Tag Archives: France

“Arco”: The Rainbow Connection

February 7, 2026 By in Movies/Films/Flicks Tags: , , , , , , , , Leave a comment
Anime preteen boy in a pink hooded jumpsuit and rainbow vest being hugged from behind by a girl his age and height.

Cel-paint with all the colors of the wind!

Previously on Midlife Crisis Crossover: Oscars Quest ’26 continues! Once again we see how many among the latest wave of Academy Award nominees I can catch before the big ABC ceremony. Among other perks, sometimes it means movies I was thiiis close to watching last year get a second chance to slot into my free time.

Arco played at last year’s Heartland Film Festival and was on my viewing shortlist, but its lone showtime wound up among the several I missed due to schedule conflicts amid that great cinematic feast. One of two French nominees for Best Animated Feature this year, it played here in Indy for a single Oscar-season week before it flew off like a rainbow-streaking rocket toward the sunset.

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Subgenius in France

November 1, 2017 By in Meta, TV/DVD Tags: , , , , , , , , Leave a comment
Les Témoins d'Outre-Mer!

Look, ma! I’m a talking head on live TV!

Previously on Midlife Crisis Crossover: last December after the untimely, tragic, wholly unfair death of Carrie Fisher, a reporter from our local ABC affiliate asked me for an on-air interview about the time my wife Anne and I met her at Indiana Comic Con 2015 and had the most unforgettable convention experience of our lives. My evening news interview was unexpected, it was surreal, and it was effectively my television debut.

This week, for another unexpected and surreal minute, I found myself on TV again. But this time, Midlife Crisis Crossover took to the international airwaves.

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