Why do you want to dance?Why do you want to live?Well, I don’t know exactly why, but I must.That’s my answer too. —Boris Lermontov and Vicky Page, The Red Shoes Born March 17, 1938, in Irkutsk, Russia, Rudolf Nureyev was a … Continue reading NUREYEV
When money talks, who speaks the truth? That’s one of the guiding questions behind All the Beauty and the Bloodshed, the Oscar-nominated documentary by Laura Poitras. But the driving force is Nan Goldin, a celebrated queer photographer and founding member … Continue reading ALL THE BEAUTY AND THE BLOODSHED
RBG, from documentarians from Julie Cohen and Betsy West, opens with images of Washington D.C. accompanied by sound bites from conservative talk radio and one American president casually dismissing a Supreme Court justice as vile and disgusting. “Witch” and “zombie” … Continue reading RBG
The revolution as seen through the eyes of the those revolved out in Memories of Underdevelopment and Tár The year is 2022, and conductor Lydia Tár is a foot from the top. Her memoir, Tár on Tár, will be published in … Continue reading Sympathy for the Devil
The year is 1981, and 9-year-old Cait (Catherine Clinch) is a silent type trying to stay out of her parent’s way. She already has a handful of siblings, with another on the way, and Mom and Dad are about as … Continue reading THE QUIET GIRL (AN CAILÍN CIÚIN)
Life’s pretty good for Wreck-It Ralph (John C. Reilly) and Vanellope von Schweetz (Sarah Silverman). It’s been six years since the two unmasked the dastardly Turbo, restored Princess Vanellope to her rightful place in Sugar Rush, and flipped Ralph from … Continue reading RALPH BREAKS THE INTERNET
All stories have to begin somewhere. Brimstone & Glory, a documentary about Mexico’s week-long National Pyrotechnics Festival, takes place in modern-day Tultepec, but its origins lie on the other side of the Atlantic, in Portugal specifically, at the end of the … Continue reading BRIMSTONE & GLORY
Movies aren’t just making history; they’re making our history,” filmmaker Mark Cousins muses in his latest documentary, The Story of Film: A New Generation. “They’re showing us what we are. What we want. What we fear. What we’ve lost. And what … Continue reading Mark Cousins on THE STORY OF FILM: A NEW GENERATION
What about the ROUS?Rodents of unusual size? I don’t think they exist. —Princess Buttercup and Westley in The Princess Bride Bad news Westley, they do exist. Growing up to 20 pounds and 24 inches long, with a tail that tacks on … Continue reading RODENTS OF UNUSUAL SIZE
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