The movie is a feast of performance; Diane Lane could well have garnered a Best Actress nomination, and James Gandolfini a Best Supporting Actor tap.
"Queen of Earth" is a rare feast of performance, of emotional experience, of artistic smarts, and of the very essence of cinematic creation at a time when the cinema itself is being challenged by the proliferation of mere storytelling.
That it should be a feast of performance is no surprise, given what she had already accomplished as a director (in "A New Leaf" and "The Heartbreak Kid"), and given the extraordinary cast Peter Falk and John Cassavetes, in the title roles, dominate the film.
This year it is Cal Performances' turn to present the Berkeley Festival and Exhibition, an international feast of performances, symposiums and exhibitions of music, instruments and merchandise, beginning today and ending next Sunday.
Harvey dashes through the careers of some of the great performers Greta Garbo, Ingrid Bergman, John Wayne, Robert De Niro, and the donkey at the center of Robert Bresson's 1966 film "Au Hasard Balthazar"—and discusses a few pictures (including Robert Altman's "Nashville") that offer over-all feasts of performance.
De Sica was originally an actor, and his films, even when starring nonprofessionals such as Maggiorani and Staiola, are feasts of performance.
Harvey dashes through the careers of some of the great performers — Greta Garbo, Ingrid Bergman, John Wayne, Robert De Niro, and the donkey at the center of Robert Bresson's 1966 film "Au Hasard Balthazar" — and discusses a few pictures (including Robert Altman's "Nashville") that offer over-all feasts of performance.
Perry's film, a feast of eruptive performance, harsh physical comedy, and ideal comic distance, has something to do with Jerry Lewis and is also inspired significantly by the work of Philip Roth.
In the last weekend of American Ballet Theater's winter season, the company offers a feast of classics by Antony Tudor ("Gala Performance" and pas de deux from "Leaves Are Fading" tomorrow afternoon); Jerome Robbins ("Fancy Free" tonight and tomorrow night); Frederick Ashton Les Patineursrs" on Sunday night) and Agnes de Mille ("Rodeo" on Sunday afternoon).
It's a feast of international performances telling stories of lost homelands, language and cultures.
Ask Jonathan Mills why he thinks it is that so many people make the annual pilgrimage to the Scottish capital each summer to feast on the extravaganza of performance, art and culture that has given the city the world's biggest and most famous festival and he provides an answer of quite breathtaking lucidity.
