‘Arts’ Archives
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/
Movie Corner Bonus: Candyman
Horror/Thriller Universal Pictures (2021) ★★★★ (4 out of 5) By HOWARD MCQUITTER II Universal Pictures If one says “candyman” five times consecutively in an audible voice one can expect a ghost from the past, a large Black man with a hook on his right hand who will kill anyone daring to repeat his name five times in a row. Director Nia DaCosta takes a slightly different take from the original Candyman, directed by Briton Bernard Rose (Frankenstein , Paperhouse ), whose horror film is referred to by some to be the Halloween of the 1990s. Behind DaCosta's version is a steady and reliable hand of one the screenwriters - Jordan Peele. A 2020-21 look at the former Cabrini-Green neighborhood (still there in the 1990s but crumbling in desperate need of repair) which is "nicely" hidden by white developers and whites who have fled to the suburbs and exurbs. Candyman still hangs [...]
