San Antonio or Bust
The NCAA March Madness Tournament resumes tonight with four games in the Sweet 16 round. It’s the Mountaineers against the Musketeers as West Virginia faces Xavier at US Airways Center in Phoenix followed by the West Kentucky Hilltoppers versus UCLA’s Bruins to determine the West Region’s representatives in the Elite Eight. Today’s East Region match ups are Washington State Cougars and the #1 seed North Carolina Tar Heels after which the Louisville Cardinals take on the Tennessee Volunteers, both happening at Charlotte Bobcats Arena. All the games are televised on CBS, so keep your bracket close by and settle in for a full evening of college hoops.
For his fifth film, The Darjeeling Limited, director Wes Anderson shows an unexpected maturity in tone and content in the tale of three brothers on a spiritual journey to India following their father’s death. Anderson’s trademark oddball characters, zany interactions, and exquisite set design remain unchanged, but are joined by a cultural reverence and meditative quality that never quite entered his previous works. Adrien Brody, Owen Wilson, and Jason Schwartzman comprise the trio of siblings, and the actors’ collaboration is but one of the highlights of this excellent movie. The color and texture of India are displayed with deliberate patience, lingering in the mind long after its end and the peppy soundtrack skips about merrily from French love songs to the Rolling Stones without neglecting Raga, the indigenous music of the country. At only 91 minutes, it was a brief excursion to foreign lands but one not soon forgotten as the cinematography and script were equally vibrant. Whether you’re a fan of Wes Anderson’s previous work such as The Royal Tenenbaums and Rushmore, or just interested in a comedic fish-out-of-water story, The Darjeeling Limited will draw laughs, smiles, and, possibly, a tear or two.
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