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...]
Christmas film manages to find some truths, despite predictability
Hollywood has given us its fare share of over-the-top Christmas comedies -- cynical and secular Yuletide pictures in which acts of Christmas-tree terrorism fry felines (National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation) and cat burglars hold dysfunctional families hostage (The Ref). In holiday movies, family is something to be endured and tolerated, not celebrated. There was even a film … [Read more...]