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Friday, October 11, 2019

The Cult of Rock and Roll: Six Degrees of Art, Poetry and Music

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William S. Burroughs (right) with Jimmy Page, guitarist/composer of Led Zeppelin. A writer with the incredibly apt but real name ...
Monday, October 7, 2019

Judy: Finale

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Renée Zellweger and Finn Wittrock in Judy . Renée Zellweger gives a fierce, fearless performance as Judy Garland in the new film...
Friday, October 4, 2019

A Living Cinematic Fossil: Angel Has Fallen (2019)

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Gerard Butler in Angel Has Fallen (2019) You don't need me to tell you that Angel Has Fallen (2019), directed by Ric Roman ...
Monday, September 30, 2019

Struggles and Thrills: What the Jews Believe and Passengers

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Benim Foster and Logan Weibrecht in What the Jews Believe . (Photo: Emma K. Rothenberg-Ware) Mark Harelik’s ambitious new play, What ...
Tuesday, September 24, 2019

Redeeming the Past in Alexi Zentner's Copperhead and Eli Saslow's Rising Out of Hatred

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Author Alexi Zenter. (Photo: Laurie Willick, Viking) Alexi Zentner's Copperhead , spins several threads that eventually knit ...
Wednesday, September 18, 2019

The Flaming Fist of Christ Compels You!: The Divine Fury (Saja / 사자, 2019)

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Park Seo-joon in Saja (2019). What if the titular protagonist of Constantine (2005) (Keanu Reeves) was a mixed-martial arts figh...
Monday, September 16, 2019

Song and Dance, Part IV: King of Jazz and Miscast

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A scene from King of Jazz (1930). In their efforts to find ways to showcase talkie performers, in the early days of sound film m...
Thursday, September 12, 2019

A Flaccid Fairy Tale: Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood

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Brad Pitt and Leonardo DiCaprio in Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood . The following contains spoilers.   Quentin Tarantino’s ninth ...
Monday, September 9, 2019

Song and Dance, Part III: Brigadoon

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Matt Nethersole (centre) and the cast of Brigadoon at the Shaw Festival. (Photo: David Cooper) If you love classic American musicals...
Saturday, September 7, 2019

Eye of the Beholder: The Extremity of Vikky Alexander

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Between Dreaming and Living #8 , by Vikky Alexander. (Image: VAG) Vikky Alexander: Extreme Beauty runs July 6 – January 26, 2020 at t...
Tuesday, September 3, 2019

Shaw Entertainments: The Ladykillers and Getting Married

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Chick Reid and Damien Atkins in The Ladykillers at the Shaw Festival in Niagara-on-the-Lake. (Photo: David Cooper) Performed by overl...
Monday, August 26, 2019

The Russian Play: Chekhov Plus Stalin

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Mike Nadajewski and Gabriella Sundar Singh in The Russian Play . (Photo: David Cooper)  “This is Russian love story,” Sonya (Gabriella...
Saturday, August 24, 2019

Not All Democrat Documentaries Are the Same

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Beto O'Rourke in Running with Beto (2019). The following piece contains reviews of Running with Beto (2019), Knock Down the Hou...
Monday, August 19, 2019

Rarities at Stratford and the Shaw Festival: Nathan the Wise, Sex, and Rope

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Diane Flacks (centre) with members of the company in Nathan the Wise . (Photo: David Hou) Nathan the Wise by the German Enlighte...
Wednesday, August 14, 2019

Art and the Limits of Morality: The Night Porter (1974)

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Charlotte Rampling and Dirk Bogarde in The Night Porter (1974). Liliana Cavani's The Night Porter ( Il portiere di note , 1...
Monday, August 12, 2019

Song and Dance, Part II: Fosse/Verdon

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Sam Rockwell and Michelle Williams in Fosse/Verdon . Sam Rockwell’s portrait of Bob Fosse – the legendary director-choreographer ...
Wednesday, August 7, 2019

Fog: The Last Black Man in San Francisco

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Jonathan Majors and Jimmie Fails in The Last Black Man in San Francisco . (Photo: Peter Prato/A24) Director Joe Talbot’s feature film...
Monday, August 5, 2019

Song and Dance, Part I: Wild Rose and Yesterday

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Jessie Buckley in Wild Rose . The review of Yesterday contains spoilers.   As Rose-Lynn, the young Glaswegian woman determine...
Wednesday, July 31, 2019

Tumult! The Incredible Life and Music of Tina Turner

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  “Physical strength in a woman, that’s what I am. If you’re unhappy with anything, get rid of it. When you’re free, your true creat...
Monday, July 29, 2019

New Plays: Tell Me I’m Not Crazy and The Hunt

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Mark Blum and Jane Kaczmarek in Tell Me I’m Not Crazy . (Photo: Joseph J. O'Malley) The four characters in Sharyn Rothstein’s ...