Conocí a Richard Anthony “Cheech” Marin cuando formaba parte del eterno dúo humorístico de fumetas Cheech y Chong. Pero una vez que vi un poco debajo de esa superficie, llegué a conocer a Cheech Marin, el coleccionista de arte, comunicador cultural y leyenda chicana. En vísperas del estreno de A Song for Cesar, dediqué un rato a hablar con Marin sobre el movimiento chicano y el papel que desempeñó en este el líder sindical César Chávez. Read More...
I became an “adult orphan” on April 11, 2017, although I’d never heard that term before. My dad died in the early hours of that spring morning; my mom had passed away three months earlier on a snowy winter’s night. Now, both parents — lifelong lifelines — were gone. A close friend of mine emailed condolences and then added, “Now, you’re an orphan, too.”
Of course, becoming an adult orphan isn’t a tragedy; it’s actually the normal way of the world. Read More...
In 2012, she briefly appeared in the 2012 remake of Gambit as a dignified, but flatulent, hotel guest. In 2013, she appeared as Sister Gregory, a Roman Catholic nun, in the Father Brown episode "The Bride of Christ". She played the title role as the vanishing lady herself, Miss Froy, the character previously played by Dame May Whitty and Dame Angela Lansbury in the previous two versions, in the 2013 TV film The Lady Vanishes from the BBC, directed by Diarmuid Lawrence from an updated screenplay by Fiona Seres. Read More...