[Ed. note: Brian Howe, a widely ranging culture critic and reporter, writes frequently for the Independent Weekly and other publications. He joins us today as a guest blogger.] Turning and turning in the widening gyre The falcon cannot hear the falconer; Things fall apart; the center cannot hold… W.B. Yeats ADF, June 25, Reynolds Auditorium. […]
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Chinese history lessons in the movie theater, good and bad
History, they say, is written by the winners. That’s a lie, of course: Everybody knows movie screenwriters write history. A culture that increasingly has little memory of itself becomes ever more dependant on the movies to keep ancient history alive. Movie bastardizations of history aren’t new, of course. Way back in 1915, D.W. Griffith’s Birth […]
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“If you were ever tempted to drop acid an an ADF show…”
Video produced by Noreen Fagan. … this performance by the Nikolais Dance Theater is either the one you should — or the one you won’t need to…” Why does Nikolais’ work (under the artistic direction of Murray Louis and Alberto del Saz, performed by the Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company) have dance critic Byron Woods thinking about […]
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“Bodies as soft machines”: Ririe-Woodbury and Trisha Brown
[Ed. note: Brian Howe, a widely ranging culture critic and reporter, writes frequently for the Independent Weekly and other publications. He joins us today as a guest blogger, and responds to the current mainstage offerings of Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company and Trisha Brown Dance Company.] Thursday night’s eclectic showcase, which continues tonight and Saturday, June 14, […]
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Your move…(part 1)
Critic Byron Woods will be weighing in shortly on Ailey II‘s Revelations, David Parson’s Caught, and the new version of Shen Wei’s Connect Transfer. But right now, it’s your turn. It’s one of the things that makes our blog just a little different from the other sites. We publish your views (and reviews) on ADF […]
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Ailey II: Revelations
Video produced by Noreen Fagan. Dance critic and correspondent Byron Woods hosts this first video preview for the 2008 season, with exclusive footage from Ailey II‘s performance of Revelations, and discussion of Shen Wei’s new version of Connect Transfer and David Parson’s Caught.
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Expensive fun in Priceless; tasteless opulence in The Fall
I first saw Audrey Tautou, like everyone else, in the phenomenally successful French comedy Amèlie. I decided, however, that I had had enough of her after that film’s relentless exploitation of her adorability, complete with “Love me! Love me!” mugging for the camera. But then, I failed to see the charm in Julia Roberts’ virginal […]
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Opening night film: Trumbo
Dalton Trumbo is the only person to receive two Oscars for work initially attributed to other people. Just before his death in 1976, the Motion Picture Academy belatedly gave him statuettes for his work on Roman Holiday and The Brave One, both films he wrote under the cloak of others. He was officially persona non […]
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Returning filmmakers: Peter Gilbert and Steve James
This time: At the Death House Door Last time: Reel Paradise (James, 2005); Stevie (Gilbert and James, 2003) Peter Gilbert and Steve James make films that break your heart, yet their work is not remotely sensationalistic or manipulative. They will be forever known as the Hoop Dreams duo, but that powerful, hugely successful, career-making landmark […]
