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TCA18 - Sharp Objects
By Valerie MilanoThe HBO series SHARP OBJECTS was discussed in detail at a panel convened on Wednesday, July 25th, 2018 at the 2018 Summer TCA Press Tours held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel. Present were...
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Famous - Theatre Review
By Kathy Flynn Alexander Daly (Ryan), Thomas McNamara (Brody), and Christopher Dietrick (Jason) in Famous at the 11:11. Photo by Genevieve Marie PhotographyJason Mast, teen actor turned Hollywood...
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Puzzle - Movie Review
By Valerie Milano Kelly MacDonald and Irrfan Khan in Sony Picture Classics "Puzzle."When we meet Agnes, she is waiting on the guests at her own birthday party like a listless servant. If it weren't for...
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The Motherf*cker with the Hat - Theatre Review
By Valerie MilanoStephen Adly Guirgis's dark comedic play about obsessions, love, addiction and betrayal is directed by NAACP award-winner and veteran actress Gloria Gifford at her Conservatory's new...
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Under Milk Wood - Theatre Review
By Rachel Flanagan Bruce A. Dickinson and Ensemble Photo by Darrett Sanders"To begin at the beginning: It is spring, moonless night in the small town" and with that, Dylan Thomas draws you into a day...
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"Mayakovsky and Stalin" perfectly dehumanizes its own themes
By Victor Kong Daniel Dorr and Laura Liguori as Mayakovsky and Lilya Photo by Ed KriegerIt is inevitable that there be no more apt moment in time to evaluate our reflections of the Stalinist regime...
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The Secret Lives of Teachers - Short Film Review
By Bill Garry Judith EisenbergWhen Miss Faulker is patrolling the halls, students better watch out. In her sensible brown shoes and her prim brown pantsuit, Muriel Faulkner is the very model of a...
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X Ambassadors at the 2018 Grove Summer Concert Series
By Kathy Flynn Singer Sam Harris, drummer Adam Levin, and keyboard player Casey Harris of X Ambassadors at the Grove's 2018 Summer Concert Series Photo by Kathy Flynn Indie rockers X Ambassadors played...
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Colette - Film Review
By Valerie Milano Keira Knightly Photo by Robert Viglasky © 2018 BLEECKER STREET. ALL RIGHTS RESERVEDColette, the story of celebrated French novelist Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette, is a biopic of her life...
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Waitress - Theatre Review
By Kathy Flynn Charity Angél Dawson, Desi Oakley, and Lenne Klingman in Waitress Photo by Joan Marcus.Waitress, now playing at the Hollywood Pantages, is a story about female friendship and empowerment...
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Puzzle - Film Review
By Valerie Milano Kelly MacDonald and Irrfan Khan in Sony Picture Classics "Puzzle."When we meet Agnes, she is waiting on the guests at her own birthday party like a listless servant. If it weren't for...
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BlacKkKlansman is Spike Lee's Timely Masterpiece
By Joan Alperin Adam Driver and John David Washington © 2018 Focus Featurs LLC. All rights reserved. Spike Lee's brilliant, powerful and extremely timely BlacKkKlansman, is one of the most important...
View ArticleThe CW Network Brings Out Its Best at TCA
By Valerie MilanoCW's presentation to the collected media of the Television Critics Association consisted of shows about to debut and one of its best on its way out. CW's ever-consistent dependence on...
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The CW Network Brings Out Its Best at TCA
By Valerie Milano All American Coming this fall to CW CW's presentation to the collected media of the Television Critics Association consisted of shows about to debut and one of its best on its way...
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You Are Perfect - Theatre Review
By Valerie Milano Kristin Samuelson, Michael Wiener, and Lindsay Danielle Gitter, in YOU ARE PERFECTConvicted Manson Family member Susan Atkins is the focus of the critically-acclaimed off-Broadway...
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Out & About with Susan Hornik - August 2018
Stuff'd DumplingsAs an Eastern European woman, dumplings are in my soul. Whenever I am back In New York, I always end up back in the East Village, my old stomping grounds and indulge in the local...
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Meet the Playwrights: Mark Lonow and Jo Anne Astrow of 'Jews, Christians, and...
By Kathy FlynnMark Lonow, co-owner of the legendary Improv comedy club, and his wife, Jo Anne Astrow, a stand-up comedian and personal manager, are co-writers of Jews, Christians and Screwing Stalin,...
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Jews, Christians, and Screwing Stalin at the Matrix Theatre - Theatre Review
By Kathy FlynnAs the play begins, the ghostly Zayde Murray appears, explaining that what you are about to see is "your typical Jewish kitchen-table comedy filled with bitterness, anger, sarcasm and...
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Soaking Up The Horror with Blood Fest - Film Review
By Valerie MilanoLet's review some of the key elements in what is required to ensure survival in a scene straight out of a horror movie: Don't split up. Don't chant anything in Latin. Don't get naked....
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If I Leave Here Tomorrow - A Film About Lynyrd Skynyrd
By Ché Zuro For anyone who grew up listening to Lynyrd Skynyrd, loving the band, hearing about their plane crash in 1977, or who is just a history and music buff, this documentary is for you! If I...
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