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...films couldn’t be more different. Whereas Angels was just mindless fun that may have offered female viewers a sense of empowerment and certainly supplied the male audience with lots of eye candy, Quentin Tarantino’s newest film is a thoughtful and beautiful homage to classic themes and styles while remaining the most fun and exciting film of the year...
...star is involved in a classic “he said/she said” case—the kind that tends to be tough to prove and or tricky to defend. In cases like this, many defense attorneys resort to attacking the alleged rape victim’s credibility and blaming her promiscuity for the incident. In another high profile rape case in 1991, William Kennedy Smith, a nephew of Senator Edward M. Kennedy, was charged with raping Patricia Bowman at the Kennedy estate in Florida. His defense team hired private investigators to look into Bowman’s background...
...talkin’ to me?” Martin Scorsese’s gritty and intense 1976 classic comes to the Brattle this weekend in a new 35mm print, promising audiences a speckle-free view of Robert DeNiro’s angry, mohawk-topped visage. DeNiro is an alienated and violence-prone New York City cabbie who takes out his rage at society with extreme prejudice. The film won Scorsese the Palme d’Or at Cannes, and features Jodie Foster as a 12-year-old prostitute. 2:45 and 7:15 p.m. Sunday and Monday. $8.50, $7.50 before...
...member of the Steve Miller Band, but embarked on a solo career in the early 1970s. While commercial success only found him occasionally throughout the following decades, he remained an obscure critical darling throughout the 80s and 90s. On this tour, he’s been playing with a classic jazz quintet, and the understated, lonely songs on his new record will benefit from the Paradise’s intimacy. 7 p.m. Tickets $35; 18+. Rock Club, 967 Commonwealth Ave. (LN = Leon Neyfakh...
Marius Petipa’s 1869 ballet version of Cervantes’s classic novel returns to Boston. The performances are a tribute to choreographer Rudolf Nureyev, who died 10 years ago. Refurbished sets and new costumes are featured in this new production of what artistic director Mikko Nissinen calls “the most significant work in Boston Ballet’s history.” 7 p.m. Through Oct. 19. $39-$96. Wang Center, 270 Tremont St., Boston...