Spitball Army

Pina (2011):

• Who knew modern dance could be so funny, moving, provocative, & energizing to watch? Not me, apparently. Fantastic even in 2D.

In Time (2011):

• Borrowed premise (Logan’s Run; Gattaca); clunky dialogue; wonderfully creative use of downtown Los Angeles locations.
• I kept thinking, while watching, how it might work as stage play…characters ruminating on the nature & desirability of time, etc.

Mozart’s Sister (2010):

• Languorous imagining of teenage years of Nannerl, Wolfgang’s older sibling, who subverts her talents to 1700’s sexual mores.
• An ultimately moving drama, but so drearily paced that it took me two days to slog through to its conclusion.