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Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol—A Franchise Reborn
Sunday, December 18th, 2011
by Winnefred Ann Frolik on Playing Around
I was not excited for this movie. The trailer left me underwhelmed, I didn’t see MI3, and like everyone else I was beyond tired of
From Australia with Love—Uncle Vanya at the Kennedy Center
Monday, August 15th, 2011
by Christian Barclay on Playing Around
Chekhov’s rural Russian landscapes are populated with bitter intellectuals, bored urban transplants, and blithering peasants—all longing for a better life, a better love, a better
Jerusalem Maiden—A Beautifully Wrought,
Thoughtful Examination of Religious Beliefs
Sunday, June 12th, 2011
by Charlene Giannetti on Reading Around
Rarely does a novel come along that succeeds on so many levels. Talia Carner’s Jerusalem Maiden is indeed well written, her descriptions of Jerusalem in
Rental Reboot: Falling for Grace
Tuesday, May 24th, 2011
by Nichole Wright on Playing Around
Summer is when some of the best films of the season will be released. Why not check out films you haven’t seen yet and why
Elliott Erwitt—Humor and Wit in Photographs
Saturday, May 21st, 2011
by Charlene Giannetti on Playing Around
Elliott Erwitt was a child prodigy with a camera, shooting remarkable photographs when he was only 15 years-old. In a career spanning more than 60
Woman Around Town: Emily Rubin—Rediscovering Russia with STALINA
Monday, January 24th, 2011
by Lina Zeldovich on Woman Around Town
Russians have a peculiar habit of naming their young after poets, scientists and war heroes. Yet, it must’ve taken a special inspiration to christen one’s
Paula West: She Doesn’t Vocalize?!
Thursday, November 18th, 2010
by Alix Cohen on Playing Around
Paula West is a natural. That’s easy to write, but difficult to write truthfully. She may have had a total of a year’s vocal training
Zaritsas: Russian Women in New York
Thursday, October 21st, 2010
by Lina Zeldovich on Playing Around
Elena Beloff wanted to make films ever since she was a little girl in her hometown of Kazan in Tatarstan, Russia. In the big industrial
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