Month: June 2006

Lake House Delivers Soft Ripples of Romance

June 13, 2006
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The new movie, “The Lake House,” which is inspired by the South Korean sci-fi romance “Siworae,” reunites “Speed” co-stars Sandra Bullock and Keanu Reeves in considerably more mellow and mature roles.

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Faith and Terror

June 13, 2006
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In his latest novel, John Updike explores the nature of faith through the eyes of a would-be terrorist.

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Visual Arts Review: How to Be a Fat, Lazy, Work of Art — Erwin Wurm

June 13, 2006
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By Adrienne LaFrance BOSTON, Mass.— Feeling too productive? Not procrastinating enough? Austrian artist Erwin Wurm has the answer. Why not stay in your pajamas all day? You could also fantasize about nihilism, be indifferent about everything, or even take a nap on the office toilet. These are just some of the activities depicted in Wurm’s…

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The Rat Who Reads

June 9, 2006
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Set in Boston, Sam Savage’s fascinating satiric novel chronicles the sad life of a literature-loving rodent.

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Maggie Cheung Is Superb in “Clean”

June 9, 2006
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A prickly woman’s survival depends on her ability to soften her edges in this riveting drama by Olivier Assayas, for which Maggie Cheung won the Best Actress award at the Cannes Film Festival in 2004. Assayas began his career by making incisive and unsentimental character studies. His technique became freer in his first collaboration with…

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Film Review: A Pleasant “Mrs Palfrey at the Claremont”

June 8, 2006
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By Betsy Sherman As a film about a brief, cross-generational friendship, Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont (now playing at the Kendall Square Cinema) doesn’t have the pop-culture cachet of Lost in Translation or Harold and Maude. It’s content to nestle into an ambiguously etched contemporary London in which people quote Wordsworth and make a fuss…

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