Previews I’m expecting Jodie Foster to bring a lot more class to the revenge vigilante film than Kevin Bacon did recently. In The Brave One , opening Friday, Sept. 14, Foster is in her element as a woman bent on revenge after suffering a brutal attack, in a film directed by Neil Jordan. Terrence Howard […]
Arts + Scene
Reviews, interviews and upcoming highlights from the week in visual and performing arts around Humboldt County.
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Do You Get It? Minimalist art at Piante
It’s that awkward time of the month again when everyone is in transition, taking down their old shows and getting ready to put up the next one. I want to tell you about what’s new and exciting, but I won’t be able to see the shows myself until after this article goes to press. So, […]
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Kill Me Now
PREVIEWS Continuing what Hollywood does frequently if not always effectively, the remake of the 1957 film of the same title 3:10 to Yuma opens Friday, Sept. 7. Based on the short story by Elmore Leonard, now well known for his tongue-in-cheek thrillers, the film tells the story of rancher Dan Evans (Christian Bale replacing Van […]
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Go Straight to ‘Sideways’
For a magazine piece on the trials and tribulations of young aspiring artists in New York, I once talked to many actors and others in the theatre in different stages of their careers about their beginning years. A lot of people have had crappy jobs, but actors probably have more than most, partly because they […]
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Art at a Lumberyard?
One result of the popularity of Arts Alive!-type events is that every business in town wants to get in on the picture (if you’ll pardon the pun). I’m certainly an advocate for art in the county, but I question the value of this. Not every business is a good venue for art and the people […]
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Coronation of Cheadle — Great performances buoy Talk to Me, Becoming Jane
Note: Thanks to Jay Herzog for his literate but totally misguided reviews the past two weeks. (Just kidding, except for the literate part.) Also, apologies to my editor — I really did think about going toSuperbadbut it was fourth in a list of four. I’ll try to improve, honest. Previews Opening Friday, Aug. 24, is […]
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Summer Sunshine and Stardust
Previews Hello, film fans. The peripatetic Charlie Myers is once again out wandering the globe, so for the second week in a row you’re stuck with a know-nothing’s guide to this week’s new releases. And from where I sit, this week may well go down in the annals as The Week That Bad Films Happened […]
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Manic About Titanic — HLOC show sails into final weekend
When the basic story is so familiar, and the narrative trajectory so extravagantly simple (big unsinkable ship sinks on maiden voyage), it all depends on how it’s done. The Humboldt Light Opera Company does the musical Titanic very, very well. The production excels in every aspect, creating a stylish, polished, harmonized and entertaining whole, with […]
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Dumb Samberg, smart Bourne
Previews It’s the biggest opening weekend in months, and our own Charlie Myers has successfully ducked the onslaught by scampering away to Maryland. You’re stuck with an amateur’s picks of the flicks. In ascending order of importance: *Skinwalkers* . The publicity says that "Two sects of werewolves battle one another for control of a half-human/half-werewolf […]
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The Last Brenda & Libby Show
“My goal is to make my etchings colorful using only black and white.” I never knew Brenda Tuxford, the woman who said that about her art. I knew of her, but by the time I arrived she was already working primarily behind the scenes, so I didn’t get a chance to meet her before her […]