Here's the bottom line on some of what I've seen lately onstage and onscreen: THEATER *This is the last week to see Katori Hall's SATURDAY NIGHT/ SUNDAY MORNING at the Lyric Stage. It's an entertaining slice of life set in Memphis during WWII at Miss Mary's Press n' Curl, [...]
Documentaries continue to be among the strongest, most absorbing and well-crafted pieces of cinema today. Here's yet another just out in theaters and On Demand: STEVE JOBS: THE MAN IN THE MACHINE, the latest from Oscar-winning documentarian Alex Gibney who has previously applied his critical intelligence and probing eye to Scientology and the Enron scandal. Now he's taken a bite [...]
Steve Jobs would have HATED this movie. Where Jobs the man was a revolutionary thinker outside the box, JOBS the movie is a swamp of cliches. Where Jobs the man was a detailed and exacting mass of conundrums, JOBS the film is a hodgepodge of carelessly assembled factoids, loose ends, facile conclusions, and haphazard montages. [...]
Every day I get SO MUCH INFORMATION that's interesting, useful, funny-- so I've decided to pass along some of the best stuff! Here goes: THIS JUST IN... STEVE JOBS: THE LOST INTERVIEW At KENDALL SQUARE THEATER on November 16 & 17 and other select U.S. Theaters. For details and times can be found [...]
