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SEE NO EVIL Fateful moral choices define the lives and deaths of the characters in Rasoulof s anthology film, made in secret. Our streaming entertainment options are overwhelming and not always easy to sort through. This week, I watched
There Is No Evil, which won the Golden Bear at the Berlin International Film Festival weeks before the coronavirus outbreak shut down all such events. Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof (
Manuscripts Don t Burn) made the anthology film in secret while appealing a prison sentence for making movies that the government deemed propaganda against the system. As of an interview with
Monday is Memorial Day, and if staring at a three-day weekend and unsure what to do, let us make some suggestions to keep you entertained and busy. There’s dance, opera, film, theater, visual art – if you want it, we probably got it. Keep reading for a list of this week’s best bets.
Houston Grand Opera will present a new digital take on Engelbert Humperdinck’s
Hansel and Gretel on Friday, May 28, at 7:30 p.m. Directed by Lincoln Center Emerging Artist Lileana Blain-Cruz, this new version of Humperdinck’s classic, created specifically for HGO Digital, stars current HGO Studio artists and alums, and blends live performance with original animated set designs by visual artist Hannah Wasileski. In an interview with the
2021 Lighthouse International Film Festival Preview
(LONG BEACH ISLAND, NJ) After paving the way last year as the first full drive-in film festival in the world (screening 28 new films in five days during COVID times), the
2021 Lighthouse International Film Festival strives to recapture a sense of normalcy as a cultural event that offers in-person screenings of the best new indie films as well as industry panels, master classes, and parties all during one long summer weekend (June 3-6) in the special atmosphere of Long Beach Island, New Jersey.
The LIFF 2021 lineup includes screenings of several films that premiered at Sundance and SXSW, as well as other festivals from around the globe. Some of these films will be shown on the big screen for the first time on LBI. Many of them will be followed by Q&A sessions with attending talent, such as celebrated comic book writer and acclaimed indie filmmaker Dash Shaw, who will be presenting his new animated film
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The documentary Lost Cinemas of Greater Des Moines premieres Friday, May 14, in the Varsity Virtual Cinema.
This Friday, the public will get a chance to see “Lost Cinemas of Greater Des Moines,” a documentary film over 18 years in the making. The film will premiere online in the Varsity Virtual Cinema for free May 14 and run through May 27.
Director Mark Heggen first started researching the history of Des Moines movie theaters in 1986. He recalls driving around the city and noticing all the buildings that looked like abandoned cinemas.
“Being a sort of natural list maker, I started making a list, and it grew to be a pretty huge list,” Heggen said. “I went and researched at the library, looking at old city directories clear back to around 1905 and just made this giant chart. I started finding news clippings and old photos, things like that, and it just snowballed from there over the course of several years.”
Stephen Colbert on working with family and how much he yearns for his live audience
Mon May 10, 2021 at 9:00am ET
TV Host Stephen Colbert and wife Evie Colbert as his Mother’s Day guest . Pic Credit. Scott Kowalchyk/CBS
When the Broadway theater district closed down in March of 2020, TV host Stephen Colbert had a lot of decisions to make about the future of his show and was forced to pivot in a huge way.
But the resourceful talk show host/comedian who resides in Montclair, New Jersey, and got his start in Chicago’s famed Second City improv troupe quickly pivoted to providing nightly entertainment from his home, surrounded by his wife,