Category Archives: film

Varanasi , City of Life and Death

Posted on June 23, 2015 by annetbell

Varanasi was a life changing experience for me.  I have visited it twice, once on each trip to India. This morning, I was looking for pictures of the narrow alleyways that make up the ancient city, and I found this … Continue reading →

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Documentary of “Daughters of Mother India”

Posted on June 17, 2015 by annetbell

Indian Award-Winning Documentary ‘Daughters of Mother India’ — Jarring Wake-Up Call for Men Like Me Posted: 05/26/2015 2:36 pm EDT Updated: 05/26/2015 3:59 pm EDT  Huffington Post  By Jim Luce     With Jitin Hingorani. While living and working in my … Continue reading →

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“The Power of Love”. . . . “Back to the Future”. . . . . Huey Lewis

Posted on June 13, 2015 by annetbell

  Driving to the Lacrosse game today, I heard this song blaring from my grandson’s tablet in the back seat. Sometime we forget “The Power of Love. ” in our personal lives and in the world.  It is good to … Continue reading →

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Mr. Turner, the film

Posted on May 23, 2015 by annetbell

https://youtu.be/7GKlo2xWvuI Artists are tortured and tormented  souls, agree?  There are lots of examples of this sweeping generalization that can be sited;  Caravaggio, Rembrandt, Van Gogh, and  Jackson Pollock ! Meet J.M.W. Turner, the early 19th century British painter.  He is … Continue reading →

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Music Monday “God Only Knows” BBC Music

Posted on March 15, 2015 by annetbell

Enjoy this fun performance. . . . .  .

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Sunday Shoot. . . . .

Posted on March 7, 2015 by annetbell

  Check that sign carefully!    That is not a misprint, but the sign in a commercial  where I played a doctor. . . . Dr. Anne Bell last weekend.    easyime.com is the company for whom the commercial was … Continue reading →

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Monday Music, “Falling Slowly” from “Once”, the film

Posted on February 16, 2015 by annetbell

This is not a current film. but was out in 2007 and I thought a good contrast to “50 Shades of Grey) which was just released.  “Once ”  touched me on several levels.  The music  is a haunting and a … Continue reading →

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“American Sniper”, the film and trailer

Posted on February 2, 2015 by annetbell

  This is only  the second film we have seen since our return to India.  The first was PK, an Indian film, and today we went to see “American Sniper.”  A couple of the students went with us, but the … Continue reading →

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A Wedding Drone?

Posted on January 30, 2015 by annetbell

  I drone is an unmanned aerial vehicle according to Wikipedia.  It is usually thought of  as a weapon of  war used  by Special  Forces Operations to keep pilot’s safe. There is a small but growing  number of civilian application … Continue reading →

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“A Christmas Story” 20 Interesting Facts

Posted on December 15, 2014 by annetbell

  You Probably Didn’t Know These 20 Facts About A Christmas Story This film is one of the Bell family traditions each Christmas. . . watching it over, and over, and over again. It seems never to become tiresome!  It … Continue reading →

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