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...intensity of expression that made plays like Glengarry Glen Ross and movies like The Verdict sing with a sort of atonal harshness, helping them transcend the rather confined situations he prefers. Redbelt (the title refers to the highest honor available to jiu-jitsu fighters), despite its novel milieu somehow remains trapped in genre conventions. It's still basically a boxing picture, not essentially different from dozens of other movies about life in and around what the old time sportswriters used to call "the squared circle." Mamet's circle is, alas, just a little too square...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 'Redbelt': Basically a Boxing Picture | 5/1/2008 | See Source »

...should pause before we get too caught up in collective righteous outrage (particularly inappropriate for those, like me, who don’t think abortion is murder in any sense of the word). Doesn’t this all seem familiar somehow? Haven’t we seen this scene replayed dozens of times in art galleries from London...

Author: By Juliet S. Samuel | Title: Tabloid Art | 4/30/2008 | See Source »

...plans. “I hope to be able to surround myself with people who can facilitate my growth,” she says. “Having the opportunity to work with up-and-coming choreographers would be extremely useful, to immerse myself in the dance world somehow.” No matter where she finds herself, dancing—which is second nature to her—is sure to stay a part of her life. As she says, “It would be incredibly difficult to tear a part of yourself away...

Author: By Kerry A. Goodenow, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Claudia F. Schreier ’08 | 4/29/2008 | See Source »

...many different things at the same time and it all works,” Lazarcheck says. “It’s a black comedy, it’s a revenge tragedy, and it’s an operatic musical all at the same time, and somehow those ideals don’t seem to clash.” Sondheim’s score is particularly challenging to coordinate. “Just trying to get a whole group of people on the same page musically is very difficult, especially music like this, in which there are songs where...

Author: By Edward F. Coleman, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Fleshing Out Fleet Street | 4/29/2008 | See Source »

...inspire young people. Its greatest weakness is the fact that people don't understand their voices. They have powerful voices but many who could be inspired don't understand their voices. The poets have always been misunderstood. They say things about struggle and poverty and people think its somehow attacking them. They make calls for help and people kind of miss that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Russell Simmons: Reality TV Good for My Kids | 4/28/2008 | See Source »

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