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Spain in the war-torn '40s is the setting for this anti-Franco, pro-magic fairy tale. If you were wondering what all the critical rapture and Oscar nominations were about, make your move now. Guillermo del Toro's fable is definitely not for kids, but it is a fable--about a child (Irana Baquero, above) who escapes from real nightmares into an eerie, fulfilling wonderland--that is as potent and scary as the great early Disney cartoon features. Except there is no happy ending...
...Hitler to be proud of. So, the official drums started beating up the Single-Handed-Soviet-Victory-Over-Fascism theme. The worse things went in this country, the more graphic the war stories dominating Soviet TV and cinema screens each spring, the state sparing no effort to sell its tale of how "the people rallied around the Party during the Hitlerite invasion and saved the world." The point, of course, was that the people had to continue rallying around the Party, to resist the machinations of an external enemy and its internal agents...
...archaeologists have uncovered a vast array of artifacts--ceramics, jewelry, tools, coins, furnishings, food, armor and arms--that have illuminated the conditions, trials, troubles and heroics of this colonial English outpost in the New World. Simply as a story of humanity in adversity, it is a stunning and instructive tale...
...director, and the “Mary” Hoagland was referring to. “I think maybe there are just three rules because we think there are three rules.” Given the SGCT’s purpose—to adapt either a fairy tale or literary work for a young audience once a year during Arts First weekend—it makes sense that they often forget their own rules. SGCT seems to be guided by the simple principle: make ‘em laugh. Last year’s show...
It’s the classic murder tale: husband discovers wife is cheating, husband murders wife, husband walks away from trial a free man. O.J. Simpson, anyone? Director Gregory Hoblit (“NYPD Blue,” “L.A. Law”) brings his crime and courtroom expertise to the big screen with “Fracture.” Though the movie’s promotional posters (Anthony Hopkins smiling sinisterly under the words “I shot my wife”) may lead audiences to believe that the film will be filled with dramatic...