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...indie action, Michael Moore launched Capitalism: A Love Story in just four theaters in New York City and Los Angeles and pulled in a plutocratic $240,000; Moore's cinematic stimulus plan rolls out in full next weekend. Bright Star, Jane Campion's moony tale of the doomed poet John Keats and his soul mate, Fanny Browne, expanded to 130 screens and earned a hearty $682,000 from lovers of sentimental art-house fare. And Coco Before Chanel, one of three biopics of the couturier to be released in theaters or on DVD this year - this one starring Amelie...
Elaborate costumes, gorgeous cinematography, British accents, a doomed romance—on paper, writer and director Jane Campion’s “Bright Star” contains all the elements of an effective period romance. And yet the film—which centers on the burgeoning love between Romantic poet John Keats and his neighbor Fanny Brawne—proves disappointing, permanently handicapped by its lack of dramatic tension. Ben Whishaw (“Brideshead Revisited”) and Abbie Cornish (“Stop-Loss”) are wholly convincing as the movie’s tragic...
...George Harrison, Roy Orbison, Tom Petty, and Bob Dylan formed The Travelling Wilburys, a popular but unremarkable super-group with no cultural legacy to speak of. Likewise, Monsters of Folk—a super-group comprised of My Morning Jacket’s Jim James, Bright Eyes’ Conor Oberst and Mike Mogis, and M. Ward—are stacked with talent, but even after several years of live collaboration and half a year’s worth of hype, their self-titled debut lacks coherence and originality.“Monsters of Folk” oscillates between Oberst?...
...will run through October 25. “Intimacy” is presented as one cohesive collection, but is actually divided between small, sepia-toned images and much larger color digital prints. The Kodalite photographs of the former category, mounted on peeled gold leaf on top of bright red paper, exude a sense of intimacy. In contrast, Palma’s digital photographs feel artificial. The surrealist elements Palma is known for including in his art are integrated well in the Kodalite images, so they do not seem out of place, despite the fact that they are obviously fantastic...
...define. He disagrees with the nickname “genius award” because it is far too limiting. “‘Genius’ is not descriptive enough,” Socolow said. “These people are not only wonderfully talented and very bright, but also tenacious, risk-taking, and bold. They are a unique blend and wonderfully creative...