Richard Burton lives! An arthouse mashup of The Odyssey and England's colonial immigration wave following World War II, The Nine Muses samples many more texts… Continue reading
"Inspired by true events" in the early 1900s, as this somber Portland indie declares, How the Fire Fell begins with an itinerant preacher (Joe Haege)… Continue reading
The hero of this red-herring heist flick draws two reactions from the throng beneath his 21st-floor perch on a Manhattan hotel. The first is the… Continue reading
A mural's about to be made homeless again.
I was told there would be more wolf-punching. If you crash Liam Neeson and six disposable buddies in the frozen Alaskan wilderness, there is the… Continue reading
Winner of the award for Wordiest Title of the Month, this Japanese anime also features a very long and confusing plot, extracted from the original… Continue reading
Chicago artist Theaster Gates tries to create a soul refuge at SAM.
In this country, British modernist "starchitect" Norman Foster is perhaps best known for the Hearst headquarters in New York, with its huge atrium set within… Continue reading
Two young Japanese tourists get stranded in a sunbaked hamlet far north of L.A. Their destination? Manzanar. So you know from the outset where Mike… Continue reading
Which are you more excited to see this Christmas weekend: the horse, the dragon, the zoo, or Snowy (Tintin's faithful terrier)? The answer, as you… Continue reading
Too much time at my desk (and in museums and galleries), not enough time in screening rooms. The usual excuses, I know, for a lazy… Continue reading
Two shows celebrate a prewar neighborhood.
A new approach for Annie Leibovitz?
Furniture from the Mad Men era at BAM.
Because it's a total star turn for George Clooney, and because it's been seven years since director Alexander Payne's Sideways, and because it's an Oscar-button-pusher… Continue reading
