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...injuries, is nothing short of astonishing. Kottke’s playing is like storytelling. Even with the limitations of the six-string guitar, every song, however wordless, has a sort of narrative that unfolds in its own sonic atmosphere. The complexities of both, to the untrained observer, would hardly seem possible coming from one man. His hands seem fixed, while the tips of his fingers rush across the frets and strings, creating a polyphony of rhythm and melody that would put all but the most accomplished fingerpickers to shame. While his instrumentals are undeniable, the vocal accompaniment he provides...
...broken hips to a scene in which a slightly older woman (Jennifer Coolidge) performs fellatio with no teeth, the audience recognizes immediately that this is a movie about people who are over-the-hill and having difficulty dealing with that fact. Even the literal age of Mac and Jackson seem to be a factor as the director is forced to use obvious stunt doubles for the lamest of dance steps—their old bodies simply can’t do it like that anymore. As a result, the film appeals only to those who can relate to sufferings...
...theater piece he’s fashioning with his prize money. Williams, his dimwitted lead actress-cum-love interest, responds with a mixture of empathy and idiocy: “That’s what’s so refreshing.”From its opening moments, it may seem that screenwriter Charlie Kaufman’s directorial debut is treading water—the notion of the “author-in-crisis” is a thematic thread that Kaufman explored ad nauseum in his 2002 screenplay for “Adaptation.,” directed by Spike...
...returned to Beirut for high school, he wrote more prodigiously in English than in Arabic, and “The Prophet” is the child of his efforts. Although his biblical style is anything but innovative and the philosophie de la vie outlined in his sparse verse may seem old-fashioned at times, there remain gems of insight in his writing that make a reading of “The Prophet” today as worthwhile as when it first hit the scene.The book tells the story of a wanderer named Almustafa who has spent 12 years...
Stevens, Ted •Alaska voters seem unfazed by seven felony convictions...