movies!

Who doesn't like good movie recommendations? Here's mine from the ones we watched this year. (Note that we rarely go to the theater, so most of these movies probably weren't released this year, we just watched them this year.)

The Painted Veil - perhaps my favorite movie love story ever

Blood Diamond - difficult to watch, infuriating & enlightening

Off the Map - a calming suggestion from a good friend about identity crisis in off-the-grid desert living

28 Days Later - a surprisingly well-written "zombie" flick that has nothing to do with zombies

An Inconvenient Truth - there is no excuse for not having watched this yet

The Break-Up - though big-name actor romantic comedies might be movie twaddle, this one has unanticipated depth

Stranger than Fiction - an opinionated baker living a life I envy, a lovely scene featuring "Whole Wide World," and another great performance by Will Farrell

Fast Food Nation - also difficult to watch, but is immediately transforming and sticks with you for months afterward

Hotel Rwanda - a glimpse of this highly volatile period in Rwanda's history through one man's eyes

More to come!