Migration from Migration

On December 28, 2023December 28, 2023 By Steven StraussIn Remember All the Movies, Terry, We'd Go SeeLeave a comment

Stop me if you’ve heard this one before:

Ask and Me Shall Receive

On December 22, 2023December 22, 2023 By Steven StraussIn Remember All the Movies, Terry, We'd Go SeeLeave a comment

Warning: spoilers alert ahead for Shayda, Australia’s shortlist-rejected submission to this year’s Academy Award for Best International Feature, to be released in March.

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The Iron Curse

On December 20, 2023December 22, 2023 By Steven StraussIn 570 Channels (And Everythin's On), Remember All the Movies, Terry, We'd Go See1 Comment

Both the new movie The Iron Claw and the new TV series The Curse share a distinct cinematographic trait:

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Brillophonic

On December 19, 2023December 18, 2023 By Steven StraussIn Look Over Yonder See Them OFF-BROADWAY LightsLeave a comment

If you want to sell out an off-Broadway show, cast Will Brill.

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Destination

On December 15, 2023December 15, 2023 By Steven StraussIn Remember All the Movies, Terry, We'd Go SeeLeave a comment

The box office success of Sound of Freedom can’t be discussed without mentioning its pay-it-forward tag.

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Left Behind

On December 13, 2023December 13, 2023 By Steven StraussIn Books, Remember All the Movies, Terry, We'd Go SeeLeave a comment

Leave the World Behind has been put through the Covid ringer, transforming it into an artifact of how the Covid Era shapes contemporaneous art.

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Make Room for Vroom Vroom

On December 11, 2023December 11, 2023 By Steven StraussIn Remember All the Movies, Terry, We'd Go SeeLeave a comment

The training montage comes in many forms, depending on the genre.

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Silence New Nights

On December 8, 2023December 8, 2023 By Steven StraussIn Remember All the Movies, Terry, We'd Go SeeLeave a comment

A musical’s primary dramaturgy revolves around deciding which parts of a story to set to song.

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Nudity’s Theater

On December 6, 2023December 8, 2023 By Steven StraussIn Look Over Yonder See Them OFF-BROADWAY LightsLeave a comment

The foremost chronicler of how plays use nudity for dramaturgical purposes has logged back on.

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Scenarios

On December 4, 2023December 4, 2023 By Steven StraussIn Remember All the Movies, Terry, We'd Go SeeLeave a comment

Both of Kristoffer Borgli’s 2023 releases — he wrote, directed, AND edited Sick of Myself AND Dream Scenario — are satirically-askew allegories about living in the 21st century’s attention economy.

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