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See a play at the Tivoli Print E-mail
By Susan Waugh   
Posted 2:52 pm Mon., 05.10.10

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Want to see a London play Saturday afternoon, but lack the cash to jet over? All you have to do is go to the University City Loop and plunk down $20 at the Tivoli box office. Broadcast live from the National Theater will be "The Habit of Art" by Alan Bennett.

 
Burton's 'Lurid Monsters' are fine art Print E-mail
By Susan Waugh   
Posted 10:49 am Thu., 04.15.10
burton100logo_swirl.jpgIf you have a chance to be in New York in the next few days, Susan Waugh says you should make certain to catch the show at the Museum of Modern Art: "Tim Burton and the Lurid Beauty of Monsters."
 
In praise of Akira Kurosawa Print E-mail
By Larry Busk   
Posted 11:45 am Thu., 04.01.10
Last month marked the 100th birthday of Japanese filmmaker Akira Kurosawa, whose name is a mainstay of "best and most influential directors of all time" lists. His films such as "Rashomon," "Seven Samurai" and "Throne of Blood" are classics of world cinema. Larry Busk discusses some of his other, less well-known films well worth seeing.
 
With science fiction movies, the future is now Print E-mail
By Robert Hunt   
Posted 4:11 pm Mon., 03.29.10
Science fiction is strong on innovative ideas, but notoriously bad at prophecy. Science fiction -- like every other kind of fiction -- tends to tell us a lot more about the thoughts and aspirations of the time in which it was written. But, writes Robert Hunt, two sci-fi films actually got it right, largely because they focused on the small details.
 
Blasts from the past -- and reminders of an era now gone Print E-mail
By Robert Hunt   
Posted 1:23 pm Wed., 03.24.10
The Rolling Stones may have their 19th nervous breakdown, but two films of the '60s captures that cultural moment as well: the Italian "Dillinger is Dead" and the British "Separation." Robert Hunt also writes about Yugoslavian filmmaker Karpo Godina and his subversive films.
 
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