The Footlights’ Non-Glare The Footlights’ Non-Glare
At lunch with a colleague who is devoted to the theater, the discussion turned to Broadway and she mentioned she had seen the revival of On the Town, the buoyant 1944 Comd...
Feb 11, 1999 / Books & the Arts / Rachel Shteir
Ellington Hits 100 Ellington Hits 100
On the eve of the New York premiere of his Symphony No.
Feb 4, 1999 / Books & the Arts / Albert Murray
Two, Like, Star-Crossed Lovers Two, Like, Star-Crossed Lovers
When a young woman in high school frets about the folks in Mogadishu--when, for that matter, she can spell "Mogadishu"--American moviegoers know she needs a fashion makeover, a ...
Feb 4, 1999 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
Revenge of the Pod People Revenge of the Pod People
Nobody asked me to spend my weekend watching movies about alien invasions--so for all I know, I might have been acting on promptings from an otherworldly force.
Jan 28, 1999 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
Sixties Laugh-In Sixties Laugh-In
"They've come to steal my dreams," whimpers a female voice.
Jan 21, 1999 / Books & the Arts / Gene Santoro
Duck Soup in Japan Duck Soup in Japan
Has no one informed Dr. Akagi that he's living in a complex and serious drama about the morale of Japanese citizens toward the end of World War II?
Jan 14, 1999 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
Parades Gone By Parades Gone By
To begin the new year with something old: Milestone Film and Video has just re-released two films of antiquarian interest, directed (appropriately enough) by British film histo...
Jan 7, 1999 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
Pollock and the Drip Pollock and the Drip
A characteristically handsome painting by Joan Mitchell is on view at the Museum of Modern Art in the exhibition American Art: 1940-1970.
Jan 7, 1999 / Books & the Arts / Arthur C. Danto
Holiday Celluloid Wrap-Up Holiday Celluloid Wrap-Up
What marvels of ill assortment the film distributors perform when they dump their products at the close of the year in hope of award nominations.
Dec 24, 1998 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
Saving Private Malick Saving Private Malick
For twenty years, Terrence Malick has been absent from the screen, abandoning the world's filmoids to their own devices: to watch Badlands and Days of Heaven till the pr...
Dec 17, 1998 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans