CIJS 13: Howards End Series Episodes 1-2

CIJS 13: Howards End Series Episodes 1-2

This week on Can I Just Say, we discuss episodes 1 and 2 of the 4-part limited series of Howards End. We talk of colors, looking in and out of windows, and being in the world (or not)
See our last episode to hear us discuss the EM Forester book, Howards End, and in 2 weeks we will discuss episodes 3 and 4 of the limited series.

CIJS 12: Howards End by EM Forster

CIJS 12: Howards End by EM Forster

This week on Can I Just Say, we discuss class and gender and art and music and literature and politics and so many things that our heads are full and we also long to see the meadow at Howards End at sunrise with Mrs Wilcox. We cover EM Forster novel this week and will cover the BBC/Starz limited series in the next two episodes.

CIJS 10: Romeo+Juliet – Red Curtain Triptych Part 2

CIJS 10: Romeo+Juliet – Red Curtain Triptych Part 2

This week on Can I Just Say, we go to Fair Verona to discuss Baz Luhrmann’s Romeo+Juliet with giant drug-fuled parties, stages, violence, fish tanks, and Liz exposes Daphne’s truest aesthetic (hint: it involves Mercutio)
This is Part Two of our three part discussion of Baz Luhrmann’s Red Curtain Tryptic with Moulin Rouge up next!

CIJS 9: Strictly Ballroom – Red Curtain Tryptic Part One

CIJS 9: Strictly Ballroom – Red Curtain Tryptic Part One

This week on Can I Just Say, we chose to celebrate a favorite film –  Strictly Ballroom, and found ourselves quite moved. Like a certain awkward girl in glasses, there is so much more to this seemingly simple, lovely romance than we expected once we started talking about it.
This is Part One of our three part discussion of Baz Luhrmann’s Red Curtain Tryptic with upcoming episodes on Romeo+Juliet and Moulin Rouge.

CIJS 9: The Godfather

CIJS 9: The Godfather

This week on Can I Just Say, Elizabeth made Daphne an offer she couldn’t refuse…. to watch one of Daphne’s all time favorite films, The Godfather. Join us to discuss what is personal, what is business, and a great story of building a world within another world.