5 Films to See This Week in New York: “Out 1,” “In Jackson Heights,” and More
“Out 1,” Brooklyn Academy of Music, opens November 4Jacques Rivette’s “Out 1” exists in two different forms, both of which are obscure and have haunted the cinephiliac imagination for decades — mostly...
View ArticleHow U2, Patti Smith, Noel Gallagher Joined a London Musical Love-in
“U2 in town. Expect a few surprise guests to come down.”We got them all right.With Bono in particular being mates with everyone who is anyone in music, it seems, the supposedly unexpected appearances...
View ArticleReview: Hussein Chalayan’s “Gravity Fatigue”
The acclaimed avant-garde British/Turkish-Cypriot fashion designer and artist, Hussein Chalayan, world-premiered his first dance-theatre piece “Gravity Fatigue” at the end of October. A full house of...
View ArticleTop 5 Dance Shows at the Paris Autumn Festival
The 44th edition of the Paris Autumn Festival opened on September 9, but the event’s very best dance shows took to the stage only last week, and will run through to December 8. Here are our Top 5 to...
View ArticleThe Spy With 24 Lives: James Bond Returns in “Spectre”
With each successive installment of the James Bond franchise, the spy is reborn. There is definitely connective tissue between all the different 007s — Sean Connery, David Niven, George Lazenby, Roger...
View ArticleRosalie Craig Boosts “As You Like It” at National Theatre: Review
The first “As You Like It” to grace London’s National Theatre in more than 30 years arrives with impressive credentials. Expectations ought to be high:· Rosalind is played by Rosalie Craig, who was...
View ArticleVIDEO: Devon Welsh Talks New Majical Cloudz Album
On the day the Pope descended on New York City, Devon Welsh, one-half of the indie-pop duo Majical Cloudz, talked to ARTINFO about the influence of Andy Warhol on the song “Silver Car Crash” and the...
View ArticleReview: Rambert’s “Love, Art and Rock ‘n’ Roll”
Didy Veldman’s “The 3 Dancers” stood out in Rambert’s triple bill, “Love, Art and Rock ‘n’ Roll” - an evening at Sadler’s Wells featuring works by three different choreographers, each one responding to...
View ArticleReview: Rambert’s “Love, Art and Rock ‘n’ Roll”
Didy Veldman’s “The 3 Dancers” stood out in Rambert’s triple bill, “Love, Art and Rock ‘n’ Roll” - an evening at Sadler’s Wells featuring works by three different choreographers, each one responding to...
View ArticleQ&A with Mary Testa: Playing Barbara Bush in “First Daughter Suite”
Mary Testa readily acknowledges that she doesn’t look like at all like Barbara Bush. Her eyes are too large, her face is not as angular, and her nose not as sharp-beaked. But at every performance of...
View ArticleThe Lost Work of Orson Welles at MoMA
Gore Vidal, in a remembrance of Orson Welles published in the New York Review of Books four years after the film director’s death, recalled Welles making the following admission during one of their...
View ArticleDirector Gaspar Noé Talks “Love,” 3-D, and the Jealousy of Male Critics
“Love,” Gaspar Noé’s tale of a messy relationship, may come as a bit of a surprise to those familiar the French director’s work, which — especially “Irreversible” (2002) but also “Enter the Void”...
View ArticleTokyo Film Fes Top Award Goes to Brazil Film “Nise”
A resurgent Tokyo International Film Festival gave its top award to a Brazilian film this year, with a jury led by Bryan Singer selecting “Nise – The Heart of Madness” by Roberto Berliner for the Tokyo...
View ArticleLearning to Love Cliché: Rick Alverson’s Uncomfortable "Entertainment"
“For all Intents and purposes, this film isn’t a comedy, although I’m sure it will be put in that box,” director Rick Alverson says over the phone from his home in Virginia. “Entertainment,” which...
View ArticleReview: “Elf: The Musical” – To Thine Own Elf Be True!
Too much treacle, and the adults will be retching. Too many wink-wink wisecracks, and the kids will switch off. It’s hard getting a Christmas show right.A new London production of the 2010 Broadway...
View ArticleReview: “The Hairy Ape” – A Fiery Xmas Affair
Compared with the spunky “Elf: The Musical,” there are directorial flourishes of a grittier kind over at the Old Vic, in Richard Jones’s superb production of Eugene O’Neill’s “The Hairy Ape”...
View Article5 Reasons Tokyo Film Festival is the World’s Best
This past weekend a resurgent Tokyo International Film Festival gave its top award to a Brazilian film, with a jury led by Bryan Singer selecting “Nise – The Heart of Madness” by Roberto Berliner for...
View ArticleCritics’ Support of “On Your Feet!” Reveals Right Formula for Jukebox Musicals
“On Your Feet!,” the bio-musical about Gloria and Emilio Estefan’s rise to pop superstardom, was already grossing over a million dollars per week before the critics chimed in on Friday, November 6. But...
View ArticleMötley Crüe Bows Out With Fireworks, Roller-Coaster Spectacular
Mötley Crüe is going out with the biggest bang possible. All jokes aside.At the US band’s final-ever London show, there are more fireworks than Independence Day or the UK’s Bonfire Night. There are...
View Article5 Films to See This Week in New York: “Spotlight,” “Carnival of Souls,” and More
“Spotlight,” major movie chains, ongoingA low-key ensemble film about the need for truth telling in a world of lies, “Spotlight” does a number of things correct, and in its own simple way is radical...
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