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...brand of ironic fashion sense. It is much harder to exemplify irony when you don’t have a mansion left to you for no reason, but these girls do admirably under the circumstances. Often they wear ironically short mini-skirts and cable-knit sweaters in a pastel color. Or, if there’s a theme party, they all ironically wear a bra and a man’s oxford—no matter what the theme is! Ah! How lovely!All of this is done while ironically swigging beer and looking for a husband. Now that?...
Boston’s winter grayness didn’t make it into the Museum of Fine Arts (MFA), where the saturated colors of two new exhibitions testify to the long, eastward journey their artworks made from warmer and brighter climates.“David Hockney Portraits” and “Light My Fire: Rock Posters from the Summer of Love” both opened at the MFA in February.David Hockney is a British artist who has been living in Los Angeles since 1978—341 miles and a decade away from equally Californian graphic artists...
...States. I wouldn’t count on it clinching any of the major awards for which it is nominated: Best Picture, Best Director, or Best Adapted Screenplay. The Academy has snubbed Spielberg before—notably in 1985 for his similarly controversial film “The Color Purple.” I think “Crash” will be rewarded instead; it is an uplifting film about racial reconciliation that is likely to inspire easy consensus...
...Spielberg’s previously Academy-ignored flirtations with controversy also include “Amistad” (I’m still trying to figure out how the “Full Monty” director got nominated above Steven) and, yes, “The Color Purple.” But I optimistically assumed a movie this emotionally and morally engaging—not to mention damn exhilarating—would find itself conveniently at the cross-section between the action and indie sets. Sadly, the inane chatter about controversy managed to drown out those who loudly sang...
...some of the joie de vivre displayed on their 2001 debut “Is This It?” and 2003 follow-up “Room on Fire.” Hopefully, this newfound cynicism is just a passing phase, and their future videos will exhibit the color and energy of the old Strokes we know and love. --Adam J. Scheuer