It’s your best bet to glimpse the off-limits, 1,300-feet Chauvet caves in Southern France, which Herzog explores with a small group of scientists, primarily to witness its walls’ drawings, more than twice as old as any painting in existence. As Herzog calls it, it’s “one of the greatest discoveries in the history of human culture,” […]
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The Future
July and Hamish Linklater (TV’s “The New Adventures of Old Christine”) portray Sophie and Jason, a couple for four years and running. So strong is their cozy, arty union that they’ve decided to adopt a cat. It’s sickly and healing at the animal hospital, however, so they have a month before Paw-Paw is theirs. They […]
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The Future
July and Hamish Linklater (TV’s “The New Adventures of Old Christine”) portray Sophie and Jason, a couple for four years and running. So strong is their cozy, arty union that they’ve decided to adopt a cat. It’s sickly and healing at the animal hospital, however, so they have a month before Paw-Paw is theirs. They […]
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Hollywood Party / The Lost Stooges
In the purposely plotless hour extravaganza, now on DVD from Warner Archive, Jimmy Durante loosely acts as the viewer’s guide through a harmless, happy-go-lucky who’s who of Hollywood at the time. Cameos don’t abound so much as provide the foundation, walls and ceiling. In this story, Durante is the superstar of many a jungle picture, […]
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Hollywood Party / The Lost Stooges
In the purposely plotless hour extravaganza, now on DVD from Warner Archive, Jimmy Durante loosely acts as the viewer’s guide through a harmless, happy-go-lucky who’s who of Hollywood at the time. Cameos don’t abound so much as provide the foundation, walls and ceiling. In this story, Durante is the superstar of many a jungle picture, […]
Posted inArts & Culture
Hollywood Party / The Lost Stooges
In the purposely plotless hour extravaganza, now on DVD from Warner Archive, Jimmy Durante loosely acts as the viewer’s guide through a harmless, happy-go-lucky who’s who of Hollywood at the time. Cameos don’t abound so much as provide the foundation, walls and ceiling. In this story, Durante is the superstar of many a jungle picture, […]
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The Skin I Live In
After all, the Oscar-winning Spanish filmmaker behind “Volver,” “Talk to Her” and “Broken Embraces” begins his films with the credit “un film de Almodóvar,” and going by one name is arty and more than a little pretentious. This work, however, is at least more accessible to Americans; being a sexually charged thriller, its themes travel […]
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The Skin I Live In
After all, the Oscar-winning Spanish filmmaker behind “Volver,” “Talk to Her” and “Broken Embraces” begins his films with the credit “un film de Almodóvar,” and going by one name is arty and more than a little pretentious. This work, however, is at least more accessible to Americans; being a sexually charged thriller, its themes travel […]
Posted inArts & Culture
The Skin I Live In
After all, the Oscar-winning Spanish filmmaker behind “Volver,” “Talk to Her” and “Broken Embraces” begins his films with the credit “un film de Almodóvar,” and going by one name is arty and more than a little pretentious. This work, however, is at least more accessible to Americans; being a sexually charged thriller, its themes travel […]
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Boy Wonder
Making a writing/directing debut, Michael Morrissey shows talent in the look of his film, but deficiencies in scripting and pulling believable performances from his mostly unknown cast. Lanky Caleb Steinmeyer, who’s had only one-and-done roles on a few popular TV series (and, tellingly, worked as a behind-the-scenes assistant on one of the worst movies I’ve […]