Senegal

Senegal, a set on Flickr.

Some of Chiara's photos.

Congrats Uncle Chan

You have won the 2013 Felix!

It was cool to see Christopher Plummer present the supporting actress award

Felix

BEST PICTURE -- 20 POINTS 

Amour -- Adam

Argo -- Sara, Grandma, Chan, Eliza

Beasts of the Southern Wild

Django Unchained

Les Misérables

Life of Pi

Lincoln -- HSK, Noah, Popop, Kamala, Sam

Silver Linings Playbook

Zero Dark Thirty -- Jo

BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE -- 15 POINTS

Bradley Cooper, Silver Linings Playbook

Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln -- HSK, Sara, Eliza, Jo, Noah, Popop, Chan, Kamala, Sam

Hugh Jackman, Les Mis -- Adam

Joaquin Phoenix, The Master

Denzel Washington, Flight -- Grandma

BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE -- 15 POINTS

Jessica Chastain, Zero Dark Thiry -- HSK, Sara

Jennifer Lawrence, Hunger Games -- Eliza, Noah, Grandma, Chan

Emmanuelle Riva, Amour -- Adam

Quvenzhané Wallis, Beasts of the Southern Wild -- Noah, Kamala, Sam

Naomi Watts, The Impossible -- Jo

BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE -- 15 POINTS

Alan Arkin, Argo -- HSK, Popop, Kamala

Christoph Waltz, Django Unchained -- Jo, Sam

Phillip Seymour Hoffman, The Master -- Sara

Robert De Niro, Silver Linings Playbook -- Adam

Tommy Lee Jones, Lincoln -- Eliza, Noah, Grandma, Chan

BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE -- 15 POINTS

Amy Adams, The Master

Anne Hathaway, Les Miserables -- HSK, Sara, Eliza, Noah, Popop, Chan, Kamala

Helen Hunt, The Sessions -- Grandma

Jacki Weaver, Silver Linings Playbook -- Adam

Sally Field, Lincoln -- Jo, Sam

ANIMATED FEATURE FILM -- 10 POINTS

Brave -- HSK, Sara, Jo, Noah, Popop, Grandma, Chan, Kamala, Sam

Frankenweenie

ParaNorman

The Pirates! Band of Misfits -- Adam

Wreck-It Ralph -- Eliza

CINEMATOGRAPHY -- 15 POINTS

Anna Karenina, Seamus McGarvey

Django Unchained, Robert Richardson -- Adam

Life of Pi, Claudio Miranda -- HSK, Sara, Eliza, Jo, Noah, Popop, Sam, Kamala , Grandma, Chan

Lincoln, Janusz Kaminski

Skyfall, Roger Deakins

ART DIRECTION -- 7 POINTS

Anna Karenina -- Sara, Eliza

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey -- Jo, Grandma

Les Misérables -- Noah

Life of Pi -- Popop, Kamala, Adam, Sam

Lincoln -- HSK, Chan

COSTUME DESIGN -- 7 POINTS

Anna Karenina, Jacqueline Durran -- Eliza, Chan

Les Misérables, Paco Delgado -- Sara, Noah, Sam

Lincoln, Joanna Johnston -- HSK, Jo, Popop, Grandma, Kamala

Mirror Mirror, Eiko Ishioka -- Adam

Snow White and the Huntsman, Colleen Atwood

DIRECTING -- 15 POINTS

Amour (Michael Haneke) -- Adam

Beasts of the Southern Wild (Benh Zeitlin)

Life of Pi (Ang Lee) -- Chan

Silver Linings Playbook (David O. Russell) -- Grandma

Lincoln (Steven Spielberg) -- HSK, Sara, Eliza, Jo, Noah, Popop, Kamala, Sam

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE -- 10 POINTS

5 Broken Cameras -- Adam

The Gatekeepers -- Noah

How to Survive a Plague -- Popop, Kamala

The Invisible War -- Sam

Searching for a Sugar Man -- HSK, Sara, Eliza, Jo,  Grandma, Chan

BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT -- 7 POINTS

Inocente -- Chan, Sam

Kings Point -- HSK

Mondays at Racine -- Grandma

Open Heart -- Sara, Eliza, Jo, Noah, Popop, Kamala

Redemption -- Adam

FILM EDITING -- 10 POINTS

Argo -- Sara, Eliza, Chan, Sam

Life of Pi -- Noah, Popop, Kamala

Lincoln -- Jo, Grandma

Silver Linings Playbook -- Adam

Zero Dark Thirty -- HSK

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM -- 10 POINTS

A Royal Affair (Denmark)

Amour (Austria) -- Sara, Eliza, Jo, Noah, Popop, Grandma, Chan, Kamala, Sam

No (Chile) -- Adam

War Witch (Canada) -- HSK

Kontiki (Norway)

MAKEUP AND HAIR-STYLING-- 7 POINTS

Hitchcock -- Adam

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey -- HSK, Sara, Eliza, Jo, Grandma

