Word: matilda
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...sketches for the giant marble figure of the centurion who pierced Christ's side, only to then discover His divinity. Longinus is one of four figures planned for the altar niches at the crossing of St. Peter's Basilica. The bronze cast of the of the Countess Matilda (called the "FalkBronze" after its donor) is one of two remainingfigurines that closely resemble the statue of thecountess in the tomb erected in St. Peter'sBasilica under order of Pope Barberini. All theseform part of one of Fogg Museum's most spectacularand far-sighted purchases ever, when in 1937, theFogg acquired...
...film's best character by far, Major Valentina Koslova (Diane Venora), is wasted (literally and figuratively) to give the ineffectual Mulqueen another score to settle--a terrible thing to do to a strong, interesting female character. The script tries to redeem itself by giving Mulqueen's former girlfriend, Isabella (Matilda May), a key role in the resolution of the plot; but because her role is so impoverished throughout most of the film, the effect is more baffling than empowering...
...Cable Guy $47 $60 Matilda $42-50 $32 Striptease $40 $32 Multiplicity...
...MATILDA (August 2), about a girl's revenge on her cruddy parents and evil schoolmistress, has the potential delectations of a Roald Dahl story and Danny DeVito's knowing comic direction. DeVito also plays Matilda's dad, expectorating lines like, "Why wudja wanna read, when ya got the television set sittin' right in frunnaya?" Or, we might add, when ya got a 'plex-full of icky kids' films...
McCrae and Call? We've heard those names before. The two Texas Rangers--each just 19 as Matilda and the snapper heave into view, and with glory, the death of the buffalo herds and the fencing of the open range still ahead of them--are of course the heroes of McMurtry's magnificent horse opera, Lonesome Dove. A personal note: this reviewer is unreliable on the subject of Lonesome Dove, which he rereads with increasing fondness whenever he encounters a November in his soul...