All Over Me
One suffers through countless screenings of drivel in the faint hope that the magic lantern still has the power to surprise and delight. Opening this week is the unexpected pleasure of one such moment, a bare-bones production from a duo of newcomers, the Sichel sisters, Alex and Sylvia. The thrill of surprise is in no…
Finding the edge in outer space
Art and science move as one on stage…
Mission and mystery
Punk-style gospel plays with the truth.
Men In Black
It’s a sick, sick cinema we encourage with our ducats that really disappoints only when a film fails to include a really choice trailer clip in the final cut. Thankfully this summer’s big celluloid jam delivers all the Ray Ban-wearin’ good-time moments that three months of commercials, music videos and hype have promised. Unfortunately, Men…
Out to Sea
To call this latest pairing of Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau The Grumpy Old Men and the Sea isn’t too far off the mark. This genial if uninspired comedy casts the duo as antagonistic friends and brothers-in-law. Lemmon is a widower and retired department store clerk, while Matthau is an unrepentant gambler always just one…
