Whether it was because of the commotion over last year’s all-white Oscar nominations or simply a coincidence of the pipeline, this year’s top film crop has several entries with racial themes and likely African-American nominees in the performance categories. Here, in descending order of quality – as judged by my highly subjective opinion – are the best of 2016: … [Read more...]
Weekend arts picks: July 22-24
Art: As it since 1951, the Boca Raton Museum devotes its summer exhibition to the All Florida Invitational, which this year features 31 artists from around the state. Cognoscenti of the local art scene will recognize some familiar names, but there are also five early-career artists being singled out by the judges who chose the work for the exhibit. The Invitational opened last … [Read more...]
‘Captain Fantastic’: Off the grid, defying expectations
To say that Captain Fantastic is one of the finest counterculture road movies since Easy Rider is both accurate and absurd. It’s absurd because instead of two bikers searching for meaning and literally burning out in the American heartland in the turbulent ’60s, Captain Fantastic is about a father traveling with his six children in a Winnebago in Obama’s America. … [Read more...]