I've been raving about a new Emma Thompson movie for a couple of weeks. I think it's so good I've already seen it twice. It's called "Good Luck to You Leo Grande." And though it will probably appeal more to older women like me, I think the acting and the script and the directing will appeal to others as well. But of course that's me being partial. Besides being about an older woman's experience with a young handsome and paid-for sex worker, a major theme is how she learned to love and respect her body and her face after a whole life of putting herself down. Actually I'm not the only one who liked it. The other night three of us sat in my living room watching Leo Grande on my sixty-five inch television screen. And one of the women reported her reaction in her blog the next day: "I had a very interesting evening yesterday. My friend Madeline invited me and our friend Carol to her apartment to watch a movie. Madeline had seen it a few days before and not only recommended it but … [Read more...]