Word: poignant
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...semi-autobiographical account of director Barry Levinson's (Rainman, Good Morning, Vietnam) childhood in Baltimore, Liberty Heights is the fourth in his series of Baltimore pictures, following Diner, Tin Men and Avalon. Not failing the critical success of those earlier films, Levinson's latest offering is an incredibly tender, poignant and sweet account of a town where everyone is simply trying to figure out what it means to be anything--white, black, Jew, good...
...Bebe Neuwirth and Joe Mantegna lending real gravitas and heart to their roles as the parents of the two boys. On the other hand, we have a cast of largely unknown actors, many in their feature film debuts, which perhaps contributes to that gently searching and hesitant quality so poignant and well-suited to a film about identity...
...bound to a controlling force. Young Rockefeller didn't count on Rivera painting Lenin and syphilis cells in the lobby of Rockefeller Center, so he orders the mural jackhammered off of the wall in a strikingly literal expression of the casual tyranny of commerce. Yet perhaps the most poignant thread of the film is its only fictional tale, that of an aging ventriloquist (Bill Murray), who, with the help of Joan Cusack's rabble-rousing character, turns against the Federal Theater when he suspects Communist influence. He later comes to regret sacrificing his art when, with sublime irony...
...played by Law, Dickie oozes a reckless sensuality, turning the beam on and off at will, indulging Marge's love while he stealthily impregnates an Italian woman. In a movie that ups the sexual octane of the book, Tom's interest in Dickie is explicitly homoerotic, the yearning poignant and desperate. The killing in the boat is less murder than the fatal flailing of a rejected suitor. Tom is crushed by Dickie's dismissal, so he crushes Dickie...
Price's silly story about Jesus was just that, a story. What was "gospel" was Price's recounting of his inner vision and healing from cancer. This was powerful and poignant, as are all true insights about Jesus Christ. VIRGINIA LEE ADI Portola Valley, Calif...