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- <title>
- Jan. 23, 1989: Critics' Choice
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- <history>
- TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1989
- Jan. 23, 1989 Barbara Bush:The Silver Fox
- </history>
- <article>
- <source>Time Magazine</source>
- <hdr>
- CRITICS' CHOICE, Page 7
- </hdr><body>
- <p> THEATER
- </p>
- <p> DUTCH LANDSCAPE. Dramatist Jon Robin Baitz, 26, who made a
- splash with The Film Society, echoes its South African setting
- in this autobiographical work, premiering at Los Angeles' Mark
- Taper Forum.
- </p>
- <p> PRAVDA. A stinging British satire of Murdochian media moguls
- more concerned with money than truth gets its U.S. premiere from
- the Guthrie troupe in Minneapolis.
- </p>
- <p> THE HEIDI CHRONICLES. Playwright Wendy Wasserstein revisits
- the rise and fall of principle among baby boomers, and star Joan
- Allen makes the stereotypes come touchingly alive, off-Broadway.
- </p>
- <p> MUSIC
- </p>
- <p> JOPLIN: PIANO WORKS, 1899-1904 (RCA). Sixteen of the best
- rags by the American Schubert, including the Maple Leaf, The
- Entertainer and the neglected A Breeze from Alabama. A welcome
- CD reissue from pianist Dick Hyman.
- </p>
- <p> BRUCKNER: SYMPHONY NO. 6 (EMI). The obscure Sixth in a
- bang-up reading by Riccardo Muti and the Berlin Philharmonic.
- And you thought Bruckner was boring.
- </p>
- <p> CROSBY, STILLS, NASH & YOUNG: AMERICAN DREAM (Atlantic). The
- title cut on this reunion album delivers more bounce -- as well
- as a bit of bile -- than the rest of the album combined, but the
- guitar work has some fire, and those famous harmonies can still
- soar high.
- </p>
- <p> THE MODERN JAZZ QUARTET: FOR ELLINGTON (East-West). Part
- hommage, part reinvention, this is a ravishing tribute by one of
- the premier jazz groups to one of America's greatest composers.
- The M.J.Q. pays the Duke the ultimate honor: they don't just
- respect him, they make him swing.
- </p>
- <p> ART
- </p>
- <p> FREDERICK KIESLER, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
- City. Kiesler (1890-1965), a visionary artist-architect-designer,
- is seen in all his guises in this gathering of drawings,
- sculptures, architectural plans and models, furniture and
- paintings. Through April 16.
- </p>
- <p> MARC CHAGALL, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts. The only North
- American showing of this first major retrospective since the
- artist's death in 1985. More than 150 paintings, gouaches and
- drawings. Through Feb. 26.
- </p>
- <p> PAINTING IN RENAISSANCE SIENA, Metropolitan Museum of Art,
- New York. The gentle, graceful 15th century fragments and
- miniatures in this scrupulous show offer respite from the
- brutish reality of modern life. Through March 19.
- </p>
- <p> HENRI CARTIER-BRESSON: THE EARLY WORK, 1929-1934, the Museum
- of Fine Arts, Houston. Some 75 prints from the period when
- Cartier-Bresson was creating one of the most original and
- influential styles in the history of photography. Through Feb.
- 26.
- </p>
- <p> MOVIES
- </p>
- <p> DANGEROUS LIAISONS. What deadly games people play in this
- excellent gloss on Christopher Hampton's play. John Malkovich
- and Glenn Close are the decadent puppeteers of lust who
- realize, too late, that the job comes with fatal strings
- attached.
- </p>
- <p> PELLE THE CONQUEROR. A timid old Swede and his dashing young
- son find work on a 19th century Danish farm. Aided by stars Max
- von Sydow and Pelle Hvenegaard, director Bille August cuts a
- stern, colorful grand swatch of masterpiece cinema.
- </p>
- <p> BOOKS
- </p>
- <p> HONG KONG by Jan Morris (Random House; $19.95). The
- indefatigable traveler and perceptive commentator conveys the
- sights, sounds, aromas and political significance of this
- thriving British colony, scheduled to be returned to China in
- 1997.
- </p>
- <p> AMERICAN APPETITES by Joyce Carol Oates (Dutton; $18.95). A
- prolific author's powerful novel about a well-to-do married
- couple falling before a fate that is unearned and undeserved.
- </p>
- <p> THE LYRE OF ORPHEUS by Robertson Davies (Viking; $19.95).
- The third novel in a trilogy about the life and aftereffects of
- an eccentric Canadian millionaire. An engaging plot involving
- high finance, grand opera and a voice from Limbo.
- </p>
- <p> TELEVISION
- </p>
- <p> BOOKMARK (PBS, starting Jan. 22 on most stations). Serious
- authors generally get short shrift on American TV. But this
- half-hour series will feature one each week, discussing his or
- her work with host Lewis Lapham and a guest panel.
- </p>
- <p> THE SUPER BOWL (NBC, Jan. 22, 5 p.m. EST). The game is
- usually a bore, but who can pass up TV's gaudiest sports
- extravaganza? It starts this year at 3 p.m. with the usual
- pregame babble.
- </p>
- <p> BROTHERHOOD OF THE ROSE (NBC, Jan. 22, 23, 9 p.m. EST).
- Robert Mitchum, fresh from War and Remembrance, plays a CIA
- genius who trains two surrogate sons to be lethal operatives in a
- two-parter based on David Morrell's novel.
- </p>
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