Archive for March 10th, 2008
‘Medium’ Conjures Up Good Spirits
Fresh from the soul-wrenching chaos of World War II, Gian Carlo Menotti quietly opened a play in 1947 that became a Broadway hit. The opera is a haunting tale of Baba, a charlatan medium who preys upon the longing desire of people to connect with their dead relatives. Baba fails to cope with the real [...]
Facing the Grim Reality of Adulthood in ‘City of Men’
Six years after releasing the Academy-Award nominated film ‘City of God,’ a harrowing look into Rio de Janeiro’s favelas, gang warfare and the drug dealing that entrenches them, director Fernando Meirelles returns with ‘City of Men.’ The film focuses again on Brazilian slums and centers on two youths who transition into an important phase of [...]
