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Newspaper Page Textmovies She Ain’t Livin’ the Blues In 1968, Johnny Cash played Folsom State Prison, in what would become the deﬁ nitive live performance of his career. It’s a show that will never be forgotten. This wasn’t, however, the ﬁ rst prison-bound performance to make history, and it certainly wasn’t the last. Director Bruce McDonald’s documentary Music from the Big House follows Canadian blues vocalist Rita Chiarelli as she journeys into the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola — the same prison where, legend has it, Leadbelly gave a performance that secured his pardon and eventual freedom — as well as the joy of music that rings deftly throughout its halls. Shot almost entirely in black and white (save for a few borrowed clips from an LSP-TV broadcast, shot simultaneously), Music from the Big House captures Chiarelli’s soulful-yet-bluesy, diva-esque persona and parades it to the point of nausea; granted, there is no denying that her passion for music and history is robust, but the ﬁ lm loses some of Holy Shit! Habemus Papam its grace and goodwill by way of that little voice inside crying, “She ain’t At last, the white smoke wafts up from the Vatican lets a room. He acclimates into his popelessness, navigating chimney, and the exultant masses cheer Habemus Papam. the quotidian drear of our modern malaise. He achieves Thankfully, the interviews in McDonald’s ﬁ lm focus not only upon Translation: We Have a Pope, a sly new comedy by Italian something approaching grace, which is just the ﬂ ip side of Chiarelli, but also upon the Angola inmates, who give voice to their ﬁ lmmaker Nanni Moretti. The premise is delicious, like despair. thoughts on a variety of topics. In reality, Music from the Big House is Dostoyevsky’s “Grand Inquisitor” ﬁ lmed as broad satire by In an acting career spanning four decades, Piccoli not just a compilation of well-shot footage from a prison concert; it is a the late Hal Ashby: The Pope has died, and the international has worked with such legendary directors as Hitchcock, musing on issues of reality, morality, religion and reincarnation, viewed gathering of cardinals — each of whom fervently begs God Buñuel, Godard and Renoir. In Habemus Papam Piccoli’s through the impact of true rehabilitation. not to be chosen — votes in the long-shot Cardinal Melville, performance is a tour-de-force. With his beefy, kind face played to sympathetic perfection by French actor Michel and ungainly gravitational girth (like a papal Tony Soprano), Piccoli. he evokes exquisite moments with the tiniest gestures: a really livin’ the blues.” The ﬁ lm’s antagonist and focal point is not the singer but Ray Jones, an inmate of Angola since 1980. Once you cast aside the fact that Music from the Big House often masquerades as some bullshit learning This newly ordained Pope freaks out just before taking twitch of a grin, an eye-ﬂ ash of loathing that softens into experience for a white Canadian woman (Chiarelli, to be just, does the balcony to greet the thousands of faithful gathered acceptance. Once Picolli’s Pope enters the world, disrobed come from a blue-collar background of hardworking and blues-worthy below in St. Peter’s Square. His eyes bug and he screams with of his supreme pontiff’s identity, we see — as we follow his individuals), the point of contact becomes Jones and his fellow inmates. unbearable anguish: “Help me! I can’t do this!” It’s a papal pilgrim’s progress through shopping malls and boarding Too rarely are we moved by spoken words alone, especially from men anxiety attack! He ﬂ ees down the hall and into seclusion. houses — that his indecision and reluctance are anchored in that society deems unﬁ t for civic interaction, but the thoughts and Needless to say, the biblical shit hits the papal fan. A a tragic understanding of his spiritual ofﬁ ce; in a very real words of these men are heartfelt and sincere — and it is music, religion psychoanalyst is brought in, hilariously, to no avail; they try way, he now carries the weight of the world. Piccoli gives and an acceptance of moral reality that have brought them to a place of the psychoanalyst’s estranged wife, also an analyst. Leaving the movie a depth and complexity it might otherwise have contentment, alongside the old-school country diva that is Rita Chiarelli. her ofﬁ ce, the Pope suddenly vanishes, alone, into the lacked, and his ﬁ nal scene is shattering. — Rick Levin — Andy Valentine secular buzz of the city, where he wanders anonymously. He We Have a Pope opens Friday, June 22, at the Bijou; bijou-cinemas.com Music from the Big House is now playing at the Bijou; bijou-cinemas.com 6 /2 1 SALT OF LIFE ends tonight! 5:00 4:50 7:10 A R T 21 JUMP STREET R 11:35, 2:10, 4:40, 7:15, 9:45 THE CABIN IN THE WOODS R 12:10, 2:30, 4:55, 7:20, 9:35 CHERNOBYL DIARIES R 12:15, 2:25, 4:30, 7:50, 10:20 DR. SEUSS’ THE LORAX PG 11:30, 1:45, 4:00, 7:35, 9:40 JOHN CARTER PG-13 11:50, 2:45, 5:35, 8:30 JOHN CARTER (3D) PG-13 1:20, 4:10, 7:00, 9:50 JOURNEY 2: THE MYSTERIOUS ISLAND PG 12:20, 2:40, 5:10, 7:40, 10:05 THE LUCKY ONE PG-13 11:40, 2:20, 4:50, 7:10, 9:30 MIRROR MIRROR PG 11:45, 2:15, 4:45, 7:25, 10:10 THE RAVEN R 11:25, 2:05, 5:00, 7:30, 10:00 THINK LIKE A MAN (DIGITAL) PG-13 12:25, 3:45, 7:05, 9:55 WRATH OF TITANS PG-13 12:30, 2:50, 5:15, 7:45, 10:15 Adv. 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SOUND OF MY VOICE 492 East 13 th 686-2458 6/ 27 6/ 28 2:25 4:45 4:30 4:30 4:30 4:30 7:00 7:15 7:15 7:15 7:15 4:00 8:15 7:00 9:30 9:30 9:30 1:45 1:45 6:10 6:10 5:00 5:00 5:00 9:45 REVEAL WHERE THEY THE THE 9:30 9:30 PATH YELLOWSTONE CALL IT GOES THE $10— no passes $10— MYANMAR SOON: YOUR SISTER’S SISTER ROOM ends WHERE DO WE GO NOW $5 tonight! TO ROME WITH LOVE 11:00 10:00 bijou-cinemas.com 6/ 26 w/filmmakers no passes attending w/director + live music in attendance 7:00 7:00 5:30 9:00 9:00 7:30 *Adults—$7 * Students w/ID—$6 * Seniors—$5 * Matinees—$5 * Miser Mondays—$3* TIX $2 Tix 21 & FOOD $5 Sun & Tues ovER MENU 762-1700 | 180 E. 5TH AVE Asian Food Market davidminortheater.com THURS JUNE 21 – WED JUNE 27 THUR Largest Selection of OSCAR WINNER Asian Groceries Adv. 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