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A WATCHUNG COMMUNICATIONS, INC. PUBLICATION The Westfield Leader and The Scotch Plains – Fanwood TIMES Thursday, August 28, 2008 Page 15 ™ POPCORN Guessing Game: Can you identify which Westfield store owner is pictured here on the set of “NYPD Blue?” View picture at lower right for a further clue. Vicky Cristina Barcelona: See Page 16 to find out the answer. From Spain with Love Most Recent EXIT 13 Mag One Popcorn, Poor • Two Popcorns, Fair • Three Popcorns, Good • Four Popcorns, Excellent By MICHAEL S. GOLDBERGER triangle, is the fabulous Javier Bardem Focuses on Human Journey 4 popcorns (No Country for Old Men) as Juan Anto- FANWOOD –– The latest issue of the world we see and a chronicle of Woody Allen’s Vicky Cristina nio. A Latin lover, circa 2008, he gives the Exit 13 Magazine – in addition to its the people we meet along the way. Barcelona, a romantic tale with a pun- story its initial catapult when he proposi- usual array of Garden State writers, Mr. Plante named the magazine gent twist, is the sort of film that re- tions the pair in a bar. who reflect on their travels through- after the Elizabeth exit off the New minds you why it was you fell in love Fly away with me, beseeches the artist/ out the states and abroad – will fea- Jersey Turnpike. He has assembled with going to the movies in the first amateur pilot…not to the Kasbah, but to ture poets from Ireland, Hungary, Is- EXIT 13 Magazine in Fanwood since place. Lampooning genre clichés none- the picturesque town of Oviedo. There, rael, the Philippines, Romania and 1988, the year that he and his wife theless dear to him, the master crafts- he informs, will be the best wine, the Australia. moved out of the Elmora section of man reworks great old mechanisms with finest cheese, and a bed to share…for all “The migration and relocation of Elizabeth. renewed wonder, authority and lyri- three. Vicky is aghast. Cristina is in- people is one of the recurring themes The poetry journal features snap- cism. trigued. The plot is set in motion. It’s a Westfield store owner takes part in “NYPD Blue” filming. See story on page 16. It shouldn’t be a surprise that he’s still dilly, exquisitely supported by informing of EXIT 13 Magazine, and this new shots of Exit 13 road signs contrib- got it. All the same, it’s delightful when a subtexts and characterizations. Symposium Picks Best Of issue contains numerous examples of uted by correspondents. Plante sends veteran hurler waits until the eighth inning As layers peel, and the portrayals in- the human journey,” said Tom Plante, a copy of the magazine to each pho- to show us a new and completely unex- crease dimensionally, Juan Antonio shares editor and publisher of the annual tographer whose work is published. pected pitch. Having used several permu- his take on life. He was married – to a Sundance, Cannes, Toronto journal of contemporary poetry. EXIT 13 Magazine, issue 15, is avail- tations of the same template in his last fellow artist. It was a big love, but The 15th issue of EXIT 13 Maga- able for $8 from EXIT 13 Magazine, dozen outings, the change-up now catches painful…anguish being the price for such MOUNTAINSIDE – Starting Sep- Discounts will be available for regis- zine includes work by 48 poets and PO Box 423, Fanwood, N.J. 07023. us looking. As with all greatness, the deliv- delirious passion. tember 15, the Filmmakers Sympo- trations made by September 1. several photographers, including 19 EXIT 13 is also on the shelves in the ery seems effortless. What’s more, Maria Elena, played with sium Fall 2008 Series will run for 12 Confirmed films and those under New Jersey writers. Among the local periodicals sections of several local Relating the tale of a summer holiday a nomination-worthy fire by Penélope weeks at two New Jersey theatres: AMC consideration for the upcoming ses- poets in the new installment of EXIT libraries, including Fanwood, in Spain taken by best friends Vicky Cruz, was dangerous. She tried to kill Loews Mountainside sion include: 13 Magazine are: Adele Kenny of Westfield and Scotch Plains. (Rebecca Hall) and Cristina (Scarlett him. and AMC Loews Australia with Fanwood, J.J.G. Cabanos of For more information, contact Tom Johansson), it is doubtlessly a labor of