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With today's families scattered so widely, a growing number of grandparents have learned to close two gaps--geographic and emotional--with one airplane, either by flying the miles that separate them from their grandkids or by bonding with the young ones through a passion for flying. Often the grandparents do both. The average age of civilian pilots has risen to 55, up from about 48 a decade ago, as more grandparents have taken to the pilot's seat, according to Drew Steketee, CEO of Be a Pilot, a nonprofit that promotes aviation. Around 10% of the would-be flyers...
...fellow critic and budding director Eric Rohmer). Of all the new-wave auteurs, Chabrol was the one who took Hitchcock's fancy for cinematic dread most to heart, then gave it his own twist. In deadpan tragedies like Le Boucher, La Femme Infidčle and The Beast Must Die, passion leads to crimes of passion, and crime to self-lacerating punishment. These films are all the more potent because they speak their evils and ironies in a Gallic whisper...
...strangely robotic, and the accentuated age gap between him and Danes just makes the whole affair less palatable. Watching their physical relationship progress, I grew overly concerned for the health of his heart. Happily, his complete lack of chemistry with Danes assured that not enough passion could be generated for this to be an issue. The only question left to answer is why Danes’ character bothered with him at all—surely the money couldn’t be good enough to make up for the tedium? Admittedly, her other option is Jason Schwartzman, in the role...
...major is a tricky story. I’m stuck in economics after long fights with my parents, but I’m switching to VES and will do an extra year.” But whether it leads him to rags or riches, Carbone’s passions are fixed; as he tells the Crimson, “I’m in it for the music if it leaves me poor and homeless. There’s always a job, but my career and love will always be music.”While it’s common...
...Olivia and Jennifer have high energy, they know what point they want to get to. Given their passion I really think that they can get there...