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Portrait of an Artist in Black Top Sneakers

31Aug08

The first time Javier Bardem appears on screen in Vicky Christina Barcelona, a lusciously photographed film set in Barcelona, he’s leaning against a wall in an art gallery looking forlorn. And, he’s wearing sneakers. The black top-white shoelace kind of sneakers that you see in a movie set in Barcelona about an artist picking up [...]


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Steve Martin: Man of many hyphens

07Jun08

Gee, I thought Steve Martin’s memoir Born Standing Up would be funny. What it lacks in humour, though, it makes up in tenderness. Subtitled, A comic’s life, the book focuses on Martin’s life and career as a television comedy writer and stand-up comedian. As the book jacket says, by 1978 Martin was the biggest concert [...]


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Love at first blink

02May08

I’m glad a friend recommended seeing The Diving Bell and the Butterfly on the big screen rather than waiting for the DVD. I had missed the movie during its regular run, so I was also pleased that the Van East theatre brought it back for another weekend in the matinee timeslot.

I love [...]


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