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10 NEW TO NETFLIX “Cliffhanger““Cold Mountain““Do the Right Thing““The Golden Child““The Interview““Labyrinth““Mars Attacks!”“Mystery Men““Once Upon a Time in America““School of Rock“ 10 NEW TO HBO MAX “Event Horizon““The Evil Dead”“Final Destination““Friday”“The Iron Giant““King Kong”“Mad Max: Fury Road““News of the World““Ouija: Origin of Evil““Unforgiven“ 7 NEW TO BLU-RAY/DVD “Beasts of No Nation” (Criterion) Our very own … Continue reading “Home Entertainment Guide: September 2021”
You know Annie Clark better as St. Vincent, the avant-garde guitar god who’s gradually emerged as her generation’s most daringly chameleonic rock star. But, frankly, you don’t know anything about either of them, at least not with certainty. That’s the basic setup of “The Nowhere Inn,” out Friday from IFC. A vicious metafictional treatise on … Continue reading “Being St. Vincent: Annie Clark on The Nowhere Inn”
There’s a famous 1887 painting by André Brouillet called “A Clinical Lesson at the Salpêtrière.” In it, a room full of men watch a strange demonstration going on at the front of the room. A man stands beside a table covered in medical instruments. A woman in a loosened corset, her breasts nearly exposed, swoons … Continue reading “The Mad Women’s Ball”
Once she gets offstage, the real-life musical act St. Vincent loses her red-lipstick allure and becomes Annie Clark. No longer beholden to an audience that expects a larger-than-life entity, Annie relaxes into pedestrian activities and a less than exciting lifestyle that involves playing Scrabble. This presents a problem in the meta fiction of “The Nowhere Inn,” because Annie’s best … Continue reading “The Nowhere Inn”
“You can’t teach American history without talking about Pauli Murray,” we’re told early on in “My Name is Pauli Murray.” You may agree by the end of this informative documentary. Directors Julie Cohen and Betsy West let their subject narrate an incredible life that influenced students, civil rights leaders and more than one future Supreme … Continue reading “My Name Is Pauli Murray”
