Thursday, April 30, 2009

Trisha Brown Dance Company

Planes (1968)
A zlozony/O composite (2004)
Glacial Decoy (1979)
L'Amour au theatre (2009)

Her later work is more interesting than her earlier work.

Recommend with Caveats.

Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Lymelife, Derick Martini

Exellent independent film.

Highly recommend.

Saturday, April 25, 2009

Adventureland, Greg Mottola

Very funny coming-of-age story.

Recommend.

Friday, April 17, 2009

St. Matthew Passion, Bach

Generally, I do not vote to see a performance more than once: there's too many others that I want to see. For Jonathan Miller's interpretation of Bach's St. Matthew Passion, I made an exception.

To begin, the music is sublime, and without doubt the performers in this ensemble are top-notch. The power of this presentation is escalated by making the chorus and soloists also actors. Thus, it moves from being a static oratorio to a shifting, moving opera of the highest caliber.

Highly recommend.

Saturday, April 11, 2009

Ion, Euripides

A light and lively interpretation of a seldom performed Greek classic.

Sunday, April 5, 2009

Wall Street Chamber Players

Alexander Borodin's Quintet for Spring and Piano in C minor (1862)
String Quartet No. 1 in G minor, Op. 10 (1893)

Saturday, April 4, 2009

Trojan Barbie, Christine Evans

More interesting in conception than in execution. The script was rough, and something about the acting seemed tonally off kilter.

Caveats.

Friday, April 3, 2009

Watchmen, Zack Snyder

This film is three hours long; the first two hours are all backstory, and still there's not enough information for the narrative to make sense. For instance, as long as Dr. Manhattan is blue, it's okay to show full frontal nudity.

Caveats.

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