Thanks be to the generous souls on Letterboxd who run the“Not Andrew Sarris” and “Not Dave Kehr” accounts with their thoughtful capsule reviews. When logging my viewing for Metrograph’s upcoming series, On Fire Island, I found reviews for Andy Warhol and Chuck Wein’s My Hustler, Frank Perry’s Last Summer, and Bill Sherwood’s Parting Glances by the aforementioned critics. Stan Lopresto’s Sticks and Stones and Wakefield Poole’s Boys in the Sand (also screening in the series) are noticeably missing professional critiques. Looking further, Last Summer is the only film of the five to receive a fair shake from a robust number of film critics and the write-ups for My Hustler and Parting Glances are more first impressions than researched arguments.
On Fire Island is programmed by Michael Lieberman, head of publicity at Metrograph, and picks up the critical slack with programming-as-criticism. The series is...
On Fire Island is programmed by Michael Lieberman, head of publicity at Metrograph, and picks up the critical slack with programming-as-criticism. The series is...
- 8/10/2017
- by The Film Stage
- The Film Stage
We asked Den Of Geek’s writers to recommend brilliant comedy shows that deserve to have more of a fuss made about them. Here they are...
Banging a drum about stuff we love is more or less our remit on Den Of Geek - hence what many readers have started referring to as the ‘inexplicably regular' appearance of Statham, squirrels and Harold Bishop from Neighbours on these pages.
To that end then, we asked our writers which comedy shows (past and present, UK or otherwise, on TV, radio, or online…) deserved more praise, and here are the ones they chose. You might already like them too, or you might discover something new to dig out and enjoy. That’s the fun of it.
Please note that this list isn’t ranked in any order, nor is it exhaustive. It’s compiled from the opinions of a group of different people,...
Banging a drum about stuff we love is more or less our remit on Den Of Geek - hence what many readers have started referring to as the ‘inexplicably regular' appearance of Statham, squirrels and Harold Bishop from Neighbours on these pages.
To that end then, we asked our writers which comedy shows (past and present, UK or otherwise, on TV, radio, or online…) deserved more praise, and here are the ones they chose. You might already like them too, or you might discover something new to dig out and enjoy. That’s the fun of it.
Please note that this list isn’t ranked in any order, nor is it exhaustive. It’s compiled from the opinions of a group of different people,...
- 11/13/2014
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
New York City Opera began last season with Powder Her Face, a sour British romp about the rise and downfall of a sexually voracious tabloid aristocrat who performs a scene of oral sex set to raunchily suggestive music. The company began the current season with Anna Nicole, a sour British romp about the rise and downfall of a sexually voracious American tabloid queen who performs a scene of oral sex set to raunchily suggestive music. This second import, by librettist Richard Thomas and composer Mark-Anthony Turnage, opens with a sizzling, brassy chord and a blast of desperate hilarity. Soon we get our first glimpse of our heroine, the self-created goddess of camera-friendly excess, Anna Nicole Smith. But her liveliness can’t last. The moment of truth comes a little later, when her octogenarian-billionaire husband collapses, then rouses himself just long enough to utter a final protest: “Not dead yet.” City...
- 9/18/2013
- by Justin Davidson
- Vulture
The theater season has just begun, but it’s already claimed its first Broadway casualty. Producers scuttled plans for a musical version of the Daphne du Maurier novel Rebecca, which was to open this fall, but failed to secure all of its $12 million budget amid reports of phantom investors, sabotage, and fateful producer inexperience. Not all of the drama was backstage, however, with several high-profile productions making their debuts with (mostly) mixed critical response:
Grace: Despite some terrific performances by Broadway newbies Michael Shannon and Kate Arrington, I found Craig Wright’s dramedy to be “glibly funny and flawed” in...
Grace: Despite some terrific performances by Broadway newbies Michael Shannon and