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and then Summer, Fall, Winter… and Spring (again). This was definitely an upgrade over the hastily-chosen “Death and the Maiden”. It had been a busy week, and being wracked with indecision (as I often am, when it comes to movie selection), I thought it would be simple to show a tense, Polanski thriller… after all,\u00c2\u00a0 Roman’s been in the news again, and several of you have been asking for a retrospective of sorts. I recalled having watched Maiden<\/em> a few years ago, and although a vaguely unpleasant feeling accompanied that recollection, I attributed it to being a Polanski. Aren’t his movies supposed to make us uncomfortable? The reviewers were absolutely polarized by the film: Roger Ebert hated it and Time Out loved it, for example. That pairing of critiques usually makes for a great MovieNight selection.<\/p>\n Anyway… while doing a screen\/sound check on Wednesday evening, we got drawn into watching the film about half way through, and I remembered clearly why I hadn’t felt comfortable with it the first time around. It was adapted from a play (as was the previous week’s feature) and the dialogue seemed stilted – the performances over the top, especially that of Ms. Weaver.<\/p>\n Although one shouldn’t expect every MovieNight selection to be chock full of laughs, there should at least be something to smile about. Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter… and Spring<\/em> delivered plenty of smiles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" and then Summer, Fall, Winter… and Spring (again). This was definitely an upgrade over the hastily-chosen “Death and the Maiden”. It had been a busy week, and being wracked with indecision (as I often am, when it comes to movie selection), I thought it would be simple to show a tense, Polanski thriller… after all,\u00c2\u00a0 … Continue reading Following the sudden death of Maiden, Spring comes!<\/span>