Sacrifice (dir. Andy Collier, Toor Mian): Film review
Takes its time getting to the scary stuff, but uses that time to ratchet up the dread in a big way, leading to a surprising finale that chills to the bone.
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Greenland (dir. Ric Roman Waugh): Film review
Worth checking out before the world ends
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PAC’s New Play Festival February 14 and 15
The New Venture Reading Series: 10-Minutes Play Festival will be presented online: Sunday, February 14 and Monday, February 15
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BLISS (dir. Mike Cahill): Film review
An empty novelty, presented in a way that can only keep the audience at a distance
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The Little Things (dir. John Lee Hancock): Film review
I have a feeling that The Little Things is going to be a bit of a critical punching bag, but I enjoyed the film
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Henrik Eger’s Memorial Service
A virtual memorial service held on Sunday, January 17, 2021, for Dr. Henrik Eger, who died January 3, 2021, at the age of 79.
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Psycho Goreman (dir. Steven Kostanski): Film review
It’s hard to overstate how wonderfully fucked up this movie is.
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Phindie editor Christopher Munden goes Into the Absurd
IRC producing artistic director Tina Brock interviews Christopher Munden about Kensington Soccer Club, Chosen by Committee, his work as a theater critic and editor, and his hungry cat Walter cat.
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One Night in Miami (dir. Regina King): Film review
A fictionalized meeting of Malcolm X, Muhammad Ali, Jim Brown, and Sam Cooke, adapted from the play by the same name.
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J.B. by Archibald MacLeish (1959): Chosen by Committee Episode 38
On this episode of Chosen by Committee, Josh, John, and Chris talk poetry and bible, and wonder why this play didn’t quite work.
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Henrik Eger, 1941–2021
The performing arts lost a vocal supporter and the world lost a vibrant presence last weekend. Editor-at-Large Henrik Eger died on Sunday, January 3, 2021, after being admitted to hospital for a heart condition several days earlier. He was 79.
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Look Homeward, Angel by Ketti Frings (1958): Chosen by Committee Episode 36
In 1958 the Pulitzer Prize for Drama went to Look Homeward, Angel, Ketti Frings’s adaptation of the Thomas Wolfe novel. This week’s episode of Chosen by Committee discusses the award-winning play
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A Bingo Lingo Guide
Bingo is rapidly becoming one of the most played gambling games in the world
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Phindie’s Most Read Articles of 2020
What a fucking year that was.
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Holiday Concerts in Review: 6 shows that went on despite the pandemic
Some of the most beloved choruses and orchestras in the Philadelphia area became creative in entertaining audiences in safe and often unexpected ways via virtual holiday performances.
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Long Day’s Journey Into Night by Eugene O’Neill (1957): Chosen by Committee Episode 35
This week, hosts Josh, John, and Chris take a long day’s journey into night with the 1957 winner by Eugene O’Neill, his fourth.
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From Doom & Gloom to a New Year’s Resolution: Book review of THE GLOBAL KINDNESS REVOLUTION by Judith Trustone
In letting go of my fear of opening up and reaching out, listening and sharing with others, I hope to become more aware and experience the holidays in quiet ways,
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Wonder Woman 1984 (dir. Patty Jenkins): Film review
Exactly what I needed during this atypical holiday season
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A pandemic, a passel of musicians, and panoply of ideas: Scott Ordway’s digital video project Twenty/Twenty
A joint project commissioned by Hamilton College, Swarthmore College, Haverford, and Bryn Mawr.
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The Diary of Anne Frank by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett (1956): Chosen by Committee Episode 34
Josh, John, and Chris discuss Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett’s dramatization of The Diary of Anne Frank, which won a Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1956.
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