This Illusionist has all the elements of a Tati movie: the nearly wordless austerity, the wistful piquancy, the affectionate and meticulous attention to the details of a landscape that overwhelms the characters that populate it.
“Marcel’s Quantum Kitchen” Tuesday 10pm, SyFy Marcel Vigneron was the breakout star of the controversial second season of Bravo’s cooking competition, “Top Chef.” The cocky, crazily-coiffed “molecular gastronomist” (a fancy term for a chef who uses high-tech preparation techniques) was originally portrayed as the series villain, but became the underdog victim after being repeatedly bullied […]
What were you doing when we called? I’ve been making a children’s book about Charlottesville with a friend of mine. One of the things I’m drawing is the Downtown Mall. But we want to make a big storybook portrait of Charlottesville, one that would be supposedly for kids, but hopefully the visuals and the writing […]
“Comedy Central Roast of Donald Trump” Tuesday 10:30pm, Comedy Central The worst-coiffed man in America is still somehow culturally relevant—and a hell of a lot wealthier than you or me—so he must be doing something right. Among the people roasting the perhaps future Virginia vintner will be comedians Whitney Cummings, Jeffrey Ross and Lisa Lampanelli, […]
Another Year revolves around an ostensibly happy married couple of late middle age, and several of the ostensibly unhappy people they know.
What were you doing when we called? I was just unpacking frames. I came from my day job, which is why you caught me unpacking frames instead of painting. I work part-time for a property management company. In her new show “Grasses and Insects,” local painter Robin Braun paints the bugs and other little things […]
The Adjustment Bureau (PG-13, 111 minutes) Matt Damon stars as an young politician who, through the wiles of a beautiful woman, finds himself running from a ancient, shadowy council bent on determining the future. Regal Downtown Mall 6 Beastly (PG-13, 95 minutes) A modern retelling of the "Beauty and the Beast" tale, in which a […]
“The Bachelor” Monday 8pm, ABC Back in 2007 Brad Womack—the bar-owning slab of beefcake selected as the lead in the 11th season of the long-lived “Bachelor” franchise—pissed off lonely women across the nation when he decided not to enter into a doomed public relationship with either of his final two gal pals. This season Womack […]
Casino Jack, itself dramatized very much like a hammy award-hawking telecast, is resoundingly lousy.
What were you doing when we called? I was walking out to my woodshed in the rain to gather wood. I’m building a fire on my woodstove. In addition to her art, Rebekah Graves has a sculptured lighting business. Check out her offerings at www.rebekahgraves.com. What are you working on right now? I mainly work […]