Interstellar takes place in a future where planet Earth has turned into a wasteland and people are on the brink of extinction, as one of the characters succinctly puts it, “the last people to starve will be the first to suffocate”. But somewhere in t …Read more
Imagine what it would feel like to discover that you’re the doppelganger of the leader of the free world? That’s precisely what happened to Bronx resident Louis Ortiz one day when he shaved his beard and saw Barack Obama looking back at him in the mi …Read more
At the beginning of his show Bad With Money, Ben Rimalower sings a bit from Judy Garland’s “I’d Like to Hate Myself in the Morning”, in which the legendary performer declared she would “raise a little hell tonight” and think about the repercussions l …Read more
Tamar of the River is a unique musical theater piece which combines different music genres, singing styles and cultural elements to tell the story of Tamar (played by Margo Seibert), a courageous young woman who answers the calling of a god who speak …Read more
Hailing from Israel, the extravagant theatre group Tziporela might as well be advertised as coming from Saturn. Such is their genre-defying uniqueness that you might have a hard time believing the people onstage are actually human. In their show Odd …Read more
Filmmakers Ross Kauffman and Katy Chevigny have amassed two of the most impressive non-fiction filmographies in recent years. Kauffman won the Academy Award in 2004 for his harrowing Born Into Brothels about the children of prostitutes in Calcutta, w …Read more
Flying all over the world to deal with unfolding human rights crises, Human Rights Watch’s E-TEAM (Emergency Team) are essentially real life superheroes, and now they’re also the center of a documentary film by Oscar-winner Ross Kauffman and Emmy-win …Read more
Although it’s set in Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, Camp X-Ray is unlike any post-9/11 film you’ve seen. Instead of focusing on the thrills of combat, the horrors of torture or the myriad issues associated with this infamous military base, it’s a hum …Read more
Most of us celebrate our birthdays with a few close friends, one too many tequila shots, and cake (on which we’ll subsist for the next couple of days as well), but Emmy-award-winning composer, Lance Horne is celebrating it with a unique show at Birdl …Read more
There are records of people soaking in hot water pools, for relaxation and medicinal purposes, that go back at least ten thousand years. Hot springs and baths were an essential part of life in Rome, Egypt and Greece, and Native Americans swore by the …Read more
