Unhealed Wound – Page 25

“The Borgias”–Bonfire of the Vanities

Written by diana on June 25, 2012. Posted in Television reviews, Unhealed Wound. 6 Comments on “The Borgias”–Bonfire of the Vanities

In the Season 2 finale of “The Borgias”, there is adultery happily engaged in by the beautiful Lucrezia, the fratricide of the favorite son of Pope Alexander VI (Jeremy Irons), the torture and death of the charismatic but delusional Savonarola (who spearheaded the original bonfire of the vanities), and the successful poisoning of the pope by his archrival’s deputy. The ecclesiastical greed and hypocrisy in the Catholic Church drives the adrenaline of the Borgia family, an Italian/Spanish dynasty, to continue the campaign of corruption and murder in order to retain their position...

“Memory of a Killer”–Losing One’s Mind

Written by diana on June 18, 2012. Posted in movie reviews, Unhealed Wound. 4 Comments on “Memory of a Killer”–Losing One’s Mind

Memory of a Killer (De Zaak Alzheimer) is a 2003 film that defies description– about an elderly hired assassin, Angelo Ledda (the wonderful Belgian actor Jan Decleir), who is recruited for one last assignment: to kill a twelve-year-old girl. The story moves in almost black-and-white footage through the sunless streets of Antwerp where whores, wives suffering from their husbands’ infidelities, slutty widows and worn out city detectives share the territory of corruption, heartlessness, and the murderous misuse of power. Two cops (Verstuyft and Vincke) are assigned to random murders...

“12”– Revisiting “12 Angry Men”

Written by diana on June 8, 2012. Posted in movie reviews, Unhealed Wound. 2 Comments on “12”– Revisiting “12 Angry Men”

Academy Award nominee for best foreign film in 2008, “12″ is a Russian interpretation of “12 Angry Men” (1957) starring Henry Fonda and Lee Cobb. If “Twelve Angry Men” argued for the right to a fair trial in the time of McCarthyism, “12” dramatizes anti-Semitism, anti-immigration, class warfare, and hatred for Chechens. The majority of the jurors are grim middle-aged men who carry the scars of the turbulent history of the Soviet Union. In Moscow, twelve jurors weigh the fate of a Chechen teenager accused of murdering his stepfather, who was a...

“Bernie”– A Texas Tale

Written by diana on May 31, 2012. Posted in movie reviews, Unhealed Wound. 4 Comments on “Bernie”– A Texas Tale

This indie film defies easy categorization because it is sometimes comedic, often sad particularly with regard to the old and lonely, and always quirky. Based loosely on a true story, which took place in a Texas hamlet called Carthage, the small-community culture is faithfully and mercilessly presented. The writer-director, Richard Linklater (of “Dazed and Confused” fame) zeroes in on ordinary lives in Carthage, particularly of the old. Filmed in a quasi-documentary style of “interviews” with actors and local Texans, about the almost-too-good-to-be-true Bernie Tiede, ...

Fall from Grace: “The Good Wife” television series

Written by diana on May 23, 2012. Posted in Television reviews, Unhealed Wound. 1 Comment on Fall from Grace: “The Good Wife” television series

First premiering in 2009, “The Good Wife” is a spellbinder and the past two seasons are available on Netflix (unfortunately not on Instant Queue yet). We can’t get enough of this intricate, superbly written series! Starring Juliana Margulies in the pivotal role of Alicia Florrick, wife of the disgraced Cook County state’s attorney (played by Chris Noth, Mister Big of “Sex and the City” fame), Margulies’ character is the collateral damage from her husband’s prostitution scandal that has turned her affluent suburban wife’s life upside down. ...

Keith Haring–A Shape-Changer

Written by diana on May 16, 2012. Posted in Art, Unhealed Wound. 4 Comments on Keith Haring–A Shape-Changer

Last week while we were in New York City, we stopped by the Brooklyn Museum to see a retrospective — Keith Haring: 1978–1982. The Haring exhibit presents rarely seen archival works, including seven videos, and artist notebooks of Haring’s evolution as an artist dating back to his time as a student at the School of Visual Arts in New York. As an openly gay artist who died of AIDS before his 32nd birthday, Haring was just gaining momentum when his life ended. Some of the pages from his remarkable diary/notebooks can be viewed online (https://keithharing.tumblr.com/) and expose...