Beans & Cornbread
A busy, colorful dining spot which features bright artwork and a bustling open kitchen. This is it for upscale soul food with a fresh twist, including excellent meat loaf, barbecue-style chicken and a dreamy sweet potato cheesecake. Arrive early and plan to stand in line: this popular bistro is perpetually full.
City of mystery
At Elmwood Cemetery, memories echo down through the years….
M
Director Fritz Lang’s legendary M (Germany, 1931) is a film which emerged from the shadowy, irrational melodrama of post-WWI German expressionism and anticipated the more grounded, semi-documentary police procedurals of post-World War II America. Almost 70 years after its debut, it still seems an audacious achievement, both for the directorial momentum which belies the stereotype…
To Speak the Unspeakable: The Message of Elie Wiesel
A plane lands on a remote runway, deep in the Carpathian Mountains. It taxis up to a waiting shuttle bus, and a small man, trim and weather-beaten, alights. A pair of oversize sunglasses are clamped to his head, a blazer sits on his shoulders. Is he a film producer come to scout locations? No, the…
Brave new genes for the man of means
In Gattaca, the new ruling class has been given a genetic advantage: All imperfections have been corrected in utero. No more birth defects or major diseases. No unsightly eyeglasses needed. No more left-handed people among the streamlined right-handed achievers. An unfortunate child born without these enhancements is dubbed an “in-valid” and destined to a life…
Playing God
People are said to be “playing God” when they begin to believe they can actually control things beyond their capacity as human beings. In the case of Dr. Eugene Sands (David Duchovny), it takes on the added meaning of thinking the whole world revolves around him. A surgeon more interested in power and status than…
A Life Less Ordinary
Perhaps taking their title to heart, the cheeky creative team behind Shallow Grave and Trainspotting have made sure their latest effort is anything but ordinary. Wildly inventive, woefully derivative, sure-footed yet clumsy, A Life Less Ordinary manages to be both infuriating and enchanting. The trio behind this oddball trilogy — director Danny Boyle, screenwriter John…
