Previews Opening Friday, Sept. 14, The Kingdom is about an F.B.I. team that investigates an act of terrorism in Saudi Arabia. See review below. Written and directed by Paul Haggis ( Crash ), In the Valley of Elah stars Tommy Lee Jones as a career officer and Susan Sarandon as his wife. They try to […]
Arts + Scene
Reviews, interviews and upcoming highlights from the week in visual and performing arts around Humboldt County.
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Buscemi’s Chatty Side
Previews David Cronenberg’s A History of Violence was one of my top films of 2005. Now he’s back with Eastern Promises, again starring Viggo Mortensen, who is here teamed with the excellent Naomi Watts. Crime and violence are now centered in London, as we follow the stories of crime family member Nikolai (Mortensen) and midwife […]
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Wild Visions
High in the mountains, the air is clear and cool. A stream crashes over rocks and down into the valley and over the sound of the water comes the cry of a red-tailed hawk. It sails over the cliffs in search of lunch. This moment of wildlife comes to you from Linda Parkinson, a watercolorist […]
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One Big Show
It was a powerful, wildly successful show, with unprecedented sales and community support, yet Jim McVicker described his recent exhibit at the Cody-Pettit Gallery as a roller coaster of emotion. "The response to the show was completely amazing, but the whole week was a blur," he said. "Nothing felt real because Terry wasn’t there." Jim […]
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Gypsies, Cowboys and Prodigies
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 […]
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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 […]