Les Misérables -- Noah, Popop, Chan, Kamala, Sam

MUSIC ORIGINAL SCORE -- 7 POINTS

The Hobbit, Howard Shore -- HSK, Adam

Anna Karenina, Dario Marianelli 

Argo, Alexandre Desplat

Life of Pi, Mychael Danna -- Sara, Eliza, Noah, Chan

Lincoln, John Williams -- Popop, Kamala

Skyfall, Thomas Newman -- Jo, Sam

MUSIC ORIGINAL SONG -- 7 POINTS

"Before My Time," J. Ralph; Chasing Ice

"Everybody Needs a Best Friend," Walter Murphy and Seth McFarlane; Ted -- Popop, Kamala

"Pi's Lullaby," Mychael Danna and Bombay Jayashri; Life of Pi -- Grandma

"Skyfall," Adele Adkins and Paul Epworth; Skyfall -- Sara, Eliza, Jo, Noah, Chan, Sam

"Suddenly," Claude-Michel Schönberg, Herbert Kretzmer and Alain Boulil; Les Misérables 

“Misty Mountains,” Howard Shore; The Hobbit -- HSK, Adam

SHORT FILM ANIMATED -- 5 POINTS

Adam and Dog -- Noah, Grandma, Chan

Fresh Guacamole -- Jo

Head Over Heels -- Adam

Maggie Simpson in "The Longest Daycare" -- Popop, Kamala, Sam

Paperman -- HSK, Sara, Eliza

SHORT FILM LIVE ACTION -- 5 POINTS

Asad -- Grandma

Buzkashi Boys -- Noah, Popop, Kamala, Adam

Curfew -- Sara, Eliza, Chan, Sam

Death of a Shadow -- Jo

Henry -- HSK

SOUND EDITING -- 5 POINTS

Argo -- Jo, Sam

Django Unchained -- Adam

Life of Pi -- Popop, Chan, Kamala

Skyfall

Zero Dark Thirty -- HSK, Sara, Eliza, Noah, Grandma

SOUND MIXING -- 5 POINTS

Argo -- Adam

Les Misérables -- HSK, Popop, Grandma, Chan, Kamala, Sara

Life of Pi -- Eliza, Jo

Lincoln

Skyfall -- Noah, Sam

VISUAL EFFECTS -- 7 POINTS

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey -- HSK, Jo, Noah, Sara

Life of Pi -- Eliza, Grandma, Chan, Sam

Marvel's The Avengers -- Popop, Kamala

Prometheus

Snow White and the Huntsman -- Adam

WRITING ADAPTED SCREENPLAY -- 10 POINTS

Argo, Chris Terrio -- Chan, Sara

Beasts of the Southern Wild, Lucy Alibar and Benh Zeitlin -- Adam, Sam

Life of Pi, David Magee

Lincoln, Tony Kushner -- HSK, Sara, Eliza, Noah, Popop, Grandma, Kamala

Silver Linings Playbook, David O. Russell -- Jo

WRITING ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY -- 10 POINTS

Amour, Michael Haneke -- Adam

Django Unchained, Quentin Tarantino -- Sara, Eliza, Naoh

Flight, John Gatins -- Grandma

Moonrise Kingdom, Wes Anderson and Roman Coppola -- Jo, Popop, Kamala

Zero Dark Thirty, Mark Boal -- HSK, Chan, Sam, Sara

Grandma-- you are missing original score, so please comment with your pick

Hannah got in at Edinburgh! Now we'll all have to learn to spell it!

A quiet house

Jo, Eliza and Susi left this morning. It was very nice to have them here, especially with Chiara gone. On Saturday was a busy day Chira and Madhu left for Senegal and Eliza and Kalyani and Family arrived. They all stayed with us except for Ashwany, who went to stay with his nephew, Junu.  On Sunday we went to see Susi preform at Carnegie Hall with the RYPO, Rachel and Junu joined us. It was lovely. Ashwany, Kalyani and Hannah left after the concert. Jo and Eliza stayed on. On Monday we went to the Met Museum and picked up Susi. The girls and Chandran, with sometimes the help of Nick and Laura played many board games and in the evenings we watched movies together.  Today Nick and Laura went back to school and the girls went home.

It is beautiful again

Off to Senegal

Madhu left yesterday, for a NY family visit.  Sus left, RPYO concert at Carnegie Hall, Buster, Rosie and I are here to mind the chickens.

F E L I X 2 0 1 3

FELIX AWARDS

2 0 1 3

Same system -- most points wins. Either comment with your votes or e-mail to elizacalvin@gmail.com.

The Oscars are February 24.

