A double feature where the connections between the pieces of art are too numerous and incidental to justify elucidating, but still amusing for the seven of us who’ve seen both:
Author: Steven Strauss
High Society
Though satires predominately revel in tomfoolery, the genre can reveal core truths regarding what’s being satirized that often require the hysterical (both meanings) amplification of their bombasticity to detect.
Scorsese Shorts
A few thoughts on each of the early-career shorts by the eponymous director collected on the Criterion Collection’s brand-spanking-new Scorsese Shorts disc, ranked in order of personal preference:
Double Double-Features
Would you like some programming advice for your home-viewing pleasure, and perhaps some thematic queries to consider along the way?
R.I.P. Christo
To commemorate the divine career of Christo, who died over the weekend, let’s revisit his documentary Walking on Water, available to watch at home right now.
‘M’
Fritz Lang’s M elevates the procedural genre by understanding that the particularities of the central case are not the main source of interest for such stories.
2019-2020 Theatre Season: Recap
My recap of the 2019-2020 theatre season:
2020 Pulitzer Prize for Drama
My picks for the 2020 Pulitzer Prize for Drama:
2019-2020 Theatre Season: Broadway
Since Broadway’s not opening any time soon, let’s recap the abbreviated season that was:
Write All Nite 