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...adaptation of Moby Dick; there was no whale, but a surprising amount of Herman Melville's imposing novel made it onstage. (Adaptations of epic novels, like John Irving's Cider House Rules, have a habit of flopping in New York.) Houston's enterprising Alley Theater last fall staged a fine production of The General from America, Richard Nelson's brooding, against-the-grain, surprisingly convincing historical drama about Benedict Arnold. (The play later opened off-Broadway, where the critics, predictably, dissed...
Americans are taking the notion of dogs' being man's best friend quite literally. In Jon Katz's fine book The New Work of Dogs (Villard), the author explores how in our increasingly fragmented and disconnected society, dogs are often treated as family members and human surrogates. A growing number of people, according to Katz, say they get more support from their dogs than their spouses or parents. The author zooms in on 12 dog-human relationships in Montclair, N.J., a prosperous community with a large canine population. In Montclair, pet-human bonds take on a variety of forms...
...town's homes and stores, with empty door frames that slam after people have walked through them. It's a great notion for about 10 minutes, but not for the movie's current running (ambling) time of three hours. Despite the devout exertions of Kidman and a fine cast, Dogville plays like the read-through of a potentially fascinating play. Now Von Trier should go ahead and make the movie. Elephant is a loose remake of Alan Clarke's 1989 bbc film about gunmen in Belfast. Van Sant takes the notion of civilians as target practice and transposes...
...Like fine wine, the video-game business has some very good years. The product may not always be tasteful, but you know in advance when the vintage will appear--and which vintners you trust. Indeed, the scintillating previews on display at last week's Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) in Los Angeles had gamers salivating for more. We scoured the show to come up with our favorites. But if these examples leave you wanting more, visit www.time.com/games for additional reviews and commentary from the show...
...verdict: if you can't get to a sofa, this type of gadget makes for a fine substitute. But nothing beats the big screen. Even Hitchcock doesn't survive scaling down all that well. --By Wilson Rothman