THE B-SIDE: ELSA DORFMAN’S PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHY (2016) Featuring Elsa Dorfman. Directed by Errol Morris. Distributed by Neon. 76 minutes. Rated R. Errol Morris is arguably the best documentarian of the last 30-40 years. He’s certainly one of the most diverse. In recent years, he is best known for doing long, detailed interview films with men … Continue reading
Ingersol A New Voice Belting It Out by Brad Balfour For Ingersol, music and the arts have always played a big part in her life. Born on July 22, 1990, this Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, native grew up traveling between the US and the UK. Her mother had emigrated from London, England after her parents had met … Continue reading
THE DIARY OF A TEENAGE GIRL (2015) Starring Bel Powley, Alexander Skarsgård, Kristen Wiig, Christopher Meloni, Margarita Levieva, Madeleine Waters, Abby Wait, Quinn Nagle, Austin Lyon, Miranda Bailey, Carson Mell, John Parsons, Davy Clements, Charles Lewis III and David Fine. Screenplay by Marielle Heller. Directed by Marielle Heller. Distributed by Sony Pictures Classics. 102 minutes. … Continue reading
Simon Curtis Director Brings a New Life to Woman in Gold by Brad Balfour With famed Academy Award winning actress Helen Mirren receiving a special honor from the World Jewish Congress in front of Gustav Klimt’s The Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer 1 — now housed at New York’s Neue Galerie and the basis of the film Woman in Gold — her role as … Continue reading
WHEN MARNIE WAS THERE (2015) The Japanese-language cast features the voices of Sara Takatsuki, Kasumi Arimura, Nanako Matsushima, Susumu Terajima, Toshie Negishi,Ryôko Moriyama, Kazuko Yoshiyuki and Kazuko Yoshiyuki. The English-language cast features the voices of Hailee Steinfeld, Kiernan Shipka, Geena Davis, John C. Reilly, Grey Griffin, Catherine O’Hara, Ellen Burstyn, Vanessa Williams and Kathy Bates. … Continue reading
BIG EYES (2014) Starring Amy Adams, Christoph Waltz, Krysten Ritter, Jason Schwartzman, Danny Huston, Terence Stamp, Jon Polito, Madeleine Arthur, Delaney Raye, Elisabetta Fantone, James Saito, Guido Furlani, Emily Bruhn, Alan MacFarlane, Tony Alcantar and Jaden Alexander. Screenplay by Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski. Directed by Tim Burton. Distributed by The Weinstein Company. 106 minutes. … Continue reading
Al Capp – Exploring A Most Contrary Life by Ronald Sklar Comic strip legend and deeply complicated man, Al Capp channeled his talents but lost to his demons. At the height of cartoonist Al Capp’s success, his satiric, adult-themed comic strip Li’l Abner was featured in 900 newspapers with 90 million dedicated readers. From 1934-1977, … Continue reading
Julian Lennon Everything Changes For the Better by Jay S. Jacobs it’s not easy to have to live up to a musical icon long before you have played your first note. Julian Lennon’s father was the late Beatle John Lennon. Two of his band’s best-known songs were written about the boy. Paul McCartney wrote “Hey … Continue reading
Tony Dow – The Artist Formerly Known As Wally by Ronald Sklar These days, Leave It To Beaver’s Tony Dow stays out of trouble as a sculptor. “I’m sort of a tool hound,” Tony Dow tells me, “and I learned how to use them so that my technique caught up to my desire.” Already a … Continue reading
Charles Eliasch – On the Way to Carnegie Hall by Jay S. Jacobs Carnegie Hall is one of the most renowned musical venues in the world, so it says something about a young performer when he gets his first performance there at merely 20. However, this is where Swedish-born, New York-educated opera singer Charles Eliasch … Continue reading
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