Cynthia Nixon

Film Review: “A Quiet Passion” — A Personal View of Emily Dickinson

Cynthia Nixon is a great Emily Dickinson, so deeply angry, so heartbreaking in her fool’s life of stoic suffering.

Director Terence Davies read four biographies of Emily Dickinson; the details of her life he remembered became the basis for his screenplay.

In Kinship, dramatist Carey Perloff hasn’t found a language that conveys irrational longing.

Although I was disappointed in this Manhattan Theatre Club production, I am, however, very glad to have seen “Wit” — it is a contemporary classic.

MEREDITH JUDGE January 24, 2022 at 9:24 pm on Television Review: “Reframed: Marilyn Monroe” — A Feminist Tribute or a Reframe-up Job?Exactly! I scrolled up to confirm the gender of the writer of this quote: "But if Marilyn Monroe were truly...
Steve Provizer January 24, 2022 at 5:41 pm on Book Review: “About Time” — Clocks That Made HistoryInteresting. One thing I must say though, is that clocks don't measure time-they create it. There are gaps between events,...
John Shepard January 24, 2022 at 3:35 pm on Television Review: “Reframed: Marilyn Monroe” — A Feminist Tribute or a Reframe-up Job?Nice pushback! The group of woman who commented on MM’s life were guilty of misandry . They narrowly sanitized, misrepresented...
Lisa Davis January 24, 2022 at 12:43 pm on Television Review: “Reframed: Marilyn Monroe” — A Feminist Tribute or a Reframe-up Job?Mae West was also a big Marilyn fan.
Lisa Davis January 24, 2022 at 12:41 pm on Television Review: “Reframed: Marilyn Monroe” — A Feminist Tribute or a Reframe-up Job?"[i]f Marilyn Monroe were truly the visionary powerhouse depicted in 'Reframed', she would have died an old and happy Hollywood...