I just came back from the big Oscar shindig at the Rafael. I’m sorry to say I was disappointed. I arrived early and entered the main, downstairs theater to plop my stuff down on a seat. That’s when I discovered that my general admission ticket gave me the right to sit in the last four … Continue reading Oscars at the Rafael
Day: February 24, 2008
The Band’s Visit
[B] Comedy Written and directed by Eran Kolirin Kurt Vonnegut called unusual travel suggestions "dancing lessons from God." A small Egyptian police orchestra does quite a rumba when they accidentally arrive in the wrong Israeli town in Kolirin’s gentle comedy. There’s nothing political about this Arabs-meet-Jews movie. Neither politics nor religion ever come up. No … Continue reading The Band’s Visit
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