arts and culture
‘Martin Eden’ and ‘1982’ at Toronto International Film Festival
October 2, 2019Another award winner at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) is Pietro Marcello’s Martin Eden, based on the 1909 novel by famed American socialist writer Jack London.
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Review: ‘The Day Shall Come’ exposes joke of “war on terror”
September 27, 2019The term Theatre of the Absurd deals with what happens when human existence has no meaning or purpose and therefore all communication breaks down.
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Fascism and cinema at the Toronto International Film Festival
September 26, 2019Although the film is well directed and intentioned, I question the choice of focusing on a person who simply refuses to be in a war.
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Pachyderm puppetry and human folly in ‘Miss Lilly Gets Boned’
September 24, 2019Boned is must-see, essential theatergoing that is for adventurous ticket buyers who enjoy being challenged, amazed and who, well, aren’t boneheads.
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The continuing revelatory power of Gertrude Stein’s ‘In Circles’
September 20, 2019“A rose is a rose is a rose” is perhaps the most quotable quote from pioneering openly lesbian American poet, playwright, novelist and opera librettist Gertrude Stein.
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