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  • White Tank Top Movie Review: Ana’s Playground and Looking for Eric

    September 7, 2010 at 3:12 PM  |  Kirk Michael
    "I am not a man, I am Cantona." Check your calendars – it’s officially football season (note, American readers: I am referring to what we call in this country “soccer”). The English Premier League season has begun and, given the continuing struggles of my chosen club, Liverpool, I turn to the cinema for solace. I'll begin with the short...
  • Around Town: Goodbye Summer

    September 7, 2010 at 2:10 PM  |  Corey K
    Contributed by Frank Correa via City Arts' Around Town Flickr Pool  
  • Catch This: 25th Anniversary Screening of Ran

    September 7, 2010 at 2:09 PM  |  Corey K
    Ran is technically a samurai film, and it's also a partial adaptation of King Lear. However it is really neither of these. Akira Kurosawa's last epic film, Ran is an exploration of chaos and the nihilism of modern life. Similar in storyline to King Lear, but actually based on Japanese history, Ran follows the fall of...
  • Monday Morning Pickup

    September 7, 2010 at 10:53 AM  |  Jonathan S
    Big News in Little Bits Is mainstream theatre politically engaged enough? The debate rages, care of the Guardian. Is the famous artist Damien Hirst a plagiarist? More from the Guardian. Is Shakespeare's Globe Theatre finally putting on a play written by a woman? The first in 411 years? Yes! With WaMu's collapse, what's happening,...

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