Bedazzled reviewed as sly stage satire with cinema flaws
A critic poring over Bedazzled calls the Peter Cook script witty and fast moving yet laments the film as a merely staged play. Dudley Moore and Raquel Welch deliver strong performances while Stanley Donen’s direction fails to exploit cinema, making the movie resemble a theater piece.
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Peter Cook
Beyond the Fringe Fame
Dudley Moore
Eleanor Bran
Raquel Welch
Bedazzled
Stanley Donen
Donen
Alm
Ballet Notes on ABT and Harkness New York Seasons
The Americas Ballet Theatre and Harkness Company staged winter programs in New York. Las Hermanas by Kenneth MacMillan explored sisterly repression and tragedy while Fancy Free showed nautical comedy and bravura dancing. Lawrence Rhodes of Harkness drew praise for charisma comparable to a young Nureyev in Season in Hell, highlighting the company’s vitality amid a season heavy on historic modern ballets.
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The
Americas Ballet Theater
Las Hermanas
ABT
Harkness. Company
New York
Kenneth Macmillan
Gess
San
American Ballet Theater
Bily the Kids
Agnes de Mille
Rodeo
Harkness Company
Harkness
Lawrence Rhodes
Nureyev
Hell
Rimbaud
Rhodes
Poe
Where The Boutiques Are A Guide To New York Shops
A review of Randy Mersel and Jeanne Taylor's Where The Boutiques Are, a guide dividing New York boutiques into Midtown Uptown and Greenwich Village. It praises scope and price ranges but notes many shops look similar and the book limits variety.
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Rose Spitz
New York City
Randy Mersel
Jeanne Taylor
Mademoiselle
New York
Bnique
Midtown
Uptown
Greenwich Village
Second Avenue
Liberty House
Bleecker Street
Poor People’s Corporation of Mississippi
West 11 Street
Dustin Rice Exhibit Opens at Barnard Gallery Through December
Dustin Rice, associate professor at Columbia College, presents 23 sculptures in an exhibit running through December 2015. Exhibition organized by Barnard art historians Professor Held and Rice. Critics call some pieces weak and uninspired while noting Art Nouveau influences in works like Salute and Ophelia. Rice to speak next Tuesday at Barnard Art Forum noon in room 301.
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James
Dustin Rice
Columbia College
Held
Barnard Art History Department
Rice
Columbia
Mr. Ricé
Salvadore Dali
Barnard Art Forum
Barnard
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