For those who view the idea of making a movie as a daunting quest, the documentary Quest serves as yet another reminder that all one needs is camera equipment and life itself.
Author: Steven Strauss
Anna Ziegler’s Impressive Double-Edged Sword
Anna Ziegler earned the privilege of two prominent off-Broadway theatre companies simultaneously staging a duo of her new plays this winter.
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NO_ONE EVER REALLY DIES (N.E.R.D.)
Slipping in just under the calendar year wire, NO_ONE EVER REALLY DIES is one of 2017’s best albums.
PRESSURE (Jeezy)
Pressure stands as a testament to the fact that Jeezy still goes hard as fuuuuuuuuhhhhhhhhhh.
PEOPLE, PLACES & THINGS: A Transatlantic Journey (To Another Website)
People, Places & Things will go down as one of this theatre season’s very best shows.
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ARTHUR MILLER: WRITER (Rebecca Miller)
Rebecca Miller is a consummate filmmaker, known as an independent darling for such films as The Ballad of Jack and Rose, The Private Lives of Pippa Lee, and Maggie’s Plan.
JUST GETTING STARTED (Ron Shelton)
Morgan Freeman is to geriatric group comedies as Liam Neeson is to offspring-rescuing action movies. Which is to say, they’re the goddamn masters of each.
Off to the Races…
Even though the Academy Award’s history of choosing abominable Best Picture winners dates back to this venerable institution’s inception, my first memory of living through a truly confounding upset belongs to Crash beating Brokeback Mountain. A few years later, when The King‘s Speech somehow took the prize from The Social Network, I vowed never to care about the Oscars again.
Will and George, Alec and Donald, Jim and Andy…and Tony
Will Ferrell’s You’re Welcome America: A Final Night With George W. Bush is my favorite Broadway production that I never actually experienced in person.
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BLOODAS (Tee Grizzley & Lil Durk)
Tee Grizzley & Lil Durk’s Bloodas lacks a singular identity.
Write All Nite 