Wednesday, August 26, 2009

Taking Woodstock (Focus Features)

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By Harry Forbes This is a pointedly laid-back change of pace for filmmaker Ang Lee, particularly after the heated passions of “Lust, Caution...
Tuesday, August 25, 2009

The Bacchae (The Public Theater/Shakespeare in the Park)

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By Harry Forbes If you’re perhaps thinking of skipping the Public’s rare foray into Greek tragedy, dismissing it as a worthily academic but ...

The Mama Cass Television Program (Infinity Entertainment Group)

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By Harry Forbes Its release timed to coincide with the hoopla surrounding the 40th anniversary of the Woodstock, this ABC-TV special – appar...
Friday, August 21, 2009

Inglourious Basterds (Weinstein/Universal)

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By Harry Forbes Quentin Tarantino’s knowledge of and love for movies permeates every frame of “Inglourious Basterds,” an epic World War II t...
Friday, August 14, 2009

The Time Traveler’s Wife (Warner Bros./New Line)

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By Harry Forbes A chick flick for sure, but a pretty good one, this adaptation of Audrey Niffenegger’s 2003 best-seller about a man born wit...
Monday, August 10, 2009

Burn the Floor (Longacre Theatre)

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If the title rings a bell, you may be recalling the PBS pledge special that aired back in 1999 or the show’s brief run at Radio City Music H...
Friday, August 7, 2009

Julie & Julia (Columbia Pictures)

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By Harry Forbes Writer-director Nora Ephron’s cleverly blended double bio of public television’s iconic chef Julia Child and her idolatrous ...