i'd like to meet more people over the age of 8.
amelie soundtrack, cumbia, ska, soul, dub, sevillanas, old-school reggae, ranchera, accordion (musettes, cumbia, etc.), lhasa, tiger army, the smiths, louise attaque, los panchos and other trios, hank williams, joanna newsom, les têtes raides, star mountain dreamers, morrissey, johnny cash, social distortion, st germain, dare i say 80's? etc, etc, etc ...
amelie, me and you and everyone we know )) ((, que viva mexico, the station agent, the royal tenenbaums, the battle of algiers, jacob's ladder, battement d'ailes du papillon (happenstance), chocolat, shopgirl, nacho libre, the big lebowski, zorba the greek, the saddest music in the world, eternal sunshine of the spotless mind, fargo, down with love, napolean dynamite, valley girl, a simple plan, vengo, un long dimanche de fiançailles (a very long engagement), those sort of movies with interweaving vignettes, anything with audrey hepburn
jeopardy, reno 911!, queer eye for the straight guy
john steinbeck, jeffrey eugenides, tennessee williams, john irving, kaye gibbons, sandra cisneros, lolita, life of pi, the kite runner, looking for mary, the time traveler's wife , yucka drucka droni or roald dahl and anything else that captivates the attention of my students