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CRITICS' CHOICE, Page 20
TELEVISION
BOB HOPE SPECIAL (NBC, May 24, 8 p.m. EDT). Bob totes his
one-liners to Paris to celebrate the French Revolution's
bicentennial. Bet he can't top "Let them eat cake."
THE THIN BLUE LINE (PBS, May 24, 9 p.m. on most stations).
Errol Morris' hypnotically compelling documentary about a Texas
murder case helped win the release in March of Randall Adams after
twelve years in prison. Now the "nonfiction feature" makes its TV
debut on American Playhouse, the series that originally
commissioned it.
ART
INIGO JONES: COMPLETE ARCHITECTURAL DRAWINGS, Drawing Center,
New York City. Designer, painter, mathematician, engineer and
antiquarian, Jones (1573-1652) was the greatest royal architect
England ever produced. This impeccable show reveals the technical
and pictorial skill with which he led English architecture into a
new, classically based grandeur and amplitude. Through July 22.
10 + 10: CONTEMPORARY SOVIET AND AMERICAN PAINTERS, Modern Art
Museum of Fort Worth. A double first: an unprecedented joint
showcase of younger artists (including Americans David Salle,
Donald Sultan and Ross Bleckner) and the first exhibition ever
organized to tour museums in both countries. Through Aug. 6.
MASTERPIECES OF IMPRESSIONISM AND POST-IMPRESSIONISM: THE
ANNENBERG COLLECTION, Philadelphia Museum of Art. Fifty prime
paintings by artists from Van Gogh and Cezanne through Gauguin and
Braque, acquired over the past four decades by publisher Walter
Annenberg and his wife. Through Sept. 17.
MUSIC
CYNDI LAUPER: A NIGHT TO REMEMBER (Epic). It takes a while for
her to find her pace, but when she hits Side 2, Lauper burns up the
tracks. Warmhearted, rambunctious and (in the words of one
memorable tune) winningly Insecurious.
BEETHOVEN: CELLO SONATAS 3 & 5 (EMI). The late, preternaturally
gifted cellist Jacqueline Du Pre exudes sensitivity and
breathtaking virtuosity as she teams up with pianist Stephen
Bishop-Kovacevich on this digital reissue.
LOUIS ARMSTRONG: THE HOT FIVES & HOT SEVENS, VOLUME III
(Columbia). Young "Satch" at the peak of his force and creative
genius. Featuring Johnny Dodds, Kid Ory and Earl Hines, these 16
digitally remastered sides from 1927 and 1928 spearhead the latest
batch of releases in Columbia's outstanding Jazz Masterpieces
series.
BOOKS
T.E. LAWRENCE: THE SELECTED LETTERS edited by Malcolm Brown
(Norton; $27.50). David Lean's recently rereleased Lawrence of
Arabia is one of the greatest epic films ever made. But its subject
remains an enigma. He tells his own story here in letters, nearly
two-thirds of them previously unpublished, and illuminates the
shadows of his personality.
COLLECTED POEMS by Philip Larkin (Farrar, Straus & Giroux;
$22.50). The pre-eminent poet of his time, Larkin died in 1985 at
age 63. This collection includes works previously unpublished or
unavailable in book form, and documents the triumph of a poet who
found his style by lowering his voice.
MOVIES
INDIANA JONES AND THE LAST CRUSADE. The adventure genre may be
nearly exhausted, but producer George Lucas and director Steven
Spielberg know how to make the thrills crack like Indy's bull whip.
Sean Connery and Harrison Ford find special star resonance in the
bond between an aloof father and his heroic, hero-worshiping son.
EARTH GIRLS ARE EASY. Three fellows new in town meet the women
of their fevered dreams. Only the guys are off a spaceship, and
they've landed in the San Fernando Valley. Geena Davis and Jeff
Goldblum star in this fizzy, frizzy musical comedy.
THE RAINBOW. Twenty years after cinematizing Women in Love,
Ken Russell returns to the questing eroticism of D.H. Lawrence.
Given a story worth telling and a heroine (Sammi Davis) worth
caring about, Russell can still direct with passion and poise.
LOVERBOY. Delivering pizza in Beverly Hills offers all sorts
of erotic opportunities -- and comic ones too -- in this cheeky
romantic romp. Patrick Dempsey has the charm and director Joan
Micklin Silver the knack to bring off a modern farce in the classic
style.
THEATER
ELEEMOSYNARY. Playwright Lee Blessing (A Walk in the Woods)
encapsulates feminism through three generations of strong-minded
women in a deft, dark off-Broadway comedy.
LARGELY NEW YORK. Lanky, limber Bill Irwin, silent in this
70-minute Broadway sketchbook, owes much to Jacques Tati and Marcel
Marceau, but gags about man's obsessive relations with machines
still work in a Walkman world.
ARISTOCRATS. Brian Friel's depiction of a gilded Irish clan in
decline, sensitively acted off-Broadway, is the best play on view
in New York City and merits comparison with Chekhov's The Cherry
Orchard.