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...fiction feature made about the Canadian Inuit by an Inuit director, Zacharias Kunuk, and writer, the late Paul Apak Angilirq. If that were the film's only distinction, it might get shown in natural-history museums. Atanarjuat will soon be in 60 U.S. cities because it is a ripping yarn and a spectacularly new and odd vision...
Standing in the field with Walsh and hearing him talk about baseball, one can almost see the surroundings fade to a grainy black and white as he produces another screenplay-worthy yarn. And Walsh’s throwback nature is evident when he coaches. He lives on sacrifice bunts and hustle. He’ll call entire games from the dugout if he feels its necessary—although his two young catchers, Kropf and freshman Schuyler Mann, have done a capable enough job that Walsh usually feels content to let them run the show...
...touching to Paxton or particularly universal about the “religiously-motivated-murderous-sociopath” genre. Paxton does defy convention and wrench hearts with his portrayal of children. His work with the young O’Leary is commendable, but his frailty perhaps lies in choosing which yarn and how long to spin...
...Untitled” (1994) by Greg Sandback might go unnoticed without one of the employees in the gallery pointing it out to a visitor or patron, despite its large size. Pink acrylic yarn is shaped into a triangle with the dimensions 19”x19”x19”. However, it is incredibly small compared to Sandback’s other sculptures, which are also composed of string but take up entire rooms in volume...
...Bradby could hardly have found a better setting for his smoky police yarn than this chaotic entrepot. In 1926, Shanghai was run by a trinity of competing interests. There were separate law enforcement offices for the International Settlement and the French Concession and cooperation was strained at best. And in the Chinese section of the city?past the reach of the colonial powers?justice was summary execution at the will of the neighborhood triad boss. This lawlessness combined with the wealth pouring into Shanghai's bustling port encouraged young, ambitious men and women with flexible scruples to dream and scheme...