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Movie Corner: Coda
Vendome Pictures (2021) By HOWARD MCQUITTER II Official film poster, Apple TV+ What can I say about this motion picture that is "art- house", perhaps, yet rings to me to be one of the best films since the 2021 Oscars? CODA (the 2021 story) is the precise literary work by both the director and screenwriter: Sian Heder. She tells a story of one family of deaf members except for the daughter, Ruby Rossi (Emilia Jones), in a small fishing town (set in Massachusetts) where the family makes their living by catching and selling fish from a boat. A superb performance by Emilia Jones and fine performances by the supporting cast: Marlee Matlin (won best actress for Children of a Lesser God , a theme centering on deaf people) as Ruby's mother; Troy Kotsur (Frank Rossi) as Ruby's father; and Daniel Durant (Leo Rossi) as her brother. Although Ruby is the only non- deaf person, she is [...]
Open Eye Theatre presents The Red Shoes
Open Eye Theatre presents THE RED SHOESOctober 14 - 31, 2021The critically-acclaimed film noir fairytale returns after a 19-month hiatus in a newly expanded version! THE RED SHOES takes its title from a classic Hans Christian Anderson story of a young girl and a pair of red shoes, and thrillingly re-imagines it as a retro-urban fairytale. This revised version further explores elements of detective fiction, multiple personality, and psychological mystery. Visit openeyetheatre.org for more information and tickets https://www.openeyetheatre.org/
