John Mellencamp Takes Gritty Trip To Heartland At Palace Theater
John Mellencamp has been a voice of the American heartland for more than three decades, a rugged accountant of its glories and discontents. His show Friday at the Palace Theater in Waterbury was a rousing journey through the territory he has covered over the years, a forceful reminder of his music’s strength and flexibility.
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Nénette – review
The Être et Avoir director is back with a new film: a beautiful and revealing documentary about a zoo-dwelling ape, says Peter Bradshaw It’s impossible to watch Nicolas Philibert’s new film without a Darwinian frisson of anxiety, and an animal-liberationist spasm of rage. Nénette is a 40-year-old female orangutan in a Parisian zoo: she has been kept here almost all her life. Philibert’s camera …
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The Making of Darren Aronofsky’s ‘Black Swan’
[1] As the Oscar ballots get distributed to Academy members, it seems like all of the movie studios are released behind the scenes featurettes and documentaries in support of their award-nominated films. Over the past week, we’ve posted such videos as a massive 93 minute documentary [2]The Social Network [3], The cinematography of True Grit [4], and The Making of The King’s Speech [5]. Today we …
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