Preview: lake j Announces Debut Solo Album Dizzy with “My Own Mess”
It’s always a nice treat when a member of a fantastic band releases a solo project. You honestly never know what you’re going to get. Maybe it’s a continuation of […]
Review: Otherworld Theatre’s Twihard! A Twilight Musical Parody Is a Comic Treat for Diehard Fans and Others
A zany and eclectic soundtrack by Tiffany Keane Schaefer and Brian Rasmussen meets a zany and eclectic cast in this hilarious generation-specific parody. The three background musicians (Brian Rasmussen, Mark […]
Review: At Timeline Theater, Anna Deavere Smith’s Notes From the Field Walks in the Words of Racial Reality
Sometimes the topic of a play is so big and important, a brief description falls short. Anna Deavere Smith’s Notes from the Field, now onstage at TimeLine Theatre, lands squarely in […]
Review: Harmless Workplace RomCom Upgraded Isn’t Exactly First Class Fare
Certainly better than I was expected from what is essentially a rom-com with slightly more emphasis than normal on the profession of the female lead, Upgraded tells the tale of […]
Review: Jay Duplass Stars in Ghostwritten, a Murky Literary Mystery on an Isolated Island
In this moderately effective take on the question of where inspiration truly comes from in the arts, Ghostwritten comes from writer-director Thomas Matthews (Lost Holiday) and follows the travails of […]
Review: Semi-Autobiographical Suncoast Offers an Uneven if Well-Intentioned Coming-of-Age Story
In this strange, semi-autobiographical story from debut writer-director Laura Chinn, Suncoast tells the story of teenager Doris (Nico Parker), growing up in St. Petersburg, Florida, with her mother Kristine (Laura […]
Review: How to Have Sex Is a Sharp and Emotional Examination of Young Womanhood and Sexuality
Winner of the Un Certain Regard Prize at Cannes 2023 and the debut feature from writer-director Molly Manning Walker, How To Have Sex is a fully immersive party girl experience […]
Review: Lisa Frankenstein Aims to Reimagine the Feminist Thriller, But Fails to Spark Any Life
The biggest problem with the latest film from writer Diablo Cody (Jennifer’s Body, Juno, Young Adult) isn’t that it doesn’t have many original ideas. It’s meant to be something of […]
Review: Tótem, Lila Avilés’ Sophomore Directing Effort, Is a Small, Intimate Film With Big Heart
We all have different mechanisms for coping with death or its imminent arrival. In the case of seven-year-old Sol’s family in Tótem, Mexican filmmaker Lila Avilés’ delicate second feature, that […]
Dispatch: Sundance Film Festival Shines in Sharp Comedies, Biographical Documentaries and an Irish Rap Trio
As our Sundance Film Festival coverage draws to a close, our critics reflect on the films that left the best impressions, from a touching documentary about the original Superman to […]
Dispatch: Sundance Film Festival Offers Warm Comedies, Moving Documentaries and More, Each Entertaining In Their Own Way
At the 2024 Sundance Film Festival, many of the movies feel like experiences one can’t have anywhere else. From a documentary featuring a legendary Saturday Night Live friendship to a […]
Dispatch: Sundance Film Festival Allows Filmmakers Space to Take Big Swings, For Better or Worse
As our coverage of the 2024 Sundance Film Festival continues, our critics encountered a few of the event’s less remarkable, or at least less memorable, offerings. Krazy House They can’t […]