Marie writes: kudos to club member Sandy Kahn for finding this - as I'd never heard of the Bregenz Festival before, despite the spectacular staging of Puccini's opera Tosca and which appeared briefly in the Bond film Quantum of Solace; but then I slept through most of it. I'm not surprised I've no memory of an Opera floating on a lake. Lake Constance to be exact, which borders Germany, Switzerland and Austria near the Alps...

Tosca by Puccini | 2007-2008 - Photograph by BENNO HAGLEITNER(click to enlarge)

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From boxing movie to political bout

by Jim Emerson  |  January 28, 2005  | 

May Contain Spoilers

Read Roger Ebert's essay on certain critics' reactions to "Million Dollar Baby."

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Star power overrides ethnicity

by Roger Ebert  |  January 23, 2005  | 

Q. I'm curious to know what you think about Chinese actress Ziyi Zhang being chosen to play the lead role in "Memoirs of a Geisha." Ms. Zhang is a lovely and talented actress, but don't you think that in all of Japan there is an equally talented and lovely Japanese actress who could play the part? I wonder if the selection of a Chinese actress to play a Japanese woman will sit well with Japanese fans of the book. Rosanne O'Toole, San Antonio, Texas

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On "Million Dollar Baby": What the critics said

by Roger Ebert  |  June 2, 2004  | 

Frankie Dunn: Clint Eastwood

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