"Fargo" Season 2 To Return with Patrick Wilson, Ted Danson, Jean Smart and...
“True Detective and “Fargo” were both born in the same year. One went to live in the sweltering marshland of Louisiana; the other in the frigid wasteland of North Dakota. Both had similar proclivities,...
View ArticleMeryl Streep Plays Ageing Rock Star in “Ricki and The Flash”
The Oscars ought to be renamed the Meryls. As the most nominated actor in the Golden Globe and Academy Award history, Meryl Streep has the kind of track record that could inspire sweeping statements....
View Article8 Acts to Catch at Afropunk Fest 2015 in Brooklyn
Afropunk Fest, now in its 11th year, spreads out across Commodore Barry Park in Brooklyn, August 22-23. What at first emerged as a showcase for black punk acts — inspired by James Spooner’s 2003...
View ArticleA Tale of Two Revivals: “On the Town” and “Hedwig”
Two acclaimed revivals — “On the Town” and “Hedwig and the Angry Inch” — recently announced their closing dates on Broadway and both will have much to brag about when the curtain comes down for the...
View ArticleA Documentary Explores Wolfgang Beltracchi’s Forgeries
Here’s a question: How did a longhaired German hippie, a drifter who had once lived on a beach in Morocco, with a wife and two children, end up becoming one of the most reviled figures in the art...
View ArticlePremiere: Müller_Roedelius’ Video for “Origami II”
Julian Cope once wrote that there was “a raging peace” emanating from the music of Hans-Joachim Roedelius, a study in contrasts. This is true of his most famous work, recorded in the 1970s, but is even...
View ArticleTwo Philip K. Dick Stories Being Adapted for Television in 2015: “Minority...
It looks as if television has finally discovered the treasure that is American science fiction writer Philip K. Dick. This year, two shows based on the visionary author’s works will premiere on...
View ArticleQ&A with Beth Malone: “So Far…So Good”
In “Fun Home,” which recently won the Tony Award for Best Musical, the young protagonist Alison sings “Ring of Keys,” expressing the wonder of discovering a kindred spirit when she spies a butch...
View ArticleDance as a Visual Language - Rosemary Butcher’s Retrospective at the Akademie...
Rosemary Butcher’s retrospective ‘Moving in Time: Making Marks and Memories’ at the Akademie der Künste in Berlin is a unique chance to get acquainted with an impressive body of work that the British...
View ArticleQ&A with Playwright A.R. Gurney: Money, Manners, and Morals
Visitors to either the expansive Connecticut home or Upper West Side apartment of A.R. Gurney are likely to leave with their hands full: A complete set of leather-bound Beaumont Fletcher perhaps, or a...
View Article“Mid-Wicket Tales with Naseeruddin Shah”: A Coming-of-Age TV Series About The...
Once famously described as an Indian game accidentally invented by the English, cricket is a sport that the sub-continent lives and dies by. Every big victory is celebrated with fireworks and impromptu...
View Article5 Films to See This Week in New York: “Gun Crazy,” “Chameleon Street,” and More
“Gun Crazy,” Museum of Modern Art, August 28Joseph H. Lewis’s 1949 nerve-pincher about a firearm-loving couple on a crime spree screens in a restored print (UCLA Film & Television Archive) at MoMA...
View ArticleQ&A: Alex Ross Perry on His Film “Queen of Earth”
Made on the heels of “Listen Up Philip” (2014), his dissection of misanthropic literary hero worship, Alex Ross Perry’s latest film, “Queen of Earth,” is a decisively less self-conscious but more...
View ArticleCritics Praise Cumberbatch in a Controversial Production of “Hamlet”
Benedict Cumberbatch’s “Hamlet” officially opened at the National Theatre on April 25 after weeks of hysterical media coverage one might expect from a production billed as “the fastest-selling play in...
View ArticleArt & Film on the Same Wavelength at Toronto Film Festival
All films are art of a kind, of course. And when it comes to showcasing new movies, the immaculately organized and supremely well-attended Toronto International Film Festival has managed to distinguish...
View ArticleNew Album Releases in September: Dâm-Funk, Micachu and The Shapes, Mild High...
1. Dâm-Funk, “Invite the Light”Known as ‘the ambassador of boogie funk’, Los Angeles producer, DJ and musician Dâm-Funk, is gearing up to release a 20-track album “Invite the Light” on September 4....
View ArticlePolitical Satire Group Aisi Taisi Democracy Take Their Show On The Road
The only way to survive India, as a tourist or even as a resident, is to have a sense of humour. As soon as you start seeing the funny side of things, this country will pull out all the stops to put on...
View ArticleDestroyer’s Dan Bejar On His Latest Album, “Poison Season”
“When I was younger I would have found it somewhat hammy and questionable,” Dan Bejar said of his new album, “Poison Season,” which comes out on August 28. The singer, who records under the name...
View ArticleReview: Hotel, A 100-year Rollercoaster Theater Ride Goes the Distance
Singapore’s golden jubilee seems to be bringing out the best in the local artistic community. After 7 Letters, the Singaporean filmmaking community’s emotional love letter to the little red dot, it’s...
View ArticleQ&A with Nina Arianda: An Admitted “Fool for Love”
In 2010, Nina Arianda emerged out of nowhere to win acclaim for her turn as the mercurial actress in the off-Broadway premiere of David Ives’s “Venus in Fur” not long after graduating from New York...
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