Last Minute Plans: Jonny Polonsky Plays Hi My Name Is Jonny At GMan Tavern Tonight
Jonny Polonsky hasn’t put out that many albums since his debut Hi My Name Is Jonny in 1996, but he’s still been pretty busy during that whole period of time. […]
Review: A Packet of Holiness and Joy, an Hour of Curious Fun by Curious Theatre Branch
How to describe A Packet of Holiness and Joy Will Come to You? (A Fable)? It’s a funny and curious theater piece being staged by Curious Theatre Branch at its […]
The Lyric’s Don Giovanni Turns the Table on Opera’s Most Infamous Sex Abuser
It may seem odd that Don Giovanni, the opera premiered by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in 1787, has taken on new social relevance more than 230 years later. But the recently […]
Review: On Screen Together for the First Time, The Good Liar Makes Poor Use of Mirren, McKellen
The combination of Helen Mirren and Ian McKellen (acting for the first time together in the film) seems like a fool-proof combination, especially in the hands of director Bill Condon […]
Review: Government’s Bad Acts Uncovered in The Report‘s Gripping Drama
In the history books, the CIA’s Detention and Interrogation Program will also be known by its simpler and far more loaded name: torture. The ill-advised program was created in the […]
Review: Fast-Paced Ford v Ferrari Thrills On and Off the Track
We’ve gotten to the point where I just trust director James Mangold to get it right—whatever the subject matter of one of his films, he’ll find a way to tell […]
Review: Indie Queen Angel Olsen Reigns at Riviera
Angel Olsen may have been fighting a cold during her show last night at the Riviera, but that didn’t stop her inner queen from shining through. “I have a case […]
Review: With Kristen Stewart at Its Comedic Center, Charlie’s Angels Gets a Fun, Sharp Upgrade
Sometimes a movie just has to be really fun and sharp to get my attention. It doesn’t have to reinvent the wheel or break the mold; it just has to […]
Review: Marriage Story Weathers the Storm of Life-Changing Circumstances
There are major life events all of us are familiar with, whether or not we’ve experienced them for ourselves. A wedding or the birth of a child. The death of […]
Preview: The Logan Playtest Party Returns Tomorrow for its Sixth Year
What do The Logan Theatre, C2E2, Revolution Brewing and The Nerdologues have in common? We suspect a lot of things, but among those is a love for all things nerdy. […]
Review: Charming Feast of the Seven Fishes Isn’t Quite a Classic
If you’re making an independent film, the chances of it also being a Christmas movie are probably fairly slim. Filmmaking is hard enough as it is; only the truly bold […]
Review: In The Kingmaker, Politics, Glamour, Corruption and the Woman at the Center of It All
Filmmaker Lauren Greenfield is used to working with subjects of a certain scale. Her 2012 documentary Queen of Versailles chronicles the building of what would be the country’s largest residential […]