Hiatus Picks the Week’s Best Bets
“The Diving Bell and the Butterfly”
Landmark Hillcrest / Now Playing
Who would’ve predicted that a movie about a bed-confined stroke victim would sweep the
prestigious Cannes Film Festival off its feet, scoring awards for both director
Julian Schnabel (“Before Night Falls”) and cinematographer Janusz Kaminski
(“Schindler’s List”)? A largely visual take on the life-defining paralysis of
Elle magazine editor Jean-Dominique Bauby. “The Diving Bell and the Butterfly”
is praised as one of 2007’s best foreign films, a sweeping drama that is
acutely realistic: neither attempting to sugarcoat with the assurance of a
happy ending, or overload with hyperbolic displays of tearful sulking. Instead,
it extracts a moving portrait of one woman’s pain and creativity amid her utter
isolation. (CM)
Blue Man Group Rock Tour
Sports Arena / Jan. 11 / 8 p.m.
As the wise Dr. Tobias Funke once said, “I just blue
myself,” and now you can too because the Blue Man Group (not the support group)
is drumming its way to the SD Sports Arena. In this incarnation of their live
act, the group embarks on a “fist-pumping rock-concert journey,” wearing flashy
outfits and wiling out to an eight-piece backing band. For those who aren’t
familiar with their typical shenanigans, the blue boys demonstrate their
percussive abilities on a variety of makeshift PVC instruments and other odd
devices. Some may write them off as a gimmick, but their day-glo Stomp show
captivates crowds with sensory overload and cool tones. Bespectacled DJ Mike
Relm warms up the peeps with his genre-mixing scratch set, accompanied by
spazzy cartoon background visuals. Children under the age of two are free if
sitting on lap. (CK)
This Week On Campus
“Across the Universe”
Price Center Theater
Jan.10, 6 & 9 p.m.
$3
Career Soldiers & More
Che Cafe
Jan 11, 8 p.m.
$7
“BlooD Diamond”
Price Center Theater
Jan 11, 7 p.m.
FREE
Violation & More
Price Center Theater
Jan 11, 7 p.m.
FREE
Ensign & More
Che Cafe
Jan. 13, 7 p.m.
$8
“Free Burma”
Price Center Gallery B
Jan. 14, 7 p.m.
FREE
Roma Nights: Adam Wagner
Espresso Roma
Jan. 14, 8 p.m.
FREE
“Mr. UntouchabLe”
Price Center Theater
Jan. 15, 6 & 9 p.m.
$3
DAVE Elkins
of MAE
Porter’s Pub
Jan. 15, 8 p.m.
FREE
