On this day in 1927, Italian immigrants and anarchist leaders Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were put to death by electrocution in Charlestown, MA for a crime they probably did not commit. The story of Sacco and Vanzetti continues to be studied as an example of xenophobia and failures of the criminal justice system in…
Day: August 23, 2007
Movie Review: Adaptation
Coming off the success of Being John Malcovich, writer Charlie Kaufman took on the task of adapting Susan Orlean’s The Orchid Thief to film. Unable to convey Orlean’s prose and the concept of flowers to a screenplay, Kaufman stuck himself in the story and wrote a screenplay about Adaptation (2002) instead. Or so Kaufman would…
Beer Review: Grimbergen Abbey Ale
Another selection from Charlie’s Kitchen. Beer: Abbey Ale Brewer: Grimbergen Source: Draught Rating: *** (7.3 of 10) Comments: I can’t find an Abbey Ale on the web, but I believe I tasted the Grimbergen Dubbel since it was brown in color. Whatever it was, it was a darn fine beer in the Belgian abbey traditions. …
