Review
John Gray’s pessimism is a direct descendant of the cultural pessimism preached by Oswald Spengler, whose best-seller, “The Decline of the West,” played a major role in the growth of fascism in the 1920s and ’30s.
The film beautifully captures a dreamy-nightmare aesthetic, suggesting that Priscilla’s life with Elvis was turbulent roller coaster of romantic highs and materialistic hollowness.
Is the artist’s direction of clothing choices — and how he painted the garments — a sufficiently compelling inquiry in which to anchor an exhibit?
Songs were wholesale rearranged, and, most strikingly, Bob Dylan was a commanding presence at the baby grand piano for an 18-song, nearly two-hour set.
The “new” version of the Blue Man Group is all mayhem, all the time.
Director Alexander Payne and star Paul Giamatti excel at this kind of character-driven comedy/drama.
The Adams Family may be a low budget regional filmmaking collective, but it continues to raise the bar on horror art cinema.
A rundown of some of the strange and beautiful movies screened in Warsaw. Let’s hope they are scheduled for a digital and theatrical release in the United States.
Against all odds, these characters test the limits of what were considered “normal lives” at that time. The testing is what gives “The House of Doors” its urgency and intimacy.
Book Review: George Scialabba’s “Only a Voice” — Time to Roll Up Our Sleeves
It’s good to discover that George Scialabba is as lively as ever and that “Only a Voice” is filled with provocative arguments that make the reader want to argue right back.
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