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Swell Season
Music Reviews:   It's not that there's any tension on stage, but it was quite apparent that Swell Season is now more than ever Hansard's band.
Steven Mirkin - 11/20/2009 7:43:51 PM
Show Boat
Legit Reviews:   "Show Boat" can't hide an antiquated book that will appear ever so distant to 21st century auds.
Paul Harris - 11/20/2009 6:25:21 PM
Girl Crazy
Legit Reviews:   This breezy song-and-dance show from 1930 aims only to deliver its saddle-bag full of song hits.
Steven Suskin - 11/20/2009 6:22:30 PM
The Two Horses of Genghis Khan
Film Reviews:   The latest docu-fiction hybrid from director Byambasuren Davaa feels more overtly manipulated than earlier films.
Peter Debruge - 11/19/2009 9:57:40 PM
Dawson Island 10
Film Reviews:   A harrowing true story brought to the screen by vet Chilean director Miguel Littin.
Boyd van Hoeij - 11/19/2009 9:05:28 PM
Ray Davies
Music Reviews:   Show was a frustrating exercise in both how -- and how not to -- rework material.
Steven Mirkin - 11/19/2009 6:20:47 PM
Post No Bills
Legit Reviews:   A musical that deals with everything from busking at Port Authority to the South Texan experience.
Sam Thielman - 11/19/2009 6:00:00 PM
Public Property
Legit Reviews:   Despite overly familiar insights, the dialogue is sharp and funny.
Karen Fricker - 11/19/2009 5:31:49 PM
In the Next Room, or The Vibrator Play
Legit Reviews:   Victorian repression gets a rude poke in this idiosyncratic rumination on women's sexual selves.
David Rooney - 11/19/2009 5:12:42 PM
Equivocation
Legit Reviews:   Drama is one of the most bracingly intelligent, sizzlingly theatrical American plays in a decade.
Bob Verini - 11/19/2009 5:03:18 PM
Cock
Legit Reviews:   Part of the excitement of Mike Bartlett's riveting new play is that it delivers on every one of the "cock" connotations.
David Benedict - 11/19/2009 2:47:30 PM
Eleanor's Secret
Film Reviews:   A young boy has to save fairy tale characters from oblivion in the charmingly drawn toon.
Jay Weissberg - 11/18/2009 8:39:36 PM
Them Crooked Vultures
Music Reviews:   Although Them Crooked Vultures are certainly one of the best projects ever to be saddled with that label, their fierce stand at the Wiltern nonetheless could not transcend it.
Andrew Barker - 11/18/2009 8:29:05 PM
In the Attic: Who Has a Birthday Today?
Film Reviews:   Reveals the secret life of forgotten toys, reflects the lo-fi end of an in vogue animation style.
Peter Debruge - 11/18/2009 7:41:56 PM
Skylark: Marcovicci Sings Mercer
Legit Reviews:   Cabaret queen Andrea Marcovicci kicks off the Johnny Mercer centennial festivities with a fine 80-minute tour through two dozen titles.
Steven Suskin - 11/18/2009 6:43:03 PM
Transcendent Man
Film Reviews:   A well-made, insightful documentary that asks some hard questions while leaving just as many unanswered.
Andrew Barker - 11/18/2009 6:42:26 PM
Keep Your Head Up
Film Reviews:   Sophomore effort by Italo helmer Alessandro Angelini confirms his rep as a talented actors' director.
Boyd van Hoeij - 11/18/2009 6:38:55 PM
Overheard
Film Reviews:   Hong Kong writing-helming duo Alan Mak and Felix Chong -- two of the key creatives behind "Infernal Affairs" -- power back with this bent-cops crimer.
Derek Elley - 11/18/2009 6:33:26 PM
The Robbers
Film Reviews:   A rambunctious period black comedy that plays like a Chinese riff on "Seven Samurai."
Derek Elley - 11/18/2009 6:25:27 PM
My Wonderful Day
Legit Reviews:   An 8-year-old is terrifyingly alert to her elders' childish behavior in this achingly funny play.
Marilyn Stasio - 11/18/2009 6:00:00 PM
Skylark: Marcovicci Sings Mercer
Music Reviews:   Cabaret queen Andrea Marcovicci celebrates Johnny Mercer with a fine 80-minute tour through two dozen titles.
Steven Suskin - 11/18/2009 5:15:22 PM
The Habit of Art
Legit Reviews:   Beneath its playfulness, there's a shorter, tougher play struggling to get out.
David Benedict - 11/18/2009 3:32:15 PM
Find My Family
TV Reviews:   Show doesn't just tug at the heartstrings; rather, it yanks, twists and defibrillates them.
Brian Lowry - 11/18/2009 3:17:23 PM
Something's Gonna Live
Film Reviews:   Delightfully rambling and unexpectedly moving, Daniel Raim's fly-on-the-wall portrait of legendary production designer Robert Boyle and his illustrious friends stands as a bittersweet love letter to some of old Hollywood's least-heralded artisans.
Andrew Barker - 11/18/2009 1:29:11 PM
Did the Mob Kill JFK? / JFK: The Ruby Connection
TV Reviews:   Discovery comes at the mystery from two diametrically opposed angles. Neither is wholly convincing.
Brian Lowry - 11/18/2009 12:58:07 PM

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