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Home Video Spotlight: A SINGLE MAN, THE RUNAWAYS and THE ART OF THE STEAL
Brief capsules on new movies worth renting.
Academy Award nominee Colin Firth gives the performance of his career in this stylish, widely acclaimed directorial debut of famed fashion designer Tom Ford. Set in Los Angeles in 1962 (and draped in the fab styles of the era), the film depicts a single day in the crushed life of George (Firth), a gay British professor considereing suicide after the death of his lover. In her Golden Globe-nominated performance, Julianne Moore portrays George's longtime bestie, Charley, an aging socialite clinging to her decadent past. (Available Now)
Fans were so enamored with the blasted "Twilight Saga" that many of them missed the much better film to come out this year starring Kristen Stewart and Dakota Fanning. Stewart is Joan Jett and Fanning is Cherie Currie in this behind-the-music rock drama about the rise of the titular 1970s girl group, which was groundbreaking in its day. Fanning handily steals the show with the best performance of her still-blooming career, and Oscar nominee Michael Shannon ("Revolutionary Road") practically breathes fire as the band's volatile manager. Music video vet Floria Sigismondi directs with a stylish, fiercely feminine POV. (Available July 20)
Philly native Don Argott daringly casts a dark cloud over his hometown with "The Art of the Steal," the gifted documentarian's illuminating assessment of the battle over the world-renowned Barnes Foundation art, which is set to be moved to a spot on the Ben Franklin Parkway in 2012. Framed like a heist movie, the suspenseful doc points the finger at a handful of Philly power players, indicting them for breaking founder Dr. Albert Barnes's will and turning his institution into just another money-hungry tourist attraction. The result is as fascinating as it is infuriating. (Available July 27)
By R. Kurt Osenlund, The Good Life film critic
A SINGLE MAN
Academy Award nominee Colin Firth gives the performance of his career in this stylish, widely acclaimed directorial debut of famed fashion designer Tom Ford. Set in Los Angeles in 1962 (and draped in the fab styles of the era), the film depicts a single day in the crushed life of George (Firth), a gay British professor considereing suicide after the death of his lover. In her Golden Globe-nominated performance, Julianne Moore portrays George's longtime bestie, Charley, an aging socialite clinging to her decadent past. (Available Now)THE RUNAWAYS
Fans were so enamored with the blasted "Twilight Saga" that many of them missed the much better film to come out this year starring Kristen Stewart and Dakota Fanning. Stewart is Joan Jett and Fanning is Cherie Currie in this behind-the-music rock drama about the rise of the titular 1970s girl group, which was groundbreaking in its day. Fanning handily steals the show with the best performance of her still-blooming career, and Oscar nominee Michael Shannon ("Revolutionary Road") practically breathes fire as the band's volatile manager. Music video vet Floria Sigismondi directs with a stylish, fiercely feminine POV. (Available July 20)THE ART OF THE STEAL
Philly native Don Argott daringly casts a dark cloud over his hometown with "The Art of the Steal," the gifted documentarian's illuminating assessment of the battle over the world-renowned Barnes Foundation art, which is set to be moved to a spot on the Ben Franklin Parkway in 2012. Framed like a heist movie, the suspenseful doc points the finger at a handful of Philly power players, indicting them for breaking founder Dr. Albert Barnes's will and turning his institution into just another money-hungry tourist attraction. The result is as fascinating as it is infuriating. (Available July 27)
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