Army of the Dead (dir. Zack Snyder): Film review
More so than anything else, ARMY OF THE DEAD is a great piece of entertainment
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Adverse (dir. Brian Metcalf): Film review
It’s not the plot that resonates once the credits roll — it’s the characters.
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Those Who Wish Me Dead (dir. Taylor Sheridan): Film review
A supremely entertaining thriller that delivers its charms in brutal flourishes
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Horse Heritage Through Philadelphia’s History
Horses played a significant role in the evolution of humankind. These graceful creatures have been our companions for centuries. Horses have always stayed by our…
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Oxygen (dir. Alexandre Aja): Film review
This solid thriller had reviewer Dan Scully clenching his clenchables much harder than he expected
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Opera Philadelphia’s FREE world premiere THEY STILL WANT TO KILL US commemorates 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre
On Tuesday, May 25, 2021 at 8pm EST, a group of arts institutions across the nation will premiere the short film They Still Want to…
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The Mauritanian (dir. Kevin Macdonald): Film review
The Mauritanian is very worth watching, but it feels like it exists just a few years too late.
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RESILIENCE (Pennsylvania Ballet): A moment to breathe
More than one year has passed since the first lockdown was declared in Philadelphia due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It has affected everyone’s life in…
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Wrath of Man (dir. Guy Ritchie): Film review
WRATH OF MAN, the British gangster-heist-revenge film from Guy Ritchie, is a legitimately great movie
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Mortal Kombat (dir. Simon McQuoid): Film review
It’s never easy to adapt a video game to film, mostly because the fun of a game is typically not the plot, so much as…
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ZOO MOTEL (Theatre Exile): Checking in to the Zoom room
Catches perfectly the quarantine vibe of feeling isolated, alone, and somehow simultaneously overexposed
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Irina Varina Knows What You Did Last Summer
In 2020, filmmaker and theater creator Irina Varina had a plan to make a film called I Know What You Did in the Summer of…
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Enter the ZOO MOTEL with Theatre Exile
From April 15 through May 2, 2021, South Philadelphia theater company Theatre Exile will present an exclusive, limited engagement of the sensational Zoom production of…
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Godzilla vs. Kong (dir. Adam Wingard): Film review
This clash of the titans is absolutely wonderful to behold
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Take a Sound Break with Lightning Rod Special’s New Audio Series
Lightning Rod Special launches new series of FREE theatrical audio works,
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Religious Cults in Philadelphia: Interview with author Thom Nickels
Religious cults have marked every society throughout history, and Philadelphia has seen its share of peculiar groups. The city’s streets have seen such charismatic figures…
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Oscars Facing Backlash For No Zoom Policy
The Oscars will be going ahead on Sunday, April 25, to the delight of the film industry, TV executives and film aficionados. However, it remains…
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NOBODY (dir. Ilya Naishuller): Film review
If someone told me that the cinematic trend kicked off by Liam Neeson in which a middle-aged gentleman with a certain set of skills has…
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Living in A DOLL’S HOUSE: An Ibsen adaption for these times
Wife and husband team Jennifer Summerfield and Kyle Cassidy are releasing their quarantine-themed adaptation of A Doll’s House to coincide with the one-year anniversary of Philly’s stay-at-home order,
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CRISIS (dir. Nicholas Jarecki): Film review
Crisis does for the opioid crisis what Crash attempted to do for race relations in America.
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