Eschewing the surrealist whimsy and chic travel-porn of Midnight in Paris and To Rome With Love, Woody Allen is back on firmer and more unforgiving ground with Blue Jasmine, and it might just be one of his most affecting character studies. If those last two features were like European vacations themselves – fantasies vastly removed from Americans’ real problems, where the … [Read more...]
At the cabaret: A Georgia firecracker lights up the Colony
By Dale King During summer in the Palm Beaches, hot entertainment in cool locations is de rigueur. The Colony Hotel has again picked up that vibe and is offering a season-long set of cabaret shows in the hotel’s celebrated Royal Room -- a short hop from the famous “Avenue” in downtown Palm Beach. Performing Fridays and Saturdays through July 20 is Carole J. Bufford, a … [Read more...]
Weekend arts picks: March 2-4
Film: If there were six best actress Oscar nominations instead of five, the sixth would probably have gone to androgynous Tilda Swinton, who plays the mother of an exasperatingly evil son in We Need to Talk About Kevin. It is kind of an update of The Bad Seed, about a defiantly rotten kid and the mother who cannot cope with him. Director-writer Lynne Ramsey wants us to consider … [Read more...]