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Movie Review: Redbelt (Blogcritics.org)

13 May 2008

A typically compelling Mamet con game set in the martial arts world, up until its all too generic conclusion. “There is nothing from which you cannot escape,� says the martial arts instructor protagonist as his chief principle in David Mamet’s Redbelt. But you know that since he is the hero of a David Mamet film, he will be put through the gauntlet of con games and deceptions and have that very ...

DVD Review: Autumn Sonata (Blogcritics.org)

13 May 2008

Ingmar Bergman's oddly neglected chamber piece is the work of a master. Ingmar Bergman’s almost fated 1978 filmic teaming with Ingrid Bergman, Autumn Sonata (Höstsonaten), is amongst the very best of the films in his canon. It is also the most emotionally intense of the series of Strindbergian or Chekhovian chamber dramas he has filmed over the years, which includes his Spider Trilogy (Through ...

COURTS: Accused Falls teacher’s hearing delayed (Niagara Gazette)

13 May 2008

The attorney for a Niagara Falls High School teacher accused of engaging “in an intimate relationship� with a 16-year old female student, was given another delay for a pretrial hearing on the case Monday.