Henrik Eger’s entertaining, yet sensitive review of a fun holiday show.
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Heath and More: a British string quartet provides a tour of musical landscapes in a PCMS concert
The Heath Quartet plays Tippett, Britten, and Purcell
View More Heath and More: a British string quartet provides a tour of musical landscapes in a PCMS concertCOLLECTED STORIES (Act II): Friendship in the real world
As we enter the season of unpredictable weather, go to Act II to get their take on the warm and fuzzies mixed with the cold shoulder.
View More COLLECTED STORIES (Act II): Friendship in the real worldKING KONG (Broadway Theatre): Going ape on Broadway
We like our fantasies to be readily identifiable as such and to be realistic in their details.
View More KING KONG (Broadway Theatre): Going ape on BroadwayPETITE MORT and World Premieres (Pennsylvania Ballet): Lamentation and Revolution
The exuberant choreography was spectacular, the dancers striking, and the dramatic finale stirred the viewers’ imagination.
View More PETITE MORT and World Premieres (Pennsylvania Ballet): Lamentation and RevolutionEMPATHY, INC. (dir. Yedidya Gorsetman): Film review
The film explores the lengths that someone will go just to save their reputation and/or bank account.
View More EMPATHY, INC. (dir. Yedidya Gorsetman): Film reviewA DOLL’S HOUSE, PART 2 (Arden): Imagining another Nora
Naomi Orwin asks: Would a woman have envisioned a different Nora? A different Torvald?
View More A DOLL’S HOUSE, PART 2 (Arden): Imagining another NoraA HUMAN BEING DIED THAT NIGHT (EgoPo): Illuminating apartheid
A review in words and sketches.
View More A HUMAN BEING DIED THAT NIGHT (EgoPo): Illuminating apartheidBODIED (dir. Joseph Kahn): Philadelphia Film Festival review
The film blogosphere has been alight about Joseph Kahn’s latest feature, Bodied, since its explosive debut at TIFF over a year ago.
View More BODIED (dir. Joseph Kahn): Philadelphia Film Festival reviewWARPLAY (Azuka): A playground at the gates of Troy
Not quite “Sing, oh muse, of the rage of Achilles.”
View More WARPLAY (Azuka): A playground at the gates of TroyA DOLL’S HOUSE, PART 2 (Arden): After the slam
Lucas Hnath takes up Nora’s story fifteen years after the events of Henrik Ibsen’s classic play.
View More A DOLL’S HOUSE, PART 2 (Arden): After the slamDIAMANTINO (dir. Gabriel Abrantes & Daniel Schmidt): Philadelphia Film Festival review
From Portugal comes what is easily the funniest film of 2018
View More DIAMANTINO (dir. Gabriel Abrantes & Daniel Schmidt): Philadelphia Film Festival reviewMR BURNS (Wilma): Darkness on the edge of Springfield
Civilization has collapsed but The Simpsons is still going.
View More MR BURNS (Wilma): Darkness on the edge of SpringfieldPROSPECT (dir. Chris Caldwell, Zeek Earl): Philadelphia Film Festival review
In this world, space isn’t the final frontier. It’s the California desert post-gold rush.
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Dan Scully reviews the latest movie from the director of The Lobster.
View More THE FAVOURITE (dir. Yorgos Lanthimos): Philadelphia Film Festival review 2THE GUILTY (dir. Gustav Möller): Philadelphia Film Festival review
Like all good thrillers, THE GUILTY weaves in current issues from the real world,
View More THE GUILTY (dir. Gustav Möller): Philadelphia Film Festival reviewFIDDLER ON THE ROOF (Broadway tour at Academy of Music): An updated Fiddler
The thrill of a big show-biz production and the feeling of authenticity
View More FIDDLER ON THE ROOF (Broadway tour at Academy of Music): An updated FiddlerBATHTUBS OVER BROADWAY (dir. Dava Whisenant): Philadelphia Film Festival review
Call me a snob, but I’ve never understood the idea of enjoying something ironically. The enjoyment of the “it’s so good it’s bad” phenomena for…
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A film with a concept you didn’t know you needed
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The best films are those which afford the viewer an inside look into a life experience different from their own
View More Shoplifters (dir. Hirokazu Koreeda): Philadelphia Film Festival review