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...don’t think the idea of two back-to-back murders committed with a foil-wrapped steak is funny, director Jake Goldberger’s comedic thriller “Don McKay” probably isn’t for you. The film—Goldberger’s first—aims to be darkly humorous with this incident and others even more absurd, but garners laughs mostly at its own expense. Despite a talented cast including Thomas Hayden Church (“Sideways”) and Elisabeth J. Shue...
...strangely vital for a dying woman. Her caretakers, live-in nurse Marie (Melissa Leo) and Dr. Lance Pryce (James Rebhorn), are on suspiciously intimate terms with their patient. Remembering their long history together, Sonny asks Don to share her bed, and the two sleep together on his first night back. The following morning Dr. Pryce assaults Don in a rage, and he kills the doctor in self-defense, stashing him in the backyard...
Goldberger intends this final segment, with its ridiculously rapid succession of plot twists and accusations flying back and forth, as a parody of a film noir murder mystery, in which the plot unfolds, the guilty reveal themselves, and all the pieces fall into place in one climactic scene. He is fairly successful—the series of deceitful maneuvers and murders is entertaining, and so absurd that it’s funny. Here, Goldberger successfully creates the satirical thriller he was aiming...
...talk, entitled “Giving Back: Finding the Best Way to Make a Difference,” is going to address some of the most complicated and pressing issues facing our modern world. He will discuss the importance of charity work, which has taken a larger role in his life since he decided to start working full-time for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation...
Praising the student creators of the evening’s installations, Hagebölling said, “Media scenography is exciting for young people today because of the openness of the field and the new technological developments in media... We are constantly looking back to see what we can learn and what we can expand, but it is also important to change our attitudes and styles...