Saturday, March 28, 2009

Sunshine Cleaning, Christine Jeffs

Another charming performance by Amy Adams.

Recommend.

Thursday, March 26, 2009

Notes from Underground, Dostoevsky

Outstanding performance of an existentialist text that fails to justify its own cruelty.

Recommend.

Saturday, March 21, 2009

La Sonambulist, Bellini

Natalie Dessay and Juan Diego Rivera provide lovely performances in quirky opera with semi-successful staging by Mary Zimmerman.

Recommend.

Friday, March 20, 2009

Duplicity, Tony Gilroy

A great caper with Julia Roberts and Clive Owen. Lots of fun.

Recommend.

Sunday, March 8, 2009

Wendy and Lucy, Kelly Reichardt

Michelle Williams provides a portrait of a quietly desperate young woman with few options and and just enough ingenuity to survive. Barely. This is an emotionally dreary and draining film.

Highly recommend.

Saturday, March 7, 2009

Madama Butterfly, Pucinni

Lovely production of an opera with sappy music and a horrid, horrid plot. Butterfly is treated wretchedly.

Recommend with caveats.

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