Review: ‘King of Cannes’
Neither a particularly insightful insider tome about the international film biz nor a sharply observed diary of life in the trenches of the Cannes Film Festival, "King of Cannes" is instead a…
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Review: ‘Sueno’
Pedro Calderon de la Barca's 17th-century classic "Life Is a Dream" would have been the perfect tapestry for a Verdi or Meyerbeer opera, and Jose Rivera's new adaptation of the play sings powerfully…
Review: ‘Enigma Variations’
A 40-minute intermission for a false fire alarm at the reviewed performance may have marred the rhythm and impact of Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt's "Enigma Variations," but it also provided Donald…
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Review: ‘One Day in the Life of Andrei Arsenevitch’
Made for the series "Cinema of Our Time," Chris Marker's informative tribute to the late Andrei Tarkovsky is an important contribution to contemporary film scholarship and will be a must for fest and…
Review: ‘Beyond the Ocean’
Visually arresting but dramatically murky, U.S.- and Russian-shot "Beyond the Ocean" would have made more sense --- and exacted more viewer patience --- if programmed in the avant-garde Frontiers…
Review: ‘The Tale of the Allergist’s Wife – ‘Allergist’s Wife’ Brings Rash of Laughs to Stage’
It takes a singular talent to make misery as mirthful as Charles Busch does in his extraordinarily funny new play at Manhattan Theater Club, "The Tale of the Allergist's Wife." The alchemy is not…
Review: ‘Kenny Barron’
Consistency has been the hallmark of Kenny Barron, and his latest album, "Spirit Song," may well be the springboard that gets him recognition beyond being a pianist's pianist. Most important, he is…
Review: ‘Steal This Movie!’
Using Yippie founder Abbie Hoffman as a vehicle to explore America's counterculture, "Steal This Movie" is a valiant but seriously flawed attempt to belie the notion that if you remember what you did…
Review: ‘Enchanted April’
Elizabeth von Arnim's 1922 novel "The Enchanted April" has been dramatized a number of times, most recently via a 1991 British TV version starring Miranda Richardson and Joan Plowright, which was…
Review: ‘Kenny Barron’
Consistency has been the hallmark of Kenny Barron, and his latest album, "Spirit Song," may well be the springboard that gets him recognition beyond being a pianist's pianist. Most important, he is…
Review: ‘Joseph Arthur’
First impressions of Joseph Arthur, a stoic singer-songwriter from Gotham via Akron, are almost guaranteed to be wrong. There's the Grammy nomination he received this year for his artwork on the…
