November 2011

J. Edgar

November 17, 2011

In Katherine Mansfield’s one-act play “Trifles,” trifling evidence such as a reticent personality, a half-cleaned table, a broken bird cage, and a canary with a broken neck lead the audience to conclude that a woman has murdered her husband. Motive and opportunity. That’s all it takes to find her guilty in the eyes of her [...]

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The Way

November 14, 2011

“The Way” is a quiet film with a quiet soundtrack that emphasizes the quiet introspection of its main character, Tom (Martin Sheen). But do not equate “quiet” with “boring.” This is a compelling film with a compelling story, told against the backdrop of the beautiful Pyrenees. Tom is an ophthalmologist who has trouble seeing things [...]

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Martin Luther King: Plagiarist?

November 2, 2011

Looking down the vista of time I see an epoch in our nation’s history, not in my time or yours, but in the not distant future, when there shall be in the United States but one people, molded by the same culture, swayed by the same patriotic ideals, holding their citizenship in such high esteem [...]

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The Ides of March

November 2, 2011

Ryan Gosling is having a helluva great year. First he demonstrated his comedic depth and timing in “Crazy, Stupid Love.” Then in “Drive” he gave one of the quietest, subtlest, most understated, and yet most over-the-top-brutal performances since Javier Bardem in “No Country for Old Men.” Gosling is the man who made grown men cry [...]

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