By Myles Ludwig These are the days of lasers in the jungle/Lasers in the jungle somewhere/ Staccato signals of constant information/ A loose affiliation of millionaires and billionaires/ And baby, these are the days of miracle and wonder /This is the long-distance call Paul Simon’s lyrics are prophetic. Apparently, no one answered that call. It went straight to voicemail. … [Read more...]
‘Red Lights’ a ludicrous mess
In Red Lights, Cillian Murphy comes this close to making out with Cillian Murphy. It happens in a rote nightmare sequence at the height of his character’s supernatural crisis. Cillian Murphy’s soul clings to the roof of his apartment, while Cillian Murphy’s body lies in bed, unblissfully asleep. The soul descends ever so slowly toward its host body, until it looks like the … [Read more...]
‘Red’ marks major advance; ‘Pitmen’ proves inert play
“The art of making art” is a frequent fascination of playwrights, who find in the visual arts a metaphor for their own struggle of creation. Currently, by a fluke of scheduling, two such plays on the creative process are on view -- John Logan’s 2010 Tony Award-winning Red and Lee Hall’s The Pitmen Painters, from the following season on Broadway. Both are well-produced and … [Read more...]
The View From Home 20: New releases on DVD
Santa Sangre (MPI) Release date: Jan. 25 Standard list price: $21.99 So Santa Sangre, one of cult director Alejandro Jodorowsky’s most controversial films, is finally released on a beautiful Region 1 DVD, ensuring all of the red paint spilling forth from the body orifices will look as vivid as it should. Jodorowsky has an intensely devoted following of adventurous … [Read more...]