Art: While the United States has had a sometimes uncomfortable relationship with European art and its forms, it has never lacked for a vital folk art scene. That art came into particular prominence during the country’s adolescence in the 19th century, and it’s that art that’s on display starting Saturday at the Society of the Four Arts and running through March 26. On exhibit … [Read more...]
Farhadi’s ‘Salesman’: Crime puts a marriage to the test
Asghar Farhadi’s The Salesman would never be categorized as a horror film. But with its reservoirs of escalating tension, sustained unease, and figurative and literal aftershocks, it might as well be. To wit: An old apartment building groans under the weight of itself, its cracks slowly spiderwebbing across its windows and walls, as its tenants flee. One of those tenants, … [Read more...]