Movie Review: "Hugo"

Set in 1930’s Paris, this mystery is about an orphan who lives in the walls of a Parisian train station. After the death of his watchmaker father, he spends his days clandestinely maintaining all the time pieces of the train station. His father has left him a broken robot that he assumes has left him a secret message. He is befriended by an orphan girl whose god father (Ben Kingsley) runs a small toy shop in the station. The movie is a wonderful story of redemption and self discovery. The acting, particularly Ben Kingsley and Chloe Moretz as the orphan girl, are superb.

Review: “Reformation Era Bibles and Prints”

This display is a small, but high quality collection of mainly prints and two Geneva Bibles. Most of the 15th & 16th century prints are by the German artists Albrecht Durer and Heinrich Aldegrever. Durer is arguably the greatest artist of the Northern Renaissance. Most of the prints are apocalyptic or scenes of Christ’ Passion. The 16th century Geneva Bible preceded the popular King James Version by over 50 years. It was the first mass produced English language bible and is regarded as the primary bible of the Protestant movement. Two very nice examples are displayed in the middle of the gallery. This exhibition is currently in the Special Exhibitions Gallery at the Brooks Museum until 1/8/2012.