Music
Joe Wertz
The Beaches of Agnes"Friday-Saturday, Jan 15-16Oklahoma City Museum of Art415 Couch Drive 236-3100 A whimsical, self-guided journey back through the peaks and valleys of her life, "The Beaches of Agnè...
Wednesday 22 May
OKG Newsletter
Topic: Film
Two soldiers tasked with notifying next of kin deliver an emotional narrative in 'The Messenger'
Music
Mike Robertson
Each United States war has produced its own kind of war movie. World War II films generally celebrate the virtues of heroic sacrifice; the Cold War warned against the soul-vampirism of functional Comm...
Half-Life' envisions the end of the world with art-house pacing
Music
Mike Robertson
The end of the world is one of those subjects that people everywhere simultaneously fear and can't stop thinking about. Our mixed reaction to the world's death is a reflection of a struggle with o...
An Education' teaches different social studies in supple send-up to youth culture and rebellion
Music
Kathryn Jenson White
A little learning is a dangerous thing, and a lot can be pretty damn devastating. That's certainly the case in Danish director Lone Scherfig's "An Education," which is built around a superb, supple sc...
Surprisingly lively 'The Last Station' chronicles the last year of Leo Tolstoy's life
Music
Mike Robertson
On its surface, fame seems like a straightforward proposition: Someone does something that is spontaneously recognized by a large number of people. These people all agree together that this person is ...
A simple 'Maid' is a complex character in a Chilean film that's won international acclaim
Music
Kathryn Jenson White
In two of the many fine 2009 films that didn't earn Academy Award attention this year, a pair of women give two performances that make Sandra Bullock's serviceable, Southern-fried turn as Leigh Anne T...
