Strike up the band
Catch up with "The Band's Visit" (⋆⋆⋆½, on Amazon, iTunes and Vudu), the 2007 film that inspired last Sunday's Tony Awards winner. Sharply observed, it's built on a small conceit: Egyptian police musicians are stranded in a backwater Israeli town and cross-cultural friendships grow like seedlings in a Dixie cup. This low-stakes affair succeeds on the strength of its unsentimental tenderness, with a flair for visual comedy that softens its message- mongering about our fundamental humanity.
COLIN COVERT
Coming Tuesday
"Pacific Rim Uprising"
"The Death of Stalin"
"Alex & Me"
"Midnight Sun"
"Paul, Apostle of Christ"
"Unsane"
