“[A]ffection and respect are different things, and it is perhaps only now–70 years after its initial release on Dec. 15, 1939–that this film is acquiring a patina of venerability.” Which doesn’t mean the complicated emotions the movie raises have diminished.
Tag: 12.12.09
Kathleen Turner To Play Molly Ivins In New One-Act
The premiere of “Red Hot Patriot: The Kick-Ass Wit of Molly Ivins,” by Margaret Engel and Allison Engel, will be directed David Esbjornson this spring at the Philadelphia Theatre Company.
Case Against Accused New Moon Pirate Is Dropped
“The great ‘Twilight Saga: New Moon’ movie-taping ruckus concluded quietly Friday when prosecutors dropped charges against a Chicago woman who had captured a bit of the film on her digital camera. It wasn’t exactly a Hollywood ending, but a sequel might be coming soon.”
China’s New Art Stars Hit It Big
“Some say it’s the prevailing ethics of a nation in rapid transformation, where big dollars trump all – even party doctrine. Others will tell you that a marginal realm like art, for all its splashy showings at international auctions, has its purpose: As a harmless sprinkling of good public relations for an economic powerhouse determined to take the next step, from the world’s premiere widget-maker to cultural superpower.”
Did The Arts Overbuild In America?
“The economic downturn has reined in a lot of these big dreams and has also led to questions about whether ambitious building projects from Buffalo to Berkeley ever made sense to begin with. Some are arguing that arts administrators and their patrons succumbed to an irrational exuberance that rivaled the stock market’s in the boom years.”
Authors V. Publishers In E-Publishing Rights
“The question of exactly who owns the electronic rights to such older titles is in dispute, making it a rising source of conflict in one of the publishing industry’s last remaining areas of growth.”
Placido Domingo, Iron Man
“Even by Domingo’s own workaholic record, his 2009/10 season is action-packed: he has 45 singing and 15 conducting engagements. These don’t include late-scheduled one-offs such as the open-air Christmas concert he will sing in Mexico City – one of his childhood homes – on December 19.”
The Buildings $8.5 Billion Buys You in Vegas
“The complex was supposed to invent an exuberantly cosmopolitan future, drawing sophisticates with sleek contemporary architecture and a $40 million art installation program (lovely Henry Moore, stunning Frank Stella, ingratiating Claes Oldenburg). Yet CityCenter struggles to find its tone.”
Paramount See Profit In Low Budget
“Paramount, which released the sequel to “Transformers” over the summer, also had a surprise success this past fall with the low-budget “Paranormal Activity,” which cost just $15,000 to make and has grossed more than $100 million at the domestic box office, and became the most profitable movie in the studio’s modern-day history.”
Time To Retire Nutcracker?
“Ballet gets this image of wholesome, reassuring, pretty — not that those are bad things, but that’s a stamp that’s been placed on ballet because of the relentlessness of The Nutcracker.”