OK, y’all. So, C.C. just checked out the Academy Award-winning movie for “Best Picture”, No Country For Old Men, by the Coen brothers. Disclaimer: we watched in on DVD. But, we gotta say that this movie did not do it for us.
A few things…
So, violence in film isn’t necessarily bad. Treatment is everything, especially when [...]
Film Review in Brief: “Juno”
Before we go showering Juno with Academy Awards (should we even get to see that happen), we just wanted to post some random thoughts on the indie-hit of the moment that has taken the country (and the critics) by storm.
C.C. checked this shit out on Monday, and, well, sorry to harsh [...]
This thoughtful piece just came in from A.O. Scott.
WHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART
WHITNEY LIVE SERIES AND CHEZ BUSHWICK PRESENT
MAGNETIC LABORATORIUM
POLIS 07 VIDEO ART PERFORMANCE
DIRECTED BY MARISELA LA GRAVE
FRIDAY / JANUARY 11 / 2008 / 7PM
(C.C. be in it to win it.)
Movie Review: Tim Burton’s “Sweeney Todd”, a film adaptation of the musical by Stephen Sondheim
All the hype and gripe over Tim Burton’s screen adaptation of Stephen Sondheim’s much revered opus, Sweeney Todd, can be a little tiring. Most of the chatter—which can be found, among other places, at the be-your-own-critic section of The Times [...]
We start off with Jennifer Dunning’s harsh on Fresh Tracks
Then Elizbeth A. Harris reports on a shot-on-the-streets film version of Jerome Robbin’s “Opus Jazz,” coming to you via NYCB dancers Ellen Bar and Sean Suottzi and director Ariel Schulman
Claudia La Rocco has some words for Prometheus Dance’s political mishit and uncredited projections
Then, L. Ro gets [...]
If you love the musical theater works of Stephen Sondheim and you’re shivering in your queer-ass boots for fear of what awful fate will befall the juggernaut “Sweeney Todd” in the hands of creepy filmmaker and Depp-o-file, Tim Burton, READ THIS NOW. It’s Jesse Green’s blow-by-blow conversation with Sondheim about the kind of extreme [...]
Chez Bushwick Presents
FORCE MAJEURE: New Dance From Vienna
STATE OF MINE
Choreography & Performance: Andrea Maurer
Photo & Film: Thomas Brandstaetter
Location:
Chez Bushwick
304 Boerum St., Buzzer #11
Brooklyn, NY 11206
http://chezbushwick.net/events.html
Saturday, December 15th 7:30pm
Reservations Required: (Limited Seating)
info@chezbushwick.net
Admission Is FREE Upon Reservation
Choreographers: Claudia La Rocco got your back.
The 60’s nostalgia that folks have been mainlining during this year’s Performa extravaganza, has been irking me to no small degree. You all know how we feel about this. While I’m down with taking the best things we learned from that era, and moving forward with it–recognizing the present [...]
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