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Aug. 30, 2011
Movies
In the languid and tedious “Salome’s Last Dance” (Beverly Center Cineplex and Westside Pavilion), flamboyant British writer-director Ken Russell imagines that Oscar Wilde’s favorite London pimp surprises him with a production of the playwright’s banned 1891 “Salome” in which Wilde’s lover, Lord Alfred Douglas (Douglas Hodge), is cast as John the Baptist.
May 20, 1988
“A Man of No Importance” takes us to an early ‘60s Dublin neighborhood, where a jolly bus conductor, Alfie (Albert Finney) entertains his riders, regulars all, with impassioned recitations from his favorite author, Oscar Wilde.
Dec. 22, 1994
On the heels of their recent showings as part of an extensive Al Pacino retrospective at New York City’s Quad Cinemas comes the long-delayed theatrical premiere of a pair of Pacino-helmed, stage-centric films, “Wilde Salomé” and its follow-up, “Salomé.”
March 29, 2018
Entertainment & Arts
There is no one like David Schweizer.
Feb. 3, 1998
Jan. 5, 2012
THERE’S the “Salome” everybody is talking about -- you know, the production of the Oscar Wilde play that will open Thursday at the Wadsworth Theatre, starring Al Pacino and directed by Estelle Parsons.
April 23, 2006
This is a great week for fans of silent movies.
May 22, 1991
May 3, 2015
The American Cinematheque probably gave Al Pacino an offer he couldn’t refuse: The opportunity to screen two films he stars in and directed -- the 2011 documentary “Wilde Salome” and his 2013 version of Oscar Wilde’s play “Salome.”
July 17, 2013