Juan Martinez signing his book at the Palm Beach Book Festival. (Photo by Dale King) By Dale King Maricopa County, Ariz., Prosecutor Juan Martinez is a diminutive man with a hint of gray in his closely coiffed hair. He seems comfortable in a dark suit and tie, or in shirtsleeves, speaking to a crowd, where he displays his vast knowledge of criminal law and talks of his … [Read more...]
Ann Norton show seeks respect for Chilean surrealist
The first time I came across his name was a couple of years ago at the Boca Museum of Art. I was there to do a story, in which I ended up mentioning this one painting I had really liked. But I did not know then whose work it was, who was this Matta guy other that a Chilean artist whose name sounded like plant in Spanish. Ironically, this is what Roberto Matta tried hard to … [Read more...]
Theater roundup: ‘Book of Mormon,’ ‘Radio City Christmas Spectacular’
They call them musical comedies, but you can count on a couple of hands the stage shows that are truly, laugh-out-loud funny. Certainly on that short list is The Book of Mormon, fueled by humor that is irreverent and profane, sprung directly from the fertile brains of South Park’s Trey Parker and Matt Stone. These two wags are rookies when it comes to writing stage musicals, … [Read more...]
The View From Home 40: New DVD releases and notable screenings, July 10-31
Everything old is new again. In 2005, The H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society commissioned a film adaptation of the sci-fi’s master’s classic The Call of Cthulu. Since the book was written in 1927, the filmmakers shot their picture contemporaneously as a silent film. Outside of the eccentric canon of Guy Maddin, this idea was almost unheard-of then, and even post-Artist, silent … [Read more...]