Archive for March, 2010
Tuesday, March 30th, 2010
Crazy Heart
We showed the Johnny Cash biopic not too long ago - I Walk the Line - and the Ray Charles biopic before that. Both were good movies about real people that were movies about real people. After all the hype building about Crazy Heart, I was afraid it would be a movie about a guy [...]
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Sunday, March 28th, 2010
Live @ The Lyric Shows in April
Michael Cooper is an eye-popping visual artist and virtuoso mime whose exquisite performances have dazzled audiences for almost thirty years. His one-man extravaganza combines his breathtaking handcrafted masks, original stories of courage and wonder, outlandish stilt dancing and a physical repertoire that ranges from the madcap to the sublime. The result is a “moving sculpture. [...]
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Saturday, March 27th, 2010
For Memories Sake
If you missed For Memories Sake Saturday, you can make it up to yourself Monday night at 7 pm at the Lyric Theatre. Not only is the movie free, it is also free popcorn night. But free pop corn is not a reason to see this movie. For Memories Sake is a documentary about a [...]
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Tuesday, March 9th, 2010
A Single Man
First and foremost, a movie that has excellent use of subtitles - readable, left on long enough and good contrast. That off my chest, on to the actual movie. If I were teaching a class on symbolism in film, I would consider this movie which is almost overly rich in clocks, tickings, eyes seeing, eyes [...]
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Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010
THE IMAGINARIUM OF DR. PARNASSUS
I just saw THE IMAGINARIUM OF DR. PARNASSUS at the Lyric. Monty Python with shades of Heironymous Bosch, Salvador Dali and a touch of Goethe done in a rich tapestry of animation. A very interesting movie! Terry Gilliam’s work from Monty Python clearly is the high point of this movie, although it is much darker than his [...]
