Anna Pitoniak
Anna Pitoniak
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Pitoniak: A city that prospers
I still remember the moment, in 2003, when the winner of the bid for the 2010 Olympic Games was announced. On that day, like today, I was far from home — it was July, and I was vacationing in Massachusetts — and, after those final votes were tallied, I felt like I was in the wrong place. My dad, who was home, called us right away, as he had promised to do, and told us, over the screaming in the background: “We got it.”
God is dead; we are fucked
Bill Maher, during his stand-up routines in the 1980s, let religion off easy.
Clooney’s ‘Leatherheads’ fumbles proverbial ball
Who knew Jim Halpert could throw a ball like that? Jim Halpert, known as actor John Krasinski by those not “Office”-obsessed, stars alongside George Clooney and Renee Zellweger in “Leatherheads,” directed by Clooney himself.
‘Married Life’ is delusional & ultimately disappointing
T.S. Eliot had the general idea: Between the idea and the reality — between the motion and the act — falls the shadow … of Pierce Brosnan.
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Once “Unfaithful” but sexy, Diane Lane has unfortunately turned to making uninteresting, unoriginal films like “Untraceable.”
Glass scores higher than Woody’s film
Guess which Woody Allen movie the following scene is from: A man and woman, attending some lovely English garden party, encounter a third guest.
RB show will get you bodied
The name of Rhythmic Blue’s fall show is “RB’day” — a play on the title of Beyonce’s second album. And though Mrs. Jay-Z probably won’t be appearing at the Off Broadway Theater any time soon, Yale’s premier hip-hop group is inarguably at its best while channeling her presence in New Haven’s humbler version of the Garden.
10th grade, minus lameness & angst
While not everyone is eager to return to their awkward youth, Cassius is obviously nostalgic for their long-gone teenage days. But whether this translates into good music on their new album — “15 Again” — is less clear.
Silverman stays offensive on script, but sucks
“The Sarah Silverman Program” tagline — “Bound to make you feel better about your own life” — is true, except when you realize you’ve just wasted precious minutes of that life watching Silverman’s crappy program.
Itsy bitsy collection tells a ‘Larger Story’
This seems quite the testament to the popularity of the Gallery’s collection of miniatures. Two grown women, reduced to wrecks by a few unavailable business card-sized paintings? Those must be some paintings. (Or crazy women. Come on — they left California for New Haven.)