Feb 14-20, 2007
Bridal and Romance Issue: A Wedding Planner Takes the Hitches out of Getting Hitched; How Technology Helps Couples Share Their Love; A Guys’ Guide to Marriage and Romance
News Quirks 02.14.07
Curses, Foiled Again Kyle Winkler returned to his apartment in Daytona Beach, Fla., to find two men who had broken in. Winkler said he confronted them, but they attacked and “tried to shove me over the rail of the second floor.” Downstairs neighbor Miles Dellavecchia heard the struggle, raced upstairs with his shotgun and held…
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VDay [SIV4]
It was the day before Valentine’s Day and I was lurking on upper Church St freezing my hands into popsicles and trying to get people to talk to me about what VDay means to them. With dropping temperatures and an approaching storm, rushing people were not that excited to gab on a street corner in…
Made From Scrap
EXHIBIT: “Gawu,” metal tapestries and other sculptures by contemporary African artist El Anatsui. Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H. Through March 4. ARTWORK:”Crumbling Wall” by El Anatsui West African sculptor El Anatsui digs into both trash and tradition to create shimmering metal tapestries and remarkable freestanding forms. His current traveling exhibition, entitled “Gawu,”…
Knee Deep
A guys’ guide to popping the question, saying “I love you,” and other romantic ordeals
JESUS CAMP***
Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady, directors of The Boys of Baraka, have made another documentary about young people. This one concerns Evangelical Christian summer camps designed to enlist kids in “God’s army.” (85 min, PG-13.) Web: http://www.apple.com/trailers/magnolia/jesuscamp/
TRUST THE MAN**
Bart Freundlich brings us this Manhattan relationship-comedy, which chronicles the ups and downs of two couples grappling with the challenges of families, infidelities and careers. Starring Julianne Moore, David Duchovny, Billy Crudup and Maggie Gyllenhaal. (101 min, R) Web: http://www.apple.com/trailers/fox_searchlight/trusttheman/
SCIENCE OF SLEEP**1/2
Gael Garcia Bernal stars in writer-director Michel (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind) Gondry’s romantic fantasy in which a young man’s dreams take over his waking life. Costarring Alain Chabat, Miou-Miou and Sacha Bourdo. (106 min, R) Web: http://www.apple.com/trailers/warner_independent_pictures/thescienceofsleep/
RUNNING WITH SCISSORS**1/2
From writer-director Ryan Murphy comes the big-screen version of Augusten Burroughs’ best-selling memoir featuring Joseph Cross, Annette Bening, Gwyneth Paltrow and Brian Cox. (120 min, R) Web: http://www.apple.com/trailers/sony_pictures/runningwithscissors/
HOLLYWOODLAND***
Ben Affleck trades his Daredevil outfit in for a Superman costume in Allen Coulter’s look back at the life and career of TV Man of Steel George Reeves and the curious circumstances surrounding his death. With Diane Lane and Adrien Brody. (126 min, R) Web: http://www.apple.com/trailers/focus_features/hollywoodland/
Sanders, Commissioner Stump for Independent Media
Sanders speaks out in favor of indepedent media.
HEADING SOUTH***1/2
Charlotte Rampling stars in the saga of several well-off women who travel to Haiti once a year to enjoy a bit of sexual adventure with the local lads. What happens in Haiti . . . With Karen Young. (105 min, R)
THE GRUDGE 2*1/2
Takashi Shimizu directs this follow-up to the 2004 hit horror-thon. This time around, the supernatural curse targets a seemingly unrelated string of victims. Featuring Amber Tamblyn, Jennifer Beals and Edison Chen. (102 min, PG-13) Web: http://www.apple.com/trailers/sony_pictures/thegrudge2/
FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS****
Based on the best-selling book by James Bradley and Castleton resident Ron Powers, Clint Eastwood’s Oscar contender chronicles the battle of Iwo Jima, the most iconic photograph of WWII and the fates of some of the young soldiers who fought it. Featuring Ryan Phillippe, Adam Beach, Paul Walker and Barry Pepper. (132 min, R) Web:…
THE BOYNTON BEACH CLUB***
Joseph Bologna and Dyan Cannon are paired in Susan Seidelman’s romantic comedy about aging boomers still looking for love in a Florida “Active Adult” community. With Brenda Vaccaro. (65 min, NR) Web: http://www.apple.com/trailers/independent/boyntonbeachclub/
Aram Bedrosian, Aram Bedrosian
(Bassalisk Music, CD) Aram Bedrosian is one badass bass player. Although his new, self-titled CD is his first solo effort, the Burlington-based musician and instructor has been entrenched in the local scene for nearly 20 years. Bedrosian has shared the stage or recorded with a variety of interesting artists, such as Chris Wood of Medeski,…
The Hero Cycle, Lakes And Ponds EP
(Hidden Shoal Records, CD) Burlington’s indie-rock big band The Hero Cycle recently signed a global digital distribution deal with Australian label Hidden Shoal. The arrangement will bring their latest EP, Lakes and Ponds, to a handful of prominent online retailers, including iTunes and e-music. It’s a savvy move by a savvy band, and one that…
