Short List
TIME’S PICKS FOR THE WEEK
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Pinocchio
Walt Disney’s 1940 fable about the puppet who wanted to be
human paraded the studio's early perfection of the cartoon
form: subtle charactér delineation, a rich color palette and,
above all, an inside knowledge of boyhood traumas. The glo-
ries of this film masterpiece shine afresh on DVD and Blu-ray.
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2 Back
John Updike cited Henry Green as a major influence; Rebecca West
called him “the best writer of his time.” See why in Green's darkly
captivating mid—2oth century romance, now back in print, in which
a wounded soldier returns from war to face the death of his lover.
ALBUM
Guarneri Quartet: The Hungarian Album
| After 45 years as one of the world’s top chamber ensembles, the
Guarneri is bowing out. Its final CD tackles a slightly offbeat
repertoire—a quartet by Kodaly, two by Dohndnyi—with zesty
| soulfulness and bite. If the group must retire, this is the way to do it,
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4 Let the Right One In
Ignored by his parents and bullied at school, a 12-year-old boy finds a
soul mate ina sepulchral child who's been 12 “for a very long time.”
Swedish director Tomas Alfredson strips the vampire film to its
essentials: passion, parasitism and a yearning stronger than death.
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: 5 Milk
Gay-rights pioneer Harvey Milk, killed by a political rival in 1978,
gets his due in Gus Van Sant'’s vigorous, humane bio-epic. Ifyou
missed Sean Penn's Oscar-winning —and Oscar worthy —Milkrun
in theaters (almost everyone did), here’s your chance to catch up.
Arts Online
For more reviews and openings this weekend, go to time.com/entertainment
By Richard Corliss, Radhika Jones and Christopher Porterfield