On Screen: Song Sung Blue
Just so we get this straight from the beginning so we’re on the same page, as it were. “Song Sung Blue” is a Hollywood film about a Neil Diamond tribute band.
On Screen: THE RIP
At various counts, Matt Damon (Dane Dumars) and Ben Affleck (JD Byrne) have been involved in 15 different films, so “The Rip,” currently streaming on Netflix, might simply be another take on the evergreen “buddy movie” concept. Not so fast. This one has a twist … or three ... or we stopped counting.
On Screen: Hamnet
No, the quote from I Corinthians 13 is not part of Chloé Zhao’s elegant portrayal of the crippling grief and tentative healing experienced by Agnes and William Shakespeare in “Hamnet.” It is, however, one of the sustaining themes that brings hope out of utter darkness and healing to otherwise broken lives.
On Screen: Marty Supreme
Or, perhaps, this might be better stated “Timothée Chalamet Supreme.” The film is yet another triumph of this young actor’s performance skills, his investment in his art and the result of placing that burning talent in the middle of an ensemble of actors who help create a driving, pulsing cinematic sleigh ride. OSCAR buzz? Absolutely.
Measured lives, just like us
You may have noticed. The proliferation of so-called “celebrity biopics” continues both in a movie theater near you or, more conveniently, on a streaming service inviting your homebound blitzing evenings and weekends. When, a few years ago, Timothée Chalamet emerged as Bob Dylan in A Complete Unknown, theaters were filled and song downloads of “Tangled Up in Blue” and “Mr. Tambourine Man” skyrocketed. The Nobel Prize-winning poet moved into the spotlight once again, decades after Robert Zimmerman emerged from Hibbing, MN, and became Bob Dylan.
Le Bar / Le Gamin
JUNE RECIPE
Sharon Pharmacy: It’s a family affair
“This is it!” The car had rolled through the sleepy town of Sharon, CT, in 1960. Just a family on an outing, exploring parts of the state that were remote from their home in Norwich. They were thinking of relocating. There was a house available on Calkinstown Road. There was an open retail space in […]
Sidelined
There’s a wind coming off the Hudson. Frankly, it’s got a real bite to it. After all, it’s autumn in the tri-state area and along with leaves flaming into brilliant color, busloads of appreciative “leaf peepers” and end-of-season sales at local stores, it’s time to stand on the sidelines of a soccer game, a football […]
Art and anguish: Event production 101
“What exactly does a producer do?”
If I got a nickel for every time that question has been asked, I might have amassed … perhaps … close to $2.00. It’s a fair question, however, even if the financial payout would hardly be worth the effort.
Given the opportunity to describe what actors do; what a director […]
Lessons from the (Rail)road
We all have a list of things we haven’t done, but muse about.
“If I just had the time …”
“If there’s one thing I’d like to do …”
“It’s on my ‘bucket list’ …”
Admittedly, some are merely flights of fantasy. Most of us will never climb the Matterhorn, drive a Ferrari at […]