - Slant Magazine Pier Paolo Pasolini perpetually rebelled against moral hegemony, commiserating with outcasts and creating and dying as one.

BOTD Pier Paolo Pasolini!
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Javier Mayoral, The Last Slice of Pizza, 2019, Acrylic on Board

The Return of the Cybernauts is one of my favourite episodes #theavengers

This is the famous old café Brinkman in the early morning if put all the tables out, but nobody is there yet just the trees standing between the tables and the building.

Good morning from Haarlem.

#GoodMorningFromHaarlem

The Artist Transforming His Studio Into a Cathedral of Color

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Prediction Markets Face Scrutiny After Iran War Bets Spark Outrage Federal lawmakers are raising concerns after prediction markets hosted wagers related to the fate of Iranian leader ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

What won’t people gamble on? www.cheddar.com/media/predic...

BOTD: Pier Paolo Pasolini

The kindness of strangers: at San José airport, I couldn’t pay my departure tax – then a woman handed me the cash There was no ATM at the airport and banks were closed. If I missed this flight, all my subsequent flights would have been cancelled

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BOTD: James Ellroy

Checking out ‘Pillion’ on cheapskate day.

LEFTY AWARDS: Left Coast Crime San Francisco Schemin' Left Coast Crime 2026 San Francisco Schemin'  presented the  Lefty Awards  in four categories at our 36th annual convention. The categories ...

Left Coast Crime Lefty Awards 2026. Congratulations @catrionamcp.bsky.social @roboslerwriter.bsky.social @jamesletoile.bsky.social and Andrew Andover #crimefiction mysteryreadersinc.blogspot.com/2026/03/left...

Haha. So overrated

Judy White (contemporary Canadian artist), "Sun-kissed," 2021, Acrylic on canvas

A photo from our campsite on Burnt Lake in the BWCA. A line of silhouetted trees line a peninsula jutting out into the lake. The sky is bright yellow behind the trees, moving toward shades of orange into a near cloudless sky of blue. It’s early morning. A gentle breeze causes some small activity on the previously calm water.

We are connected,
Entwined in Nature’s beauty,
Beyond resilient.

#Photography #BWCA #Haiku

I think he was the first notable musician I ever saw live. A nice high school teacher took a bunch of us to a wonderful folk club in the Philly area to see him. I’ve never forgotten it. Can still see him being led onto the stage by - I believe - his son.

‘Amora,’ ‘Anorak’ and the Fine Art of Getting Movie Titles Wrong

What’s in a title? www.nytimes.com/2026/03/02/m...

BOTD: Doc Watson

Willows #trees #woodland #treeclub

BOTD: Daniel Craig

'Big Blues'. David Wilson. 2022.

Going to the Same Place Over and Over Again Is Really Good for You, Actually There’s a reason why Central Perk hangs seem so aspirational.

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