Sapphire's Story: How 'Push' Became 'Precious' Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:47:00 -0500 The gritty realism of the film Precious is even more intense in the novel Push, upon which the film is based. Author Sapphire discusses the inspiration for her work — and her initial reluctance to allow her work to become a film. When Life Is This Hard, Stubbornness Is A Virtue Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:00:00 -0500 Claireece "Precious" Jones is living a nightmare: she's morbidly obese, twice impregnated by her father, mentally and physically abused by her mother. But just as her life seems entirely untenable, fate offers a way out — and slowly, with a mulish persistence, Precious starts to come into her own. (Recommended) Portraits Of A Blended Nation Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:20:00 -0500 This weekend, Liane Hansen, host of Weekend Edition Sunday, will interview the authors of a new book: Blended Nation: Portraits and Interviews of Mixed-Race America. It's part of a new series called "Beyond Black and White," which will highlight the ...
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Video Game Review | Uncharted 2: Among Thieves: A Game That Takes Aim at Bigger Screens By SETH SCHIESEL Sat, 07 Nov 2009 06:07:48 -0000 Uncharted 2: Among Thieves, for the PlayStation 3 console, is perhaps the best-looking game on any system and provides a cinematic entertainment experience.
Music Review | New York City Opera: City Opera Returns in Its Newly Inviting Home By ANTHONY TOMMASINI Sat, 07 Nov 2009 07:49:55 -0000 The company opened its 2009-10 season on Thursday night with a celebratory program, “American Voices,” and for once at an opening-night gala, there really was a great deal to celebrate.
Long-Delayed Opening for History of, and by, Joseph Papp By PATRICIA COHEN Sat, 07 Nov 2009 06:19:13 -0000 If Joseph Papp had had his way, “Free for All,” Kenneth Turan’s newly published oral history of Papp and the Public Theater he helped found, would never have seen the light of day.
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Peter Schjeldahl: French Connection Peter Schjeldahl Mon, 02 Nov 2009 05:00:00 -0000 Pluck a magnifying glass from a rack at the Frick and sift great from good in “Watteau to Degas: French Drawings from the Frits Lugt Collection.” The prodigious Dutch connoisseur Lugt (1884-1970), a collector by the age of eight, acquired thousands of Old Master drawings, with a special . . . Jill Lepore: Why is American history so murderous? Jill Lepore Mon, 02 Nov 2009 05:00:00 -0000 Steven Hayes and Joshua Komisarjevsky, who met three years ago in a Hartford drug-treatment center and shared a room in a halfway house in between stints in prison, were both seasoned burglars, though Hayes, a forty-four-year-old crack addict, was quite a bit older than Komisarjevsky, who . . . Hilton Als: Matinée Idol Hilton Als Mon, 02 Nov 2009 05:00:00 -0000 You might not associate avant-garde theatre with sexiness, but, for a time, the Wooster Group embodied it in the form of Ron Vawter. Other members of the company, such as Willem Dafoe and Spalding Gray, went on to have successful film careers, but Vawter, who had AIDS and died . . .
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Dudamel unleashes Verdi's Requiem Sat, 07 Nov 2009 01:00:00 -0500 Conducting the LA Philharmonic, Gustavo Dudamel demonstrated his command and also his respect for silence when he restarted the piece after a cellphone ring jarred the opening bars.
Review: 'The Maid' Sat, 07 Nov 2009 01:00:00 -0500 In this Chilean film, Raquel's brooding after decades of service reveals a complex character and a deep-set sadness.
Review: 'The Men Who Stare at Goats' Sat, 07 Nov 2009 01:00:00 -0500 George Clooney and Jeff Bridges star in this goofy comedy about a battalion of psychic soldiers perfecting their craft.
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