Some of the best films use ambiguity to their advantage, leaving an open-endedness that lingers upon their conclusion. Borgman certainly meets this criteria.
dutch
Posted inArts & Culture
Unique party fare fills local boutiques
Courtney Ramos, a florist at Dutch Floral & Home Dutch Floral & Home (dutchfloralandhome.com; 401 NW 23rd St.; 609-2809) offers an array of classy gifts and flowers so you can add a personal touch. Pick up cocktail shakers and mixers and a book of drink recipes or some coffee and a nice mug. Grab some […]
Posted inArts & Culture
The Heineken Kidnapping
Portraying Heineken, who passed away in 2002, is Rutger Hauer. As good as he was as the Hobo with a Shotgun, that flick is a throwaway goof, whereas this carries heft and gives him a better vehicle for the dramatic might he rarely gets to show — at least in American productions; this is a […]
Posted inArts & Culture
Miss Minoes
Tibbe (Theo Maassen, Black Book, Interview) is a newspaper reporter so shy, he risks unemployment because he can’t bring himself to talk to people. Luck comes to his apartment window in the form of Minoes (Carice van Houten, Black Death, TV’s Game of Thrones), a young woman who gives him a scoop that turns into […]
Posted inArts & Culture
3 by Theo: The Theo van Gogh Collection
The Dutch auteur was assassinated seven years ago by a Muslim extremist in response to a short van Gogh had made about Islam’s treatment of women. That work is not among the trio featured on the triple-disc set “3 By Theo,” and that’s probably for the best, but what is here still demonstrates the man’s […]
Posted inArts & Culture
3 by Theo: The Theo van Gogh Collection
The Dutch auteur was assassinated seven years ago by a Muslim extremist in response to a short van Gogh had made about Islam’s treatment of women. That work is not among the trio featured on the triple-disc set “3 By Theo,” and that’s probably for the best, but what is here still demonstrates the man’s […]
Posted inArts & Culture
3 by Theo: The Theo van Gogh Collection
The Dutch auteur was assassinated seven years ago by a Muslim extremist in response to a short van Gogh had made about Islam’s treatment of women. That work is not among the trio featured on the triple-disc set “3 By Theo,” and that’s probably for the best, but what is here still demonstrates the man’s […]