After another summer of superheroes, sequels and special effects, Hollywood got serious and released enough films of quality for adults to fill a 10-best list. You have to wonder how the industry can churn out so many exceptional movies in November and December, and so much junk in the first 10 months of the year. To land on the list, a film has to open in South Florida during … [Read more...]
An artist of the Hudson Valley beautiful
“It’s like you’ve painted cold air, atmosphere — achieving that intangible quality,” said Cheryl Brutvan, director of curatorial affairs and curator of contemporary art at the Norton Museum of Art, to Sylvia Plimack Mangold during a Curator’s Conversation event held Sunday at the museum. Plimack Mangold was there for the opening of Sylvia Plimack Mangold: Landscape and Trees, … [Read more...]
Evenhanded ‘J. Edgar’ mostly shies away from sex life
When I was a kid, before I knew who J. Edgar Hoover was, I associated him with cross-dressing. I’m not alone. “Cross-dressing” is the seventh-most-popular Google search accompanied with the phrase “J. Edgar Hoover,” behind “movie,” “biography,” “trailer,” “building,” “president” and “black” (something about Hoover’s rumored African-American ancestry). It tops even “FBI” in … [Read more...]