Month: September 2004

This was Sarah Kane’s final play prior to her suicide in 1999 at the age of twenty-eight, and the title refers to the apocryphal time at which most suicides take place. Kane rose to prominence in London as a kind of theatrical counterpart to that city’s “YBA” art scene: Her first work, Blasted, received an…

Suffering from battle fatigue this election season? Chin up! There’s succor if you know where to look. One outstanding example is the series of “Real People” ads by documentarian Errol Morris, in which Republicans talk about why they’re not voting for the incumbent (they may not air in our state, but they’re online at MoveOnPAC.org).…

Seems like over the past couple of decades we’ve learned to appreciate regional foods, regional parks, even regional shopping malls (thanks MoM!). Why not celebrate darn good movies home-grown in the heartland—or any of the other distinctive regions that make up our country’s vast interior? That’s how the Central Standard Film Fest came to be.…

What is it about an Ingmar Berman retrospective that says “autumn”? Sure, there’s Autumn Sonata (a humdinger with Liv Ullmann and Ingrid Bergman in her final role), but the cinematic giant also made Winter Light, The Virgin Spring, and Smiles of a Summer Night (not to mention Summer Interlude)—all of which will be screened, along…

Now it its fifth year, the Sound Unseen film festival hasn’t wavered from its original mission to bring rare films about music to the Twin Cities. Hello?! End of the Century: The Story of the Ramones? ABBA: The Movie? Yes, please! In addition to a stellar lineup of new films, the year sees the return…

Joanne Woodward made a fine career out of split-personality material (see Sybil), and this historic, Academy Award-winning performance started it all. Woodward’s Eve White was based on the true story of a dreary Southern housewife suffering from “spells” of memory loss (we dare you to call in sick on Monday with a “spell”). Unable to…