Film
Almodovar Hugs Cruz in “Broken Embraces”
Heavy with the melodramatic flourishes that have transformed the filmmaker’s name into an adjective, “Broken Embraces” combines the guilty pleasures of soap opera romance with the director’s longstanding veneration of Alfred Hitchcock and classic film noir.
Almodóvar, Cruz in Fine Form With “Broken Embraces”
Although Penélope Cruz gives her usual strong performance, most of the time she’s just fleshing out the formula character of a woman who becomes a mistress because she needs the money and then falls for somebody else.
One Night Only
The Guthrie Theatre and The Acting Company at MSUM
Through the Looking Glass: “Imaginarium”
Heath Ledger’s participation in “The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus” fixes the movie as a strange memorial that dominates any reading Terry Gilliam might otherwise have intended…the most thought-provoking issues that surround fame and immortality, dying young, and the afterlife are drowned in the parade of Gilliam’s chaotic, frantic images.
Best/Most Significant of the Decade – Film
“...the decade will be most remembered for the rapid improvement in quality, lowering in cost, and widespread adoption of digital technology…”
“Bronson” in Fergus Falls Friday
An exclusive release from Britain opens this Saturday in Fergus Falls, just a short drive from Fargo.
Emily Blunt Shines as “The Young Victoria”
Judging from photographs as well as the popular imagination, Emily Blunt’s beautiful neck is at least twice as long as Queen Victoria’s, but historical fidelity is not the first thing on the mind of filmmaker Jean-Marc Vallee, whose “The Young Victoria” is an entertaining, sumptuous, and romantic confection.
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