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2007 Stories by Tim Grierson

• Hal Holbrook: A Chance to Be Himself

  published December 20, 2007

  Hal Holbrook is best known for his portrayals of the famous (Mark Twain, Deep Throat) and the anonymously powerful (countless... More >>

• Dylan by Dylan

  published November 22, 2007

  After seeing I’m Not There,some Bob Dylan fans will undoubtedly accuse director Todd Haynes of committing heresy with his radical... More >>

• Unknown Pleasures

  published October 18, 2007

  Rock films come in two forms. The first is the concert/documentary variety, the best of which dynamically pinpoint a band’s musical... More >>

• Cruel Beauty

  published October 4, 2007

  When Ingmar Bergman died July 30, the adoring appreciations that swiftly followed habitually contained severe descriptions of his work as... More >>

• Great World of Sound: The Music Men

  published September 27, 2007

  When the main character of a film or play is a salesman, he’s never just a salesman. Whether in Arthur Miller’s Death of... More >>

• A Great and Terrible Civility

  published August 16, 2007

  Though derided by some at the time as bloodless Masterpiece Theatre filmmaking, Merchant Ivory Productions was, for a short period, a... More >>

• Shock and Awe

  published July 26, 2007

  As has been the case throughout our interview, his response is measured: “I hope,” says the voice on the other end of the phone,... More >>

• Vacancy: Grand Motel

  published April 19, 2007

  {mosimage} To fully appreciate the merits of Vacancy, you need to have the proper technology. Digitally projected lurid images and... More >>

• Cinnamon

  published April 5, 2007

  {mosimage} To watch the films of artist Kevin Jerome Everson is to be reminded of Mark Twain’s famous preface to The Adventures of Huckleberr... More >>

• A Case of Her

  published February 22, 2007

  Neko CaseHenry Fonda Theater, February 17Before last March’s wondrous Fox Confesso... More >>

• The 2006 Academy Award–Nominated Shorts

  published February 15, 2007

  Despite brief running times, great short films can evoke universal sentiments just as powerfully as their feature-length counterparts.... More >>

• Swingers

  published February 15, 2007

  People generally think of the “buddy movie” as a vehicle for two wisecracking men to work together to solve a crime, pull off a heist, or ... More >>

• Inside Looking Out

  published January 4, 2007

  If you venture past the obvious benchmarks — the homages to German Expressionism, the fiery lighting designs — perhaps the defining... More >>