Posted on January 5, 2017 at 5:50 pm
It turns out that there is something even more painful than the most devastating loss imaginable. That is the lesson of “A Monster Calls,” based on the Carnegie Medal and the Greenaway Medal award winning book by Patrick Ness, illustrated by Jim Kay, from an idea by the late human rights activist Siobhan Dowd. It …
Posted on January 5, 2017 at 5:27 pm
Like Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness and Francis Ford Coppola’s Vietnam-era adaptation, Apocalypse Now, Martin Scorsese’s “Silence” is the story of men who take a journey to find a former leader who has disappeared into the untamed natural world. It is the mid-17th century. Two Portuguese priests, Father Rodrigues (Andrew Garfield) and Father Garrpe (Adam …
Posted on January 5, 2017 at 8:00 am
In tribute to Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds, HBO has moved the premiere date of the documentary about them, a festival favorite, and it premieres on Saturday, January 7, 2016 at 8 pm Eastern. Be sure to check out “Wishful Drinking,” Fisher’s one-woman show about her life, also on HBO.
Posted on January 4, 2017 at 3:21 pm
Shirley MacLaine stars in “The Last Word,” as a woman who has one last chance to make sure that there is something nice about her in her obituary. It will be in theaters this spring.
Posted on January 4, 2017 at 8:00 am
I’m a fan of Steve Almond’s writing, and really enjoyed his take on “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off,” especially his discussion of the relationship between Ferris (Matthew Broderick) and Cameron (Alan Ruck). Hughes could have simply cast as a straight man for Ferris. But he does something far more compelling: he renders the pair as a …
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