Making faces [with video]
“How does the show look?” asks the man in the crisply ironed shirt and smart specs standing behind yours truly, Curtain Calls —or, as he occasionally thinks of himself in anagram, “I Cull Art Cans.”
Arts
Making faces [with video]
Blake Hurt introduces his subjects
“How does the show look?” asks the man in the crisply ironed shirt and smart specs standing behind yours truly, Curtain Calls —or, as he occasionally thinks of himself in anagram, “I Cull Art Cans.”
Ch-ch-ch-changes
“Law & Order: Criminal Intent”Thursday 10pm, USA NBC’s new season is suspiciously light in its “Law & Order” shows, as the once-flourishing procedural fran-chise has been reduced to only one series (“Special Victims Unit”) currently on the air. Original recipe “L&O” is set to return midseason, but this third spin-off has been quietly shuffled off […]
Capsule reviews of films playing in town
3:10 to Yuma (R, 117 minutes) Russell Crowe and Christian Bale replace Glenn Ford and Van Heflin in this remake of the highly regarded 1957 western. Crowe is the outlaw leader on his way to court via the titular conveyance. Bale is the small-time rancher charged with escorting him there alive—no small task when droves […]
Peace out!
There is a $25 million fine for bumping into John Hunter’s World Peace Game, the staggering, multilevel roleplaying game that stands 4' tall near one side of his Venable School classroom.
Capsule reviews of films playing in town
2 Days in Paris (R, 96 minutes) Julie Delpy, unwilling to leave Paris in the wake of Before Sunrise/Before Sunset, sticks around the City of Lights for this romantic comedy/drama about a squabbling couple (Delpy and Adam Goldberg) who go to France to rekindle their relationship. Delpy writes and directs as well, channeling a bit […]
Get plugged
“Queer Eye for the Straight Guy”Tuesday 9pm, Bravo Let’s go back to the summer of 2003, a simpler time when five gay guys on a manscaping mission captivated a pop culture nation. Four years later, the “Queer Eye” journey comes to a close with 10 new episodes starting tonight. The Fab Five have had a […]
First Friday, October 5, 2007 [With Photo Gallery]
Art Upstairs “Delightful Diversions,” watercolors by Alice Murphy, 6-9pm.
Capsule reviews of films playing in town
2 Days in Paris (R, 96 minutes) Julie Delpy, unwilling to leave Paris in the wake of Before Sunrise/Before Sunset, sticks around the City of Lights for this romantic comedy/drama about a squabbling couple (Delpy and Adam Goldberg) who go to France to rekindle their relationship. Delpy writes and directs as well, channeling a bit […]