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Although Estevez’s use of real images of RFK’s life, speeches, and death frames the movie and provides a portrait of the impassioned politician, the film itself does not actually focus on the inspirational figure. It instead chooses to highlight the “normal” Americans affected by the tragedy. However, Estevez’s heavy pen of righteousness bleeds through every line...
...often people said that "We worried whether our food would run out before we got money to buy more," and how often they had cut the size of meals or skip them all together. As a result, we now get a study that paints an even more scientifically accurate portrait of an even more deeply divided country. The Dow is as plump as its ever been, and 4 million families skip meals because they sometimes have no choice. So does the phrasing matter, or do the facts speak for themselves? The problem is that by making the language more precise...
...Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus Directed by Steven Shainberg Picturehouse 1.5 Stars Move over, Martha Stewart—exotic is the new plain, and weird is the new normal. Unfortunately, each is proving that it can be just as boring as its predecessor. “Taking the center from the margins” seems to be the raison d’être of several of the best films produced in culture-war-America over the past year, from the spectacular “Brokeback Mountain” to the delightful “Little Miss Sunshine...
...postwar paintings by Jasper Johns and Willem de Kooning for a combined $143.5 million. Geffen also sold a Jackson Pollock last week for $140 million, making it the single biggest art sale ever. It topped the previous record breaker--cosmetics magnate Ronald Lauder's purchase of Klimt's Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I in June for $135 million. Although Geffen is rumored to be liquidating some art to make a bid for the Los Angeles Times, it's just as possible that the man senses a market peak when he sees...
...Ruled to be an accident by an Israeli Army inquiry, Corrie’s death nonetheless became a cause célèbre among the far left. The play, which opened in London and received mixed reviews in New York, has been heralded as a moving portrait of idealism, activism, and the horrors of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict...