It’s Only a Play But It Means So MuchTerrence McNally knew, like so many working theatre artists do, that the joys of what happens on the boards are often counterbalanced by…Apr 24, 2023Apr 24, 2023
Moose on the Loose: A Tundra of FunFor everyone except Indigenous people, there’s an “old country.” And the generational differences of an Italian family who started from…Apr 17, 2023Apr 17, 2023
Best of 2023 Palm Springs Film FestAfter the two-year delay of on-site screenings due to COVID-19, the Palm Springs International Film Festival returns to the Coachella…Jan 16, 2023Jan 16, 2023
2022 Top L.A. Theatre ProductionsDespite an omnipresent Omnichron, to say nothing of Actors Equity rules making producing theatre prohibitively expensive, live stage…Dec 31, 2022Dec 31, 2022
Best of the 2022 DOC NYC Film FestThe latest iteration of the nation’s biggest documentary film festival ended Nov. 17 in New York theatres but provides 90 streaming options…Nov 19, 2022Nov 19, 2022
Kyrie Irving and Kevin Durant Have Wrecked the NBAOn June 30 of this year, Brooklyn Nets superstar Kevin Durant completed his timeline of disastrous decisions, only exceeded by those of his…Aug 12, 20221Aug 12, 20221
Best of the 2022 Seattle Intl. Film FestivalThe sizable, viewer- and press-friendly and eclectically programmed Seattle International Film Festival, recently wrapped on April 24, can…Apr 26, 2022Apr 26, 2022
Highlights of the Miami Film FestivalFor the 39th incarnation of the Miami Film Festival, sponsor-producer Miami-Dade College assembled more than 60,000 filmgoers for…Mar 15, 2022Mar 15, 2022
Best of 2022 Palms Springs Film FestivalWhile the 2022 version of the Palm Springs International Film Festival was cancelled due to the resurgence of COVID-19, a few wise and…Jan 17, 2022Jan 17, 2022
Top Ten Films of 2021This writer refuses to kowtow to the lockstep of film critics who seem to look at other’s lists before making their own. In no particular…Jan 1, 2022Jan 1, 2022
2021 Theatre Productions of the YearDespite the necessary limitations imposed by the Pandemic and the Omicron variant, live theatre is gradually reemerging to reengage more…Dec 28, 2021Dec 28, 2021
Best of the 2021 DOC NYC FestivalAs the largest documentary film festival in the United States, DOC NYC, concluding November 28 online, is presenting among its 120 feature…Nov 18, 2021Nov 18, 2021
Top Ten Films of 2020Despite the economic hit movie theatres have taken due to COVID-19, both streaming studio features and cable films have done their best to…Dec 28, 20201Dec 28, 20201
Best of the 2020 DOC NYC Film FestivalThe upside for the downtrodden, due to the pandemic, is that one can view the best of film from the comfort of a desk chair or couch in…Nov 20, 2020Nov 20, 2020
Creativity Gone Wild at Ottawa Intl. Animation FestivalOne unconsidered advantage of a pandemic is that film and theatre not normally available online becomes as close as your fingertips. The…Oct 6, 2020Oct 6, 2020
The Book of Mormon: The Joke Is On Whom?Perhaps we live in an age where people can say anything out loud that comes into their heads. And if someone objects to lack of taste or…Feb 26, 2020Feb 26, 2020
Best of 2019 Palm Springs Film FestivalIt’s 31 years since the desert resort bloomed a film festival that now presents more international Oscar nominees that any other in the…Jan 14, 2020Jan 14, 2020
2019 Top Ten L.A. Theatre ProductionsWe close the end of this decade with one critic’s ongoing top ten theatre list, typically not numbered, due to the commitment and hard…Jan 1, 2020Jan 1, 2020