Review
Luchino Visconti made theatrically tinged movies driven by music, indebted to painting, sculpture, architecture, and literature—he accomplished, dare I say, a fusion of the arts.
Open Theatre Project’s Gay Shorts is bold, out, and unafraid.
This tautly-directed, well-cast production is filled with contemporary medical, political, and social resonances.
While perhaps not more than the sum of its parts — that would be hard to imagine — the music on this tribute disc has its own vitality and stands well on its own.
La Sylphide is full of magic. It might be about magic.
Despite my complaints, Allegiance is affecting – almost frustratingly so.
Tony Zierra’s film is a worthy and interesting one, but I admit to becoming worn down by the endless litany of unglamorous ways that protagonist Leon Vitali worked his butt off for the genius filmmaker.
Let the Sunshine In is French filmmaker Claire Denis’s one-note ode to the power of love even when, in this case, love stinks like dead fish.
Roberta Silman’s engaging and deeply felt novel is a reminder of what it means to carry a historical burden on both a personal and national level.
Singer Allan Harris clearly loves Eddie Jefferson’s music and performs it with sincerity and chops.
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