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January 19, 2009
Critic’s Notebook
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Daddy Long Legs
- CRITIC’S NOTEBOOK about John Ford’s “Young Mr. Lincoln…
January 19, 2009
The Current Cinema
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Che’s Way
- THE CURRENT CINEMA review of “Che.” The new Steven Soderbergh film, “Che,” starring Benicio del Toro as Che Guevara, is actually two movies, excitingly titled “Part One” and “Part Two.” Anybody who goes to a double bill of “Che” expecting a handsome survey of his life will be surprised by…
January 9, 2009
Blog: Goings On
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Oscar advice
- Advice to voters: Don’t forget that the year didn’t begin in December; as good as “Gran Torino” is—and let’s hope that Clint Eastwood gets a best-actor nod for it—it wouldn’t be crazy to nominate him...
January 9, 2009
Blog: Goings On
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The Roundup: Sting, Sean Penn, Mark Rothko
- Sting and John Fogerty are in Garage Band, but not in garage bands. It’s the hundredth birthday of the bob—the haircut, not Dylan. Dylan news: the lonesome death of the man who caused the lonesome...
January 8, 2009
Blog: Goings On
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The Roundup: Josh Brolin, Led Zeppelin, Evan Rachel Wood
- The week in Brolin: Authorities in Shreveport, La., dropped all charges against Josh Brolin for impeding the arrest of a lighting technician on Oliver Stone’s film “W” last summer; meanwhile, at the New York Critics...
January 7, 2009
Blog: Goings On
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The Roundup: Morrissey, Hard Rock Park, Will Smith
- Morrissey’s back with a new single and a new album that features a guest appearance from Chrissie Hynde. Entertainment Weekly does us all a favor by proposing a dozen songs that should be banned forever...
January 6, 2009
Blog: Goings On
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A Wider Netflix
- In this week’s roundup of DVDs relating to the year’s best movies, I review Mary Bronstein’s remarkable first feature, “Yeast,” which is available through Amazon video on demand. The image quality, at least with my...
January 6, 2009
Blog: The Balance Sheet
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The Blu-Ray Problem
- With the Consumer Electronics Show starting this Wednesday, in Vegas, we’re seeing another raft of predictions of the inevitable demise of Blu-Ray, Sony’s high-definition video-disk technology. The most common prediction is that Blu-Ray is doomed...
January 6, 2009
Blog: Goings On
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The Roundup: Bruce Springsteen, George Steel, Larry Bird
- Bruce Springsteen continues to pre-release singles from his upcoming “Working on a Dream” album, for free. The latest: “Life Itself.” The U.S. State Department has announced a short list of architecture firms to redesign the...
January 5, 2009
Blog: The Balance Sheet
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Movies Really Are Recession-Proof
- Back in the fall, as it became clear just how deep this recession was going to be, there was a lot of talk that this time around, the entertainment industry, and in particular Hollywood, wasn’t...
