Everything about Crazy Heart is understated thanks to writer-director Scott Cooper. It isn’t the best film of the year or the most memorable, but it serves its purpose as an impressive, poignant movie, and it serves it well.
The sophomore slump is something that hits everyone from singers and musicians to college students. It’s usually unavoidable and accepted as a fact of life and art: a band’s second album probably won’t be as good as its first. Vampire Weekend, however, avoids that fate with “Contra,” its upbeat second album.
Focusing on one high-strung Bostonian’s trip across the pond to propose to her boyfriend on Feb. 29 as part of a slightly misogynistic and archaic tradition, Leap Year uses the same premise and could have easily been another unworthy, forgettable film.
Wes Anderson fans have no reason to fear. Just because their beloved auteur has ventured out of live-action movies does not mean he’s lost his hipster touch, excellently demonstrated by his adaptation of Roald Dahl’s book Fantastic Mr. Fox.
Considering the fact that Twilight author Stephenie Meyer is the epitome of all that is not cool in the world, it’s quite a surprise that the soundtrack to New Moon is so remarkable.
The Idan Raichel Project changed the face of world music when it burst onto the scene in 2002. The Israel-based band, led by front man Idan Raichel, combines African, Indian, Latin American, Middle Eastern and European rhythms to create an unprecedented blend of sounds.The Idan Raichel Project will be performing at the Knight Concert Hall at the Adrienne Arsht Center Saturday, Nov. 21 at 8 p.m.