Contemporary commitment
In a mall (of all places), Art Gallery of Windsor is a model of thoughtful programming….
Color of a Brisk and Leaping Day
The road to bad films is often paved with good hype. None so much as those coming out of that promised land called Sundance (as in the film festival). Just as the fashion biz infuses the nebulous concept of “street” with strategic cachet, the entertainment world loves to use the swashbuckling image of the “independent”…
The Truce
The focus of the second annual Italian Film Festival/Great Lakes (at the Michigan Theater in Ann Arbor today-Saturday) is writer and director Francesco Rosi, whose films serve as a bridge between 1940s neorealism and contemporary Italian cinema. Eleven of Rosi’s films will be shown during the festival, including his latest, The Truce, at 7:30 p.m.…
The Big Sleep
It’s generally agreed that director Howard Hawks’ 1946 classic film noir The Big Sleep is one of the toughest detective films ever made, but not in the brass-knuckles sense. Its steely intransigence derives from the fact that no matter how many times you watch it, you’re never quite sure what the hell is going on.…
Yule tunes and funky cheer
A gift list of the outest holiday discs on the market.
Thumping in public
Brit rockers bring anarchy to the top of pop.
