Nov 23-29, 2005
19 UVM Administrators Average Salary: $144,OOO Each – Where Do the Bucks Stop?; Why Bonsai? Hunting Tiny, Trainable Trees in Vermont
Aquadora, Into Light In The Tracks
(Unrecords, CD) Aquadora is the pseudonym of a Burlington musician known simply as Jonny. His sci-fi, lo-fi home recordings occasionally make their way into the world in EP form; Into Light in the Tracks represents his most recent efforts. While by no means perfect, the disc showcases an iconoclastic artist whose creations are tough to…
Will, Will
(Saints Rest Records, CD) The Burlington music scene has always been a little bit country and a little bit rock ‘n’ roll. Acts such as Chrome Cowboys, The Middle Eight and Starline Rhythm Boys have long mirrored the area’s rural cosmopolitanism with an electrified twang. Will, a five-piece comprising Eoin Noonan, Dave Anderson, Matt Marro,…
Astrology 11.23.05
ARIES (March 21-April 19): The English word “silly” comes from the German “selig,” meaning holy, blissful. In accordance with your current astrological omens, I invite you to seek out experiences that blend the ancient and modern senses of the word. For example, explore the possibility that goofy joy is not at all incompatible with a…
News Quirks 11.23.05
Curses, Foiled Again After three armed men invaded the home of Franchetta Baldwin and her eight children in Ashville, Ohio, one of the children called 911. When police arrived, the robbers tried to escape, but Baldwin locked them in the basement after tricking them into going there. “They just wanted out of here, without going…
Seeing Red
George Clooney’s elegant docudrama Good Night, and Good Luck concerns 1950s newsman Edward R. Murrow’s cold war with Senator Joseph R. McCarthy. The film has lots of viewers pondering the parallels between that era’s paranoid Red Scare policies and today’s political anti-terrorism posturing. For Tim Kahn, who lives in Shelburne and teaches French at South…
THE HONEYMOONERS*1/2
Cedric the Entertainer and Mike Epps star in director John Schultz’s big-screen update of the classic sitcom. Regina Hall and Gabrielle Union costar. (85 min, PG-13) Web: http://www.apple.com/trailers/paramount/the_honeymooners/
THE SKELETON KEY**1/2
Iain (K-PAX) Softley helms this supernatural thriller about a young woman who moves into a rundown New Orleans mansion to care for an ailing old man and discovers in the attic a secret that’s even sicker. With Kate Hudson, John Hurt and Gena Rowlands. (104 min, PG-13) Web: http://www.apple.com/trailers/universal/the_skeleton_key/
THE BEAT THAT MY HEART SKIPPED****
From French director Jacques Audiard comes this update of James Toback’s 1978 classic Fingers. Romain Duris stars as a sleazy Paris real-estate shark who dreams of a new life as a concert pianist. Niels Arestrup costars. (107 min, R) Web: http://www.apple.com/trailers/independent/thebeatthatmyheartskipped.html
STEALTH**
XXX director Rob Cohen offers an action-adventure in which three top-gun pilots attempt to prevent a war from accidentally breaking out when a drone bomber suddenly turns rogue. Starring Josh Lucas, Jessica Biel and Jamie Foxx. (121 min, PG-13) Web: http://www.apple.com/trailers/sony_pictures/stealth/
