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Week of April 17, 2015
Art is in the eye of the money beholder.
First up…
Big Eyes
The most prolific painter in the history of
painting is Benjamin Moore.
Mind you, the critics in this dramedy wouldn’t
consider a fresh coat high art.
In 1958, Margaret Keane (Amy Adams)
divorces her husband and moves to San Francesco with her daughter to pursue her
artistic aspirations.
It’s not until she meets Walter (Christoph
Waltz) do her portraits of big-eyed children begin to sell – albeit under his
name.
As he becomes prominent, his now-wife
cranks out more kitsch art for him to take the credit for.
Even when she reveals the truth, Margaret
must still prove she’s behind the brush-strokes in court.
As much a commentary on female repression
as it is art, director Tim Burton blends the subjects seamlessly with his eye
for the era and his brilliant leads who bring this true Svengali story to life.
Incidentally, the real artist behind Andy
Warhol was a soup company executive.
Green Light
God Help The Girl
The unique thing about all-female pop
groups is once a month they transform into aggressive punk bands.
Fortunately, the group in this musical has
a male member to balance the hormones.
With aspirations of becoming a musician,
Eve (Emily Browning) escapes the hospital where she is being treated for
anorexia and heads to Glasgow.
At a show she encounters a guitar player,
James (Olly Alexander), with equal aspirations.
With James’ guitar student Cassie (Hannah
Murray) rounding out the band, the trio start writing songs for an upcoming
show.
But Eve’s desire to get a proper education
threatens to end the band before it begins.
Conceived by Belle and Sebastian front man
Stuart Murdoch, God Help the Girl drips with the indie band’s lovelorn melodies
and hipster aesthetic; however, what it lacks is a compelling story that
addresses Eve’s eating disorder.
Besides, bands are more successful when
assembled by record company executives.
Yellow Light
***Ebony & Ivory Tower***
The World of Henry Orient
The key to being a successful groupie is
being a woman.
And while the fans in this comedy are
females, they’re drastically underage.
Obsessed with concert pianist Henry Orient
(Peter Sellers), school girls Val (Tippy Walker) and Gil (Merrie Spaeth)
secretly follow him around Manhattan, taking notes on his affair with a married
woman, and concocting fantasies about their lives with him.
When Val’s mother (Angela Lansbury)
stumbles on the girls’ journal, she accuses Orient of seducing her daughter,
only to end up having an affair with him at the expense of her marriage to
Val’s workaholic father (Tom Bosley).
A perfect portrayal of precocious teenage
girls, their odd fashion choices, and their naïve views on love, The World of
Henry Orient deals with mature matters of the heart with caprice and candor.
Besides, the best way to get close to a
concert pianist is to impersonate a piano bench.
He’s an Ex-Concerto. He’s the…
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