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...certainly wouldn’t go there with the idea of becoming a spokesperson for the army or an apologist for the war,” he says. “I’m interested in human stories, in what it takes for a young man or a young woman to leave home at 18 years old and suddenly find themselves transported into a situation where they might be killed for their country, about what it is to miss people, and what it is to come home.”In his poetry, Armitage has often focused on telling...
Paul Aufiero is best described as a man-child. At 35, he lives with his mom, thinks that 10:46 p.m. is a little late to be heading out to a party, and sleeps with a poster of his idol, fictional New York Giants star Quantrell Bishop, above his bed. In writer-director Robert Siegel’s new movie “Big Fan,” Paul becomes the unlikely subject of an engaging and darkly humorous character study. Building on his work with 2008’s critically acclaimed “The Wrestler...
...director Oliver Hirschbiegel probes the intensely personal nature of the divisive conflict that has plagued Ireland over the last century. Best known for “Downfall,” his Oscar-nominated 2004 chronicle of Hitler’s final days, Hirschbiegel again humanizes a seemingly irredeemable man to create a fascinating drama that explores the difficulties of reconciliation in many of today’s intractable conflicts. Focusing on the fictional meeting of real-life Irish citizens Joe Griffin (James Nesbitt, “Millions”) and Alistair Little (Liam Neeson) 33 years after the murder that...
...Yo’ Head”—with James taking lead vocals throughout—is catchier, but still comes across as uninteresting classic rock emulation. Oberst takes lead vocals on irritating country tracks that sound like pre-pubescent Johnny Cash imitations. On “Man Named Truth,” easily the album’s worst track, Oberst attempts to weave a forced narrative—something about heroin and Aztec gold—over a clichéd, country backing track that sounds like something from a bad karaoke machine.Between these two, unfortunate extremes?...
...others like it, rendering them poignant yet haunting.People make rare appearances in Palma’s works, but when they do, they often offer the most striking portrayals of hopelessness and loneliness. In the diptych, “The shadows of his youth,” a young man sits at the head of a table, looking solemnly past the viewer. Across the table and physically in the other panel is a blackened human skull donning a birthday party hat. The protagonist’s body, half masked by shadow, seems to refer to the title of the piece; despite...