Sunday 19 May
OKG Newsletter
Phil Bacharach
Hugo
‘Hugo’ is Martin Scorsese’s love letter to the cinema.
Drama
Phil Bacharach
Martin Scorsese loves movies. Anyone familiar with the director of “Raging Bull” and “The Departed” knows he worships at the altar of film. It’s not surprising, therefore, that Scorsese would make a love letter to the art form in which he immersed himself from his days as a sickly child growing up on New York’s mean streets.
Life Above All
In this drama, the impact of AIDS is rarely stated, but often heard.
Drama
Phil Bacharach
AIDS is rarely mentioned in “Life, Above All.” It’s referred to obliquely — a “bug,” “the other thing” — but its grim presence is always felt. When a character finally does call it by name, late in the movie, the effect is startling.
Magic Trip
LSD and the Merry Pranksters get the home-movie treatment in ‘Magic Trip.’
Documentary
Phil Bacharach
Magic Trip
7:30 p.m. Wednesday
Oklahoma City Museum of Art
415 Couch
okcmoa.com
236-3100
$5-$8
We Were Here
Documentary
Phil Bacharach
It would have been understandable had “We Were Here” veered into the maudlin. The documentary, which recounts how San Francisco’s gay community united in the 1980s to combat the AIDS epidemic, has its share of gut-wrenching stories. But the film is admirably no-frills.
Being Elmo: A Puppeteer’s Journey
The documentary ‘Being Elmo’ reveals the man behind the beloved Muppet.
Documentary
Phil Bacharach
Being Elmo: A Puppeteer’s Journey
7:30 p.m. Thursday, 5:30 and 8 p.m. Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday
Oklahoma City Museum of Art
415 Couch
okcmoa.com
236-3100
$5-$8
Pixies stick
For a band that hasn’t released an album in two decades, the Pixies are mighty busy.
Music
Phil Bacharach
Pixies with Imaginary Cities
7 p.m. Tuesday
Coca-Cola Bricktown Events Center
425 E. California
ticketstorm.com
866-966-1777
$42.50
Conan O’Brien Can’t Stop
How bitter Coco tastes.
Documentary
Phil Bacharach
Last year’s debacle over “The Tonight Show” didn’t quite reach Shakespearean proportions, but you sure couldn’t tell it at the time. When Jay Leno left the hallowed television franchise for a stab at prime time, NBC gave the coveted late-night slot to Conan O’Brien, who had been patiently waiting in the late-late-night wings.
Life, Above All
In ‘Life, Above All,’ the impact of AIDS is rarely stated, but often heard.
Drama
Phil Bacharach
AIDS is rarely mentioned in “Life, Above All.” It’s referred to obliquely — a “bug,” “the other thing” — but its grim presence is always felt. When a character finally does call it by name, late in the movie, the effect is startling.
Going ape
The documentary ‘Project Nim’ recounts the strange case of Oklahoma’s most famous chimp.
Documentary
Phil Bacharach
Project Nim
7:30 p.m. Thursday, 5:30 and 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday
Oklahoma City Museum of Art
415 Couch
okcmoa.com
236-3100
$8
Win Win
Thomas McCarthy grabs hold of a winning story in this wise dramedy.
Drama
Phil Bacharach
In “The Station Agent” and “The Visitor,” writer/director Thomas McCarthy explored the dynamics of family, but not in the conventional sense. The characters in those films created their own families. His latest work now on Blu-ray and DVD, “Win Win
,” manages to take a nuclear
family and still convert it into something different and deeper.
One Day
Drama
Phil Bacharach
“One Day” turns on a gimmick, chronicling the tumultuous, on-again/ off-again romance of two people by dropping in on them the same date — July 15 — each year. It’s a clever device, if not enough to disguise the fact that otherwise, this tearjerker is as old-fashioned as they come.
Another Earth
Out of orbit.
Science Fiction
Phil Bacharach
You’ve got to admire the DIY ethic of “Another Earth.” Raw and grainy, it is steadfastly committed to its own smarts and vision — even if it ultimately falls short of its ambitions.
Cowboys & Aliens
No joke, pardner: ‘Cowboys & Aliens’ is pure popcorn entertainment.
Science Fiction
Phil Bacharach
“Cowboys & Aliens” sounds like one of those high-concept flicks for which you might expect the idea went no further than the jokey title. Think “Snakes on a Plane.”
Shallow pals
‘Friends with Benefits’ plays edgy, but ultimately opts for safe sex.
Comedy
Phil Bacharach
Here are a few tips for aspiring moviemakers: If you want to mock the clichés of romantic comedy, try not to fall prey to them yourself.
Bitter Coco
The documentary
Documentary
Phil Bacharach
7:30 p.m. Thursday, 5:30 and 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday
Oklahoma City Museum of Art
415 Couch
okcmoa.com 236-3100
$8
