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Well, she did it her way, and the result is far from a disgrace. The singer's controversial life gets surprisingly tough-minded and balanced treatment. Philip Casnoff, who reproduces the young Sinatra's lean, hollow- cheeked look without blatant mimicry, creates a convincing, full-blooded portrait. And in the end, we have the music...
...surgically handicapped brother who has been shunted away to an institution; a bleach-blond brother in deep denial about everything from his origins to his sexuality; and the clan patriarch, feared by all the others as an epic bully but visible in the final sequence as just a hollow never-was clinging to what's left of his machismo...
...story, one with a beginning, a middle and an end. The collapse of the Soviet Union in late 1991 settled the cold war, that long, Manichaean, superpower struggle between two opposing philosophies of governance. The suppression of individual liberties in the service of a common good stood exposed as hollow, inefficient and, most damning of all, corrupt...
...Jacqueline Autef, whose tobacco shop is around the corner from Monnet's old house, such promises ring hollow. Once the most powerful nation in Europe, France may worry about its eclipse by Japan, the U.S. or Germany. Autef, 53, feels insecure on a more basic level. "I voted for Mitterrand in 1981 because he promised to reduce unemployment," said the tobacconist, who supports an ; invalid husband. "But today 3 million French are out of work. My neighbor committed suicide when he lost his job. Families are shattering." Whether stung by France's 10% jobless rate, by recession in Britain...
Bone Machine, tom Waits' latest album, is a landmark for American pop music. Waits presents a stark series of bluesy songs that are innovative and profound. The most striking thing about the album is its spare sound. Waits strips down the blues to create a haunting timbre of heavy, hollow drums, chilling guitars and growling vocals...