If there was one band from 2023 to watch out for that somehow went under everyone’s radar, it’s Magazine Beach from Washington, D.C. Admittedly, I also dropped the ball here […]
There’s an awful lot of screaming (maybe too much) in director/co-writer Arkasha Stevenson’s prequel workThe First Omen—and perhaps the mythology is overly twisty and complicated so it can line up […]
Dev Patel has been one of my favorite actors to watch since he splashed onto the scene in Slumdog Millionaire in 2008. Since then he has shown such a range as both […]
At one time Matthew Sweet was the face of early ’90s power-pop. And even if you didn’t know what “power-pop” was, his music had a universal yearning paired with hooks […]
Ten years ago, writer/director Ned Benson pieced together three films called The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby, an ambitious relationship drama with two of the films showing a couple’s experiences from each […]
This weird little based-on-a-true-story tale about an anonymous letter writer who favors vulgar language primarily works so well because of its beyond-talented leads, Olivia Colman as Edith Swan, the letter […]
For Americans, the BBC’s interview with Prince Andrew—assuming it even registered with many—was something of a footnote in the story of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. But in the UK, […]
New month, same weird weather. It’s going to be a sometimes chilly, sometimes nice, sometimes rainy, sometimes sunny weekend full of wonder events! Whether you’re in the mood for a […]
Dear Cinnamon is a new monthly column that believes that all of life’s questions can be answered by art, because, after all, art is the spice of life. To submit […]
I had to look twice when I read the description of Inanimate. A woman in a relationship with a Dairy Queen sign. I was thinking surreal, then disassociative personality, or […]
Purpose, a new play written by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins and directed by legendary actor Phylicia Rashad, follows in the theatrical legacy of plays like August Wilson’s Fences and The Piano Lesson, dealing with the […]
Like many, I first remember taking notice of actor Christina Jackson on HBO’s Boardwalk Empire as Maybelle, the daughter of Chalky White (the late Michael K. Williams). She has starred in other […]
