Changeling and Other Film Notes in a Fall Preview
A mixed review roundup covers Angelina Jolie’s Changeling and The Haunting of Haley Bennett plus a slate of titles from High School Musical 3 to Zack and Miri Make a Porno. It notes disappointed expectations, uneven tone, and the era’s nostalgia grinding against modern wit.
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Clint Eastwood
Haley Bennett
Molly
Molly Hartley
Mally Hartley
Judy Garland
Mickey Rooney
Kevin Smith
Zack
Mirl
Seth Rogen
Elizabeth Banks
Smith
Rachel Getting Married captures Oscar buzz and family storm
Jonathan Demme’s film follows Kym Hathaway as she disrupts a sister’s wedding with self centered charm and raw emotion. Anne Hathaway delivers a cluttered yet electric performance while Debra Winger and Rosemarie DeWitt anchor a maze of guests, music, and rehab echoes.
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Jonathan Demme
Anne Hathaway
Koken
Rachel
Kym
Hathaway
Rosemarie DeWitt
United Nations
Friends
Bill Irwin
Shiva the Destroyer
Mather Zickel
Debra Winger
Demme
Tunde Adebimpe
DeWitt
Winger
Luddite president unlikely as computing grows
A columnist argues that America relies on software and Internet use, warning against electing a leader with computer illiteracy. He stresses the need for emotional and compassionate skills alongside cognitive ones, noting aging generations struggle with tech and predicting editors of culture must balance data with humanity.
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George W. Bush
Oliver Stone
America
Sparta
U.S
Jerusalem Symphony Shines At Lied Center
Dean Bevan reports a well-attended Lied Center concert by the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra under Leon Botstein. The 92-member ensemble performed Sternberg’s The Twelve Tribes of Israel, Bernstein Serenade, and Copland Symphony No. 3, with soloist Robert McDuffie on a 1735 Guarneri violin, ending with encores Blue Tango and Jerusalem of Gold.
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Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra
Lied Center
Leon Botstein
Leonard Bernstein
Aaron Copland
Erich Walter Sternberg
Borstein
Sternberg
Israel
Jacob
Brahms
Richard Strauss
Germany
Arnold Schoenberg
Robert McDuffie
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McDuffie
Aristophanes
Agathon
Socrates
Diotima
Alcibiades
Bernstein
Copland
LeRoy Anderson
Naomi Shemer
Jerusalem of Gold
Spa snakes offer unusual massage in northern Israel
At Ada Barak's spa in northern Israel patrons pay around 80 dollars for a session in which snakes, large and small, crawl over their bodies to massage and nibble. Time magazine described it as something deep and peaceful in October.
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Ada Barak
Israel
Time Magazine
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