The Week in Entertainment

Live: Wittenberg, at the Rep at Howard County. What a delightful play - Hamlet still at college, and his two teachers, Martin Luther and Faust. Wordplay reminiscent of Stoppard, jam-packed with ideas, and funny, so funny.

Film: Still Walking (Aruitemo aruitemo), Hirokazu Kore-eda's latest film. One of the commenters at the NYT site said this film would be considered a classic if only Yasujiro Ozu hadn't made so many great movies. This might be true, but it's hardly fair. It's like saying a symphony might be a classic if it weren't for Mozart. Still Walking is a wonderful generations-in-conflict story, about a family held together unwillingly by the death of the oldest son. Quiet, tense, and at times very funny, I highly recommend it.

TV: Raising Flagg, which I really enjoyed. Leverage, about which I have mixed feelings. Sophie was not my favorite character (Eliot, followed by Parker, is) but I do not like Tara. Granted I am not a Jeri Ryan fan, but I don't think I'd like Tara even if I were. I'll miss Sophie if this is permanent. And we have to wait till January to find out? Psych - nice to see a Lassie-centric episode where everyone is treated well by the script. Funny show.

Read: Swan for the Money, a very good entry in the series (Meg Lanslow by Donna Andrews) though I have to say this title doesn't work for me. "Swan" and "One" are too different for a pun.