Most of us don’t spend our days thinking of where our thoughts come from, or how we think, or why we think. Pete Docter, the director of the Pixar masterpiece Up, isn’t like most of us. In his latest film, Inside Out, arguably the most existential title in the luminous Pixar canon, he has gone beyond thinking about the inner workings of the brain. He’s conceived an elaborate … [Read more...]
‘Love Is Strange’: An exquisite, realistic couple story
There are no opening credits in Ira Sachs’ new film, Love Is Strange; we just get to it. An older man who we quickly recognize as John Lithgow wakes up in the morning, crawls out of bed, takes a dutiful, glum shower, and begins what seems like an ordinary day. He can’t find his glasses, which bothers him greatly, and by the reaction of his partner, played by Alfred Molina, … [Read more...]
School of Rock brings band, dreams to Philly, Cleveland
For every kid who learns to play an instrument or sing (or both) in hopes of joining a rock band, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is the pinnacle. Just ask the Red Hot Chili Peppers, who formed in Hollywood, Calif., in 1983 -- the same year the hall was established in Cleveland -- and got enshrined during its 27th annual induction ceremony last month. But even for the members … [Read more...]
Documentary captures an exceptional New York eye
Less than two years after The September Issue probed the life and work of fashion kingmaker Anna Wintour, a new documentary offers a look at another figure residing in the nexus of fashion and print journalism. In Bill Cunningham New York, which opens Friday in South Florida, the subject is New York Times fashion photographer Cunningham, a man just as iconoclastic – and more … [Read more...]
Caldwell’s ‘Follies’ another gift for Sondheim fans
For the third time in a year, the Caldwell Theatre has put the words and music of Stephen Sondheim onstage, emphasizing his intricate way with a song and his emotionally complex storytelling in its musical concert series. If the Boca Raton company’s current offering, 1971’s Follies, is not quite up to the delirious level of its Sunday in the Park With George or Into the … [Read more...]