Writer-director Nicole Holofcener seems to get better with every film, and now she’s cruising along the well-trodden path of neurotic New Yorker comedy-drama with grace and comely confidence. Catherine Keener and a cast of excellent women star in Nicole Holofcener’s newest low-key emotional rollercoaster, where a family awaits the death of an elderly woman whose […]
“Top Chef: D.C.” Wednesday 9pm, Bravo The new season of Bravo’s popular cooking competition snuck up on me. But now that we’re a couple episodes in, two things are clear. First, there’s a lot of talent in this crop of chefs. Second, the show has the exact same problem it had last time around, specifically […]
Documentary photographer Mary Motley Kalergis’ work is on view at McGuffey Art Center through June 27, alongside photos of prominent local women in the arts. What are you working on right now? I recently hung a group show at McGuffey that’s a fundraiser for the Piedmont Council of the Arts. The exhibit is called “Women […]
Fifteen years may not be a long enough time for wisdom to set in. But where animated franchises are concerned, just making it that far has to count for a lot. Certainly so with Pixar’s Toy Story series, whose long-lived success has always been characterized by a company-mandated understanding that anthropomorphizing playthings can have deep […]
“Downfall” Tuesday 9pm, ABC Let me see if I can explain this one adequately: “Downfall” is a new game show in which contestants stand on the “largest conveyor belt ever seen on TV” (oh my land, doesn’t that sound fancy?) on top of a skyscraper in downtown L.A. On the end of the belt are […]
The A-Team (PG-13, 117 minutes) From Smokin’ Aces director Joe Carnahan, it’s the inevitable big-screen update of the ‘80s TV action-comedy, starring Liam Neeson, Bradley Cooper and some other guys, plus Jessica Biel. Opening Friday Get Him to the Greek (R, 109 minutes) Russell Brand stars as Aldous Snow in this spinoff from the 2008 comedy Forgetting Sarah Marshall, where […]
What are you working on right now? Right now I am both finishing up a book edition that I had printed, an edition of 20, and starting on my next project about the atomic bomb. I haven’t decided yet whether it’ll be a book or a print. Kristin Adolfson’s book projects include Restaurant De Athrow, […]
Cherish this moment. There will never be a better movie combining Liam Neeson’s badassery, Bradley Cooper’s smarm, the appealing oddity of District 9’s Sharlto Copley, and UFC champ Quinton “Rampage” Jackson’s talent for the body slam. Plus: Jessica Biel. As to the necessity of combining those things in the first place, there is none. Just […]
“Hot in Cleveland” Wednesday 10pm, TV Land We are truly experiencing the Renaissance of Betty White. Although we just lost our beloved Rue McClanahan, the last Golden Girl standing is back—again—in a new sitcom featuring some other familiar faces from sitcoms past. “Hot in Cleveland” stars Jane Leeves (“Frasier”), Wendie Malick (“Just Shoot Me”), and […]
What are you working on right now? I’m currently working on next year’s gallery lineup. At work, I curate the gallery, and I’m the chair of the Art Department, so there’s a lot of organizing and administrative stuff, plus teaching. So I’m doing all of that, all the prep for next year. I just finished […]