The Irish Repertory’s production of A Christmas Memory has all the makings of a seasonal classic: a heartwarming story, beautiful music and a brilliant star turn by Alice Ripley who plays Sook, the child-like distant cousin of young Buddy, played by …Read more
Anika Larsen’s first number in Beautiful: The Carole King Musical has her character, composer Cynthia Weil, change the words to “Happy Days Are Here Again” to highlight her brilliant improvisational skills. Her “creative pitch”, as she calls it, has …Read more
The Film Society of Lincoln Center will present Making Waves: New Romanian Films from December 4-8. As in years past, their selection includes works from some of the most exciting Romanian filmmakers like Tudor Cristian Jurgiu and Stere Gulea – both …Read more
While recent films like Beaufort and Lebanon have made us see the horrors endured by the Israeli military during combat, very few filmmakers have chronicled the less violent, but undeniably terrible fact that life in the army can be quite dull. Even …Read more
At a time when the pleas of so many groups pursuing equal rights are being trivialized, it’s refreshing and inspiring to see a film like Mary Dore’s She’s Beautiful When She’s Angry, a rousing documentary that chronicles the birth of the Women’s Libe …Read more
In some circles, Liz Tuccillo is regarded as a dating guru; known for her work as story editor on the seminal HBO show Sex and the City and her bestselling books He’s Just Not That Into You (co-written with Greg Behrendt) and How to Be Single, she ha …Read more
The best horror films can usually be read as parables for larger human truths, for example films like The Exorcist, Carrie, Frankenstein and The Descent, all of which rely on genre conventions to detail the frightfulness of recognizable emotional tur …Read more
In Virunga, director Orlando von Einsiedel takes us to one of the world’s most beautiful regions, which has sadly become the center of a neverending battle between greedy oil drillers and conservationists. Virunga National Park is home to the world’s …Read more
When making Hermitage Revealed, director Margy Kinmonth had almost unrestricted access to areas of the Hermitage Museum that are a complete mystery to the public, and as such one can imagine both how exciting and stressful the situation must’ve been …Read more
Michael White is the genius producer behind shows like Sleuth, Oh! Calcutta!, The Rocky Horror Show, A Chorus Line, Two Gentlemen of Verona and films like My Dinner with Andre, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, and Polyester….and yet his name remain …Read more
