Five Flicks With Talking Dogs
We always wish we could speak with our pets directly and because of that fantasy, talking dogs are constantly showing up on the Silver [...]
Playing Around
Patriots Day – Profiles in Courage
What should have been a day of celebration turned into a day of tragedy when two brothers, Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, planted bombs [...]
20th Century Woman – Helicopter Parenting 70s Style
The Victorian house featured prominently in Mike Mills’ new film, 20th Century Women, might serve as a metaphor for its inhabitants, a [...]
The Present – Combustible Relationships
Anton Chekhov’s The Present, written when he was 18, didn’t see the light until twenty years after his death. Uncut, this first [...]
Hell or High Water – The Modern Day Outlaw
I’ve been poor my whole life, like a disease passing from generation to generation. But not my boys. Not anymore. Divorced father [...]
Candide – Gleefully Over the Top
New York City Opera has risen like a phoenix from threats to its demise. Lavish staging of Candide by the estimable Harold Prince is, but [...]
Immigrants, Stereotypes and Casting: Talking with the Actors of Three Trembling Cities
Three Trembling Cities, a new ten-part web series on New York City immigrants, is now available [...]
What We Wanted – Is Not Always What We Get
Julian (Steven Hauk) is the English Department head of, and popular professor at, a small Ohio College. He’s long, lean and grey haired. [...]
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