Features
Thursday, October 16 2008
Cinema Qua Non - Indispensable DVDs: Part 3
Day Three - The final ten, a cross-culture collection teeming with big ideas, larger than life visions, and perhaps the greatest documentary on rugby you've probably never heard of.
Reviews
Wednesday, November 3 2010
'Moulin Rouge' Is a Silly, Campy, Wonderful Effort to Save the Movie Musical from Itself
The movie might seem oversized and unwieldy in its heedless pursuit of romantic sensation, but Luhrmann and company are speaking in cinematic language, not translating from Broadway -- and they do so with sophistication.
Sunday, January 1 1995
Moulin Rouge (2001)
She's the perfect drag queen, embodying the ruthless paradox of entertainment. She is the show that must go on and cannot.
Sunday, January 1 1995
Moulin Rouge (2001)
I imagine that at the 'real' Moulin Rouge, the thrill wasn't just a bit of nipple and a flash of panties, but the whole entertainment package, which no doubt included exuberant 'daring' new music intended to shock and titillate the sensitivity of the bourgeoisie -- kind of like rock-and-roll or punk in our times.
