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'Lantana' tries to be art film, only half succeeds

By Ron Riekki | May 17, 2002

"Lantana"is a complicated film - complicated to view and complicated to review. It opens with a tone that's part Conrad's "Heart of Darkness," part O'Neill's "The Emperor Jones." From its initial "Blue Velvet" reminiscent slow pan over a thorny lantana bush to the careful revealing of a corpse, we understand we're in for a somber Australian version of an art film, which is worlds away from the Crocodile Dundee misrepresentation Americans have of Outback cinema. Director Ray Lawrence reminds one of a subtler Robert Altman.

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'Lost' Wilco album won't disappoint

By Philip Runco | April 23, 2002

Lost albums radiate with a forbidden enchantment regardless of their merit. Shrouded in a cloak of hearsay mystery, they slowly circulate as the myths behind their existence and disappearance mutate and swell. Since Dylan's "Basement Tapes," the allure of listening to an album that's presence has been established without an official release remains one of rock and roll's purest phenomena, a reassurance that the music community will create means of distributing an album when a record company falters. Unlike "The Basement Tapes," though, lost albums usually create expectations unfulfilled by their inherent virtues.

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A & E in Brief

April 23, 2002

John Scofield Band w/ Modern Groove Syndicate Starr Hill TODAY, 9 p.m., $18 Miles Davis.

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'Frailty' cuts wide swathe, leaves viewers weakened

By Bryan Kasik | April 19, 2002

Once in a while, a movie creeps up on you unexpectedly and launches a full-scale attack. Sometimes this attack is misguided or pointless, but "Frailty" assaults the viewer with both purpose and emotional impact. The first hour or so of this highly unconventional thriller is almost unbearable and the rest of the film proceeds to turn itself on its head.

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A band named Goo lands itself in a 'Gutter'

By Ian Cohen | April 16, 2002

To: Warner Brothers Films Re: "Mad About Goo: A Rock Opera Based on 'Gutterflower'" Starring: Johnny Rzeznik: played by Jon Bon Jovi; sensitive lead singer unwittingly thrust into a world he didn't create. Robby Takac: played by Carnie Wilson; dopey sidekick and bassist. Mike Malinin: played by Emilio Estevez; drummer just happy to be there. Background: While putting together their Greatest Hits package, "What I Learned About Ego, Art, Opinion and Commerce," the Goo Goo Dolls enjoy a few Zimas and start reminiscing about their past.

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Culbreth's 'Cabaret' fever needs no cure

By Bryan Maxwell | April 16, 2002

Welcome to Berlin, where everyone is beautiful. Sit back and enjoy. The picture, of course, is more complicated than this in the Drama Department's Culbreth Theatre production of the Broadway musical "Cabaret." Director Jack Donahue leads a talented cast in this modern musical with a political bite, set in the nightscapes of pre-World War II Germany. "Cabaret" strikes a difficult balance between acting and singing.

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