When Moscow Ballet brings its sumptuous Great Russian Nutcracker to the States, the company comes bearing gifts of major artistic accomplishment. Each year, two companies of 40 dancers each tour over 60 cities in the United States and Canada, averaging over 100 performances in two months time, offering a unique version of the classic Christmas […]
When Moscow Ballet brings its sumptuous Great Russian Nutcracker to the States, the company comes bearing gifts of major artistic accomplishment. Each year, two companies of 40 dancers each tour over 60 cities in the United States and Canada, averaging over 100 performances in two months time, offering a unique version of the classic Christmas […]
WWE Tribute to the Troops Tuesday 9pm, TNT When professional wrestlers and America’s armed forces come together, the first thing that comes to my mind is that episode of “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia” where the boys decide to wrestle for the troops, and Frank—as his garbage-eating alter-ego The Trash Man—ends the whole thing by […]
There’s something for everybody at Chroma Projects’ “One/Off Richmond Printmakers.” Whether your bag is technical ability, or work that throws technical restraint to the wind, the 13-artist show has both, with some real stunners in the mix. Janet DeCover’s “Baru,” from “One/Off Richmond Printmakers,” up through December at Chroma Projects. Image courtesy Chroma Projects. Beckoning […]
Sometimes it’s good to be reminded that the universe is functioning perfectly despite the challenges it presents us with. We need challenges to carve out who we are, and our job is to accept them, allow ourselves to feel the metaphysical love and move on. This is the lesson of Dirty Barbie and Other Girlhood […]
Snowmaggedon Saturday 9pm, Syfy Are you sick of touchy-feely holiday movies, what with their morals and sappy endings that make you waste the precious booze in your system by shedding what people with real feelings call tears? This year, forgo the miracles and the wonderful lives and tune in to Syfy Saturday for Christmas films […]
Desperate neither to declare the wonderments of digital 3D nor to debunk them, Martin Scorsese’s Hugo does have some preaching to do, on the director’s pet subject of film preservation. Magnanimously, Scorsese won’t say outright that today’s algorithm-rendered pseudo-epics have nothing on the blood, sweat and practical effects of the very old school. It’s all of a […]
Anne Beattie’s latest book, Mrs. Nixon: A Novelist Imagines a Life, is a work of fiction. Yes, Mrs. Nixon, or Pat, or Buddy, or St. Patrick’s Babe in the Morn, or any other nickname listed on the first page of this hard-to-categorize novel, all refer to a real individual, the taciturn wife of former president Richard […]
"Mystery Movie Night" Tuesday and Wednesday 8pm, TNT Given TNT’s success with original and recycled crime procedurals (“The Closer,” “Bones,” “Rizzoli & Isles,” those never-ending “Law & Order” marathons), it only makes sense that the cable network would stick to a proven formula when making made-for-TV movies. The Mystery Movie Night slate will feature six […]
It will require a certain disposition to see it as such, but in a way, writer-director Lars von Trier’s gloriously glum, robustly romantic new film Melancholia is the perfect post-Thanksgiving movie. It’s the anti-Muppets. Kirsten Dunst received the Cannes Film Festival’s Best Actress award for her performance in Melancholia, director Lars von Trier’s latest beautiful […]
“Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade” Thursday 10am, NBC I still love the Thanksgiving Day Parade. It’s my official kickoff to the holiday season, and I still have vivid childhood memories of being transfixed by it when I should have been getting the house cleaned for the impending Turkey Day festivities (and equally vivid memories of dad […]