“Stop!” a voice called out. “Please don’t touch.” And while the guard was not admonishing me, he might as well have been. I’m hard-pressed to remember when I have so longed to touch the art in an exhibition and been unable to. Yes, I am well aware of museum protocol…
A sort of heaven on Earth tucked away in the Himalayan mountains, Bhutan has been revered as home to gods and Bhutanese mortals. Buddhist since the Seventh Century, the culture reveres all life, so the natural splendor of this Asian nation is well-preserved. Until the late 20th Century, the country…
Pan’s Labyrinth (New Line) Guillermo Del Toro has made a career of mixing slam-bang special effects (Hellboy, Blade II) with creepy atmospheres (Cronos, The Devil’s Backbone). But with Pan’s Labyrinth, he’s used his entire palette for what will likely be remembered as his masterpiece. Mixing Franco’s Spain with fairy tales,…
Publisher: Hudson
Platform: Wii
Price: $39.99
ESRB Rating: E (for Everyone)
Score: 7 (out of 10)
Army of Shadows: The Criterion Collection (Criterion) Arthur & the Invisibles (Genius) Bill/Bill on His Own (Brentwood) Bunny Whipped (Think) Caddyshack: 20th Anniversary (Warner Bros.) Chasing Liberty (Warner Bros.) Curse of the Zodiac (Lionsgate) The Dead Girl (First Look) Denzel Washington: Spotlight Collection (Universal) ER: The Complete Seventh Season (Warner…
Little girls who grew up watching Where the Boys Are and later moved to Fort Lauderdale find a rude awakening. Absent are the dapper (yet wholesome) encounters with Ivy League spring breakers; they have been replaced with body shot specials and “prospective” community college enrollees. Where’s all the glamour? Where…
Directed by Garry Marshall. Written by Mark Andrus. Starring Jane Fonda, Lindsay Lohan, Dermot Mulroney, and Felicity Huffman. Rated R.
Written and directed by Sarah Polley. Based on a short story by Alice Munro. Starring Julie Christie, Gordon Pinsent, Michael Murphy, Kristen Thomson, and Olympia Dukakis. Rated PG-13.
Written by Christopher Durang. Directed by Robert Hooker. With Julia Clearwood, Erynn Dalton, Jenna Gavaletz, Jeff Holmes, Daivd Tarryn-Grae, and Jeison Tomi. Presented through June 2 at the Sol Theatre Project, 1140 N. Flagler Dr., Fort Lauderdale. Call 954-801-9207, or visit www.soltheatre.com.
On display through May 31 at the Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale, Mark K. Wheeler Gallery, 1799 SE 17th St. Cswy., Fort Lauderdale. Call 954-308-2109.
To Catch a Thief: Special Collector’s Edition (Paramount) Starring Cary Grant as a cat burglar and Grace Kelly as a hot-to-trot heiress, this is easily one of Alfred Hitchcock’s slightest films, especially coming on the heels of Rear Window; indeed, its idyllic setting on the French Riviera suggests it was…
Publisher: Conspiracy Entertainment
Platform: PSP
Price: $29.99
ESRB Rating: M (for Mature)
Score: 2 (out of 10)
His sculptures of dirigible pool toys, lawn sprinkler supplies, satellite dishes, and models of H2O molecules comment on the artifice of suburban life. On the strength of these unique and playful critiques of artifice, the South Florida artist has developed a reputation. Now, “Rick Newton: New Paintings” develops the artist¹s oeuvre by downsizing from three dimensions to two. The exhibit demonstrates the artist is not only conceptually equipped but also technically skilled. Taking his stylistic inspiration from textbook illustrations, Newton works in oil and graphite to depict aquatic animals, cross sections of land, and those ubiquitous molecules. Whereas his sculptures were lighter (and not just because they were inflatable) fare, the paintings diagram a sinister threat — an environment that humans have artificially manipulated. Hello, global warming! The works may feel like whimsical science fiction, thanks to the flying octopi, but these creatures are symbolic of what Newton hopes will be our resilience to Mother Nature¹s deadly forces. Curated by Showtel creator Kara Walker-Tomjavascript:passCharacter(‘233’), the modest exhibit reads left to right beginning with a transitional work (the exhibit¹s most sculptural) that includes plexiglass model homes, one covered by a wave and another with a model octopus hovering overhead. Following six works that are strictly paintings, the exhibit ends with the least exacting of the collection, its comparative looseness allowing for some emotional expression, and incorporates Newton¹s sculptural background with plastic satellite dishes fastened at its top corner. It¹s a slender exhibit of strong, new work that begs the artist to be more prolific. (Through May 26 at the Gallery at the Flamingo Building, 433 Flamingo Dr., West Palm Beach. Call 561-832-5255.) — Marya Summers
Because I Said So! (Universal) Breaking and Entering (Weinstein) The Bridge on the River Kwai: Collector’s Edition (Sony) Cagney & Lacey: The True Beginning (MGM) The Caine Mutiny: Collector’s Edition (Sony) Catch & Release (Sony) Deliver Us From Evil (Lionsgate) Dirty Dancing: Twentieth Anniversary (Lionsgate) Donnie Brasco: Extended Cut (Sony)…
What is it with the third installments in superhero film franchises? For whatever reason — and, oh, let’s just call it the lack of fresh ideas commingled with the love of money — they always strike out swinging their third time up to bat. It happened with Superman, when Richard…
Jafar Panahi is a paradoxical populist. He makes crowd-pleasing art movies, often set in the midst of life — the urban crowd is one of his subjects — and is a virtuoso director of (non) actors. On the other hand, this most widely seen of Iranian filmmakers is also the…
If a happy childhood does, indeed, spoil many a promising life (as Canadian novelist Robertson Davies once claimed), then these kids have it made. The tots depicted in “Bitter Sweets: New Works by Ryan Myers” may only hope for auspicious futures. The young lass in Chocolate Milk Travesty has evidently…
Little Children (New Line) In the eyes of Hollywood, our American suburbs are so filled with perversion and treachery that it seems the government ought to crack down on something. Until then, we can count on movies like Little Children to keep us informed. Kate Winslet and Patrick Wilson are…
Publisher: Nintendo
Platform: Wii
Price: $49.99
ESRB Rating: E (for Everyone)
Score: 9.5 (out of 10)
By the end of the first act of David Carlson’s new operatic adaptation of Anna Karenina, I couldn’t wait to get home and excoriate the bastard in print. Oh, the nerve of that man, reducing all the subtle shadings of Tolstoy’s novel to this dreary, deadening drone of diminished chords,…
Alpha Dog (Universal) An Officer and a Gentleman: Special Collector’s Edition (Paramount) The Best of the Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet (Shout) Beverly Hills 90210: The Second Season (Paramount) Clint Eastwood: Western Icon Collection (Universal) A Collection of 2006 Academy Award Nominated Short Films (Magnolia) Fletch: The Jane Doe Edition…
Speaking as the owner of a new puppy, I can say definitively that a dog is both more and less annoying than the average person. Year of the Dog makes much the same point with its pack of uncontrollable pooches, including a cute beagle that rips into the wrong bag…
