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...film is well acted, and Duvall and Jones generate some genuine, tastefully understated chemistry without slipping into sloppy sentiment. Another plus is Irma Hall, who is wonderfully enjoyable as the testy, domineering, but open-minded and warmhearted Aunt T., the sister of Earl and Ray's dead mother. But "A Family Thing" stumbles in its attempt to bring other, cliched themes and subplots into play. Earl's first few days in Chicago, including his night of drunken wandering, are a tired variation on "hillbilly enters the big city," with a few half-hearted efforts at humor and some moments...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: It's 'A Family Thing,' and We Don't Understand | 4/4/1996 | See Source »

...small apartment off Branka Surbata Street, however, they have never been divided. The story of Rabija Oprhal, her husband Kruno, 53, son Alen, 26, daughter Irma, 19, and their Serb friends provides heartbreaking evidence that a fraternal feeling between Muslims and Serbs survives. The family's experiences during the war and now in the midst of this vengeful peace prove that members of the two groups can live together and care for one another, even under the most dangerous circumstances. For the Oprhals were saved, they say, by their Serb neighbors and by sympathetic Serb soldiers. "They were nice. They...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ONE FAMILY'S OR DEAL | 4/1/1996 | See Source »

When the arcade first opened in the fall of 1993, HPRE--which was then Harvard Real Estate (HRE)--went out of its way to entice merchants to the arcade by creating the impression of considerable retail potential. HPRE wined and dined prospective merchants and threw a huge gala opening. Irma B. King Licorish, proprietor of the Caribbean-African Creations kiosk, said she feels Harvard "enticed us in here under false pretenses...

Author: By David H. Goldbrenner, | Title: Harvard Treats Tenants Unfairly | 3/1/1996 | See Source »

...Balcony. Through April l. LoebExperimental Theatre. 547-8300. Set in a fictionalSouth American country, "The Balcony" begins in abrothel - madame Irma's house of illusions - wherebizarre fantasies are enacted, while a revolutionrages outside. In this hall of distorting mirrors,evil and virtue merge, and a highly theatricalmasquerade takes on unexpected politicalconsequences...

Author: By Kelly T. Yee, | Title: Not at Harvard | 3/23/1995 | See Source »

...Whether Irma Vep played better under Ludlam's direction is difficult for this reviewer to say (who has only seen the Lyric Stage production). But given the stellar reputation of the original production, it must have...

Author: By Carolyn B. Rendell, | Title: Vampy and Campy, Irma Vep Still Lags | 2/4/1993 | See Source »

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