Last night Ken and I watched The House of Sand and Fog on DVD. It was incredibly powerful. I have to confess that I haven't read the book by Andre Dubus III. When it came out and was at its height of popularity, three people told me that it was a depressing read. Because I was shunning downer books at that time, I didn't pursue it, but if the movie is any evidence, I wish I hadn't avoided it. Ben Kingsley is amazing...I was inspired to have sympathy for a character I ordinarily would have loathed--I don't know exactly how he did it, but I'm thankful for having seen it.