Or, was it the other way around? In any Monmouth Mall. Nicole Kidman, Westfield, Penny Harter of Summit, Plante by e-mail at love, pun fully intended. Stunningly case, both Vicky and Cristina are soon This series has Hugh Jackman, Wendy Rosenberg of Westfield, Gary [email protected]. Pho- smooth, it evokes his literary penchant. embroiled in the tempestuousness that hosted 1,261 movie director Baz Szelc of Fanwood, Linda Radice of tos of Exit 13 road signs are wel- Sure, the movies are his medium. Given Juan Antonio has heretofore sworn off as premieres with 830 Luhrman; Broth- North Plainfield, Odarka Stockert of come. Poetry submissions by e-mail his talent, era and the financial sense it unworkable, even by his liberal stan- live guest appear- ers Bloom with Millburn, Paul Sohar of Warren and should be typed into the text of the e- makes, film was the obvious choice. But dards. The triangle becomes a quadrangle. ances over the past Adrien Brody, Tom Plante of Fanwood. mail. whenever Mr. Allen scales a note as high Finely carved counterpoints are witty, seventeen years. Rachel Weisz, di- EXIT 13 Magazine as he does in this one, we speculate the sad and informing. features poets bard, philosopher or novelist he’d have Vicky and Cristina’s American hostess Oscar winners and rector Rian of all ages, writing styles and degrees been in an earlier period. in Spain, the quietly desperate Judy nominees James Johnson; Choke of experience, focusing on where and Few do the human heart better, and it (Patricia Clarkson), cheers her guests to Cromwell, Ethan with Sam how we live and what’s going on rarely beats with more demand for satis- take emotional chances. She allows that Hawke, Jon Kilik, Rockwell, An- around us. The emphasis is on geog- faction and understanding than is depicted while she loves husband Mark (Kevin Viggo Mortensen gelica Huston, raphy, travel, adventure and the fer- here. Exploring a labyrinth of emotion, Dunn), she is no longer, to coin a plati- and David Strathairn director Clark tile ground of the imagination. It’s a obvious and subconscious, he herds and tude, “in love.” Meanwhile, in an ex- have joined Famke Gregg; The Cu- travelogue in poetry, a reflection of then fine tunes the hormones, tears and ample of intuitive timing, Cristina’s Janssen, Connie rious Case of rationalizations that go into the rummage fiancée calls from New York. Nielsen and Kevin Benjamin Button for love. This makes for quite a comedy…in The nice dullard has an idea. Why not Smith as guest with Brad Pitt, Erratum the full classical sense. get married in Spain…right away? Oh speakers who have I LOVE WENDY AND LUCY...Wendy Cate Blanchett, Last week’s article concerning Les That is, no one gets a free pass. While sure, they’ll still have their big wedding come to share their director David Minski playing the evil Evremonde on and Lucy, starring Michelle Williams, A Westfield store owner is pictured full bodied characters in their own right, back in the good old U.S. of A. this fall. insights with sympo- and 20 more not-yet-released movies will Fincher; Doubt Broadway in Tale of Two Cities should each player is also representative of a But for now, all “their” friends think this sium participants. with Meryl have identified Mr. Minski as being a above with Drea de Matteo (Adriana premiere in Filmmakers Symposium in on “The Sopranos”) and Michael love ideal broken up into two basic would be “really, really cool.” Yipes. Oh, “The program will the Fall 2008 series beginning in Septem- Streep, Philip Fanwood resident, not a Westfield resi- camps: those who believe it can—nay, well. There’s the rub, dear reader: the Imperioli after shooting a fight scene. always be flexible in ber at AMC Loews Mountainside. Seymour dent. We regret the error. To learn more, turn to page 16. must—be achieved without pain or powers of convention, the rigors of civi- order to take advan- Hoffman, direc- threat, and those who deem there can be lization, left brain vs. right. tage of opportunities as they arise,” tor John Patrick Shanley; The Lonely 2XUSURJUDPLQVSLUHV no truly earth-moving passion without It’s one of many philosophical conun- 3$8/1$==$52086,&678',2086,&/(662163,$12 said symposium director Chuck Rose. 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