REVIEW: Annie Baker’s Wonderful Janet Planet
It’s a joy to see this great playwright equally at home as a screenwriter and director.
For So Our Master Said: DF Reviews Maestro (for Parterre Box)
Ah, that Bernstein dichotomy.
“That’s Why I Pulled the Trigger” — Our Critics Discuss A Woman’s Secret (for Parterre Box)
This now largely forgotten oddity from the great Nicholas Ray offers Gloria Grahame in two enticing modes.
Her Kind of Woman: New Biography Explores Jane Russell’s Life and Times (for Parterre Box)
“Mean…Moody…Magnificent!: Jane Russell and the Marketing of a Hollywood Legend” chronicles the Golden Age starlet’s troubled life and idiosyncratic career.
Telling the World We Are Not Invisible: Our Critics on In the Heights
This film adaptation of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s beloved musical has come around at exactly the right moment.
Monsters Don’t Die Early: Our Critics Discuss Sweet Bird of Youth (for Parterre Box)
Geraldine Page and Paul Newman shine in a problematic adaptation of Williams’ fork-in-the-road play.
David’s Thoughts on Allen vs. Farrow
Seven years ago, I wrote about Woody Allen. My feelings haven’t changed.
Original Sin: Our Critics in Conversation about It’s a Sin (for Parterre Box)
It’s a Sin may be the gay drama we have been waiting for.
Wild Things Leave Skins Behind Them: Our Critics Discuss The Fugitive Kind (for Parterre Box)
This version of Orpheus Descending takes off like a rocket.
Everybody Is Nothing Until You Love Them: Our Critics Watch The Rose Tattoo (for Parterre Box)
It would be impossible to overpraise Anna Magnani’s performance.
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