BEST PICTURE -- 20 POINTS

Amour

Argo

Beasts of the Southern Wild

Django Unchained

Les Misérables

Life of Pi

Lincoln

Silver Linings Playbook

Zero Dark Thirty

BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE -- 15 POINTS

Bradley Cooper, Silver Linings Playbook

Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln

Hugh Jackman, Les Mis

Joaquin Phoenix, The Master

Denzel Washington, Flight

BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE -- 15 POINTS

Jessica Chastain, Zero Dark Thiry

Jennifer Lawrence, Silver Linings Playbook

Emmanuelle Riva, Amour

Quvenzhané Wallis, Beasts of the Southern Wild

Naomi Watts, The Impossible

BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE -- 15 POINTS

Alan Arkin, Argo
Christoph Waltz, Django Unchained
Phillip Seymour Hoffman, The Master
Robert De Niro, Silver Linings Playbook
Tommy Lee Jones, Lincoln

BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE -- 15 POINTS

Amy Adams, The Master
Anne Hathaway, Les Miserables
Helen Hunt, The Sessions
Jacki Weaver, Silver Linings Playbook
Sally Field, Lincoln

ANIMATED FEATURE FILM -- 10 POINTS

Brave
Frankenweenie
ParaNorman
The Pirates! Band of Misfits
Wreck-It Ralph

CINEMATOGRAPHY -- 15 POINTS

Anna Karenina, Seamus McGarvey
Django Unchained, Robert Richardson
Life of Pi, Claudio Miranda
Lincoln, Janusz Kaminski
Skyfall, Roger Deakins

ART DIRECTION -- 7 POINTS

Anna Karenina
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Les Misérables
Life of Pi
Lincoln

COSTUME DESIGN -- 7 POINTS

Anna Karenina, Jacqueline Durran
Les Misérables, Paco Delgado
Lincoln, Joanna Johnston
Mirror Mirror, Eiko Ishioka
Snow White and the Huntsman, Colleen Atwood

DIRECTING -- 15 POINTS

Amour (Michael Haneke)

Beasts of the Southern Wild (Benh Zeitlin)

Life of Pi (Ang Lee)

Silver Linings Playbook (David O. Russell)

Lincoln (Steven Spielberg)

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE -- 10 POINTS

5 Broken Cameras
The Gatekeepers
How to Survive a Plague
The Invisible War
Searching for a Sugar Man

BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT -- 7 POINTS

Inocente
Kings Point
Mondays at Racine
Open Heart
Redemption

FILM EDITNG -- 10 POINTS
Argo
Life of Pi
Lincoln
Silver Linings Playbook
Zero Dark Thirty

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM -- 10 POINTS

A Royal Affair (Denmark)
Amour (Austria)
No (Chile)
War Witch (Canada)
Kontiki (Norway)

MAKEUP AND HAIR-STYLING-- 7 POINTS

Hitchcock
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Les Misérables

MUSIC ORIGINAL SCORE -- 7 POINTS

Anna Karenina, Dario Marianelli
Argo, Alexandre Desplat
Life of Pi, Mychael Danna
Lincoln, John Williams
Skyfall, Thomas Newman

MUSIC ORIGINAL SONG -- 7 POINTS

"Before My Time," J. Ralph; Chasing Ice
"Everybody Needs a Best Friend," Walter Murphy and Seth McFarlane; Ted
"Pi's Lullaby," Mychael Danna and Bombay Jayashri; Life of Pi
"Skyfall," Adele Adkins and Paul Epworth; Skyfall
"Suddenly," Claude-Michel Schönberg, Herbert Kretzmer and Alain Boulil; Les Misérables 

SHORT FILMED ANIMATED -- 5 POINTS

Adam and Dog
Fresh Guacamole
Head Over Heels
Maggie Simpson in "The Longest Daycare"
Paperman

SHORT FILM LIVE ACTION -- 5 POINTS

Asad
Buzkashi Boys
Curfew
Death of a Shadow
Henry

SOUND EDITING -- 5 POINTS

Argo
Django Unchained
Life of Pi
Skyfall
Zero Dark Thirty

SOUND MIXING -- 5 POINTS

Argo
Les Misérables
Life of Pi
Lincoln
Skyfall

VISUAL EFFECTS -- 7 POINTS

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Life of Pi
Marvel's The Avengers
Prometheus
Snow White and the Huntsman

WRITING ADAPTED SCREENPLAY -- 10 POINTS

Argo, Chris Terrio
Beasts of the Southern Wild, Lucy Alibar and Benh Zeitlin
Life of Pi, David Magee
Lincoln, Tony Kushner
Silver Linings Playbook, David O. Russell

WRITING ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY -- 10 POINTS

Amour, Michael Haneke
Django Unchained, Quentin Tarantino
Flight, John Gatins
Moonrise Kingdom, Wes Anderson and Roman Coppola
Zero Dark Thirty, Mark Boal

It is very pretty out

Rosie's ears.  About a foot of snow.

Noah got into Michigan!

It's the #1 school in Masters of Health Admin. programs. They offered him a 25% tuition break!

AND....HAPPY BIRTHDAY KAMALA

                                                                                                            July 2012

Happy Birthday dear Chiara!

You are a beautiful sweet sixteen!