Monologist Mike Daisey Puts Genius to the Test at Joe’s Pub
The title of the talented Mike Daisey’s ambitious new set of live story-telling events, Great Men of Genius, evokes an optimistic midcentury scientific book series for teenaged boys.
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‘The Master’ Loses Control of Its Flock: Underserved Cast Overacts in Paul Thomas Anderson’s Pretentious Sermon
Call The Master whatever you want, but lobotomized catatonia from what I call the New Hacks can never take the place of well-made narrative films about real people that tell profound stories for a broader and more sophisticated audience.
“Think Simplicity”? Whoever Wrote That Has Never Been to Toronto
Cannes and Berlin have gone on a diet; Venice cut its program by a fifth. The 37th Toronto International Film Festival shows 372 films in 10 days and takes the criticism as a compliment. Rex Reed on 'Argo', 'Hyde Park on Hudson', 'The Company You Keep' and a stretch of the schedule he'd have paid to avoid.
