“beatriz at dinner” movie review
Every one of us who joined the Women’s March, wore a pussy hat or is simply doing everything in her power to resist the current Administration will recognize themselves in Beatriz in Beatriz at Dinner.
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“the spitfire grill” at north coast rep
North Coast Rep has raised its own already-high bar with its stunning production of The Spitfire Grill, a folk musical inspired by the 1996 movie starring Ellen Burstyn and Marcia Gay Harden and the subsequent 2001 off-Broadway show presented by Playwrights Horizon. From the moment Aurora Florence, above, appears onstage as Percy, a young woman…
“beauty and the beast” giveaway!
A tale as old as time. True as it can be. Barely even friends, then somebody bends unexpectedly. Ha ha! You really just need to read that first line and I bet you’re already humming along.
“a quiet passion” movie review
As a writer, I’ve always been enamored with Emily Dickinson. so I was really looking forward to learning more about the reclusive poet — and her beloved Newfoundland, Carlo — in A Quiet Passion. Well — spoiler alert — Carlo never appears in the movie, which pretty much ruined it for me and made me…
“the dinner” movie review
There’s a really fascinating, thought-provoking plot line that’s finally introduced late in The Dinner. It’s shocking and timely and worthy of intense discussion. If it were actually the focus of the movie, I would have been hooked. Unfortunately, by the time they got to it, I was so disgusted with the unlikeable characters that, like a…