EUROPEAN JOURNAL by Grant Rosenberg

Watching People Watching Soccer
06-03-02

Ladies and Gentlemen, The Cinema is Now Closed
The rather serious festival comes to an end with Polanski's The Pianist taking the top prize
05-27-02

You Talkin' To Me?
Scorsese shows us the half-monty and later the press crunch becomes uncivil
05-20-02

Here We Are Now, Entertain Us... Because We Have Stories To File
05-20-02

Finding the Ethos of Route 66 Abroad
Is the road trip an American invention?
05-13-02

The French Give Le Pen the Bird While Looking Inward
04-29-02

Pre-Cannes Conference
The festival's lineup is announced and we reflect on the politics of cinema
04-22-02

Beyond Skepticism
The rise of 9-11 conspiracy theories and the discourse of armchair sleuths
03-25-02

Soul Food In France
Monique Wells talks about the African American experience in Paris and cooking the foods of home
03-11-02

Big In Europe
The mystique of our pop culture in other cultures
03-04-02

Aloft, En Route To Paris Again
Thoughts on flying, gentrifying and the new currency
02-18-02

Chewbacca in Paris
Star Wars actor Peter Mayhew draws a crowd of french Obi-Wans, Vaders, Amidalas and Stormtroopers
12-17-01

Taking Folk, Rock and Roll, and North American Stage Presence Abroad
Does the music of Ani Difranco and Ron Sexsmith translate?
12-10-01

Sanctimony and Self-Loathing in Paris
Thoughts on fitting in and having pride, but not too much
12-3-01

The Abbey Road-block
The Beatles' crosswalk, three decades hence
11-19-01

North Atlantic Across the Atlantic
Willem Dafoe's Wooster Group performs in Paris
11-12-01

Dubuffet For Dummies
A layman tours an artist retrospective and poses many questions
11-5-01

A Day in the Life of a Parisian Cafe
or, what to do if it's 9:30am, you are walking your dog and you want a beer.
10-29-01

The Beatles-in-Residence
The Hamburg home of the lads from Liverpool
10-15-01

Woody Allen in Paris
The droll press junket that was
10-05-01

Paris, Dream City of Moviegoers
By Grant Rosenberg
10-01-01

After The End
Jim Morrison's 30-year tenure in a French cemetery
9-24-01

The Week of September 11th, From Paris
9-20-01

A Week at the Deauville American Film Festival
Serious cinema and Johnny Depp as the Playmate of the Year
9-17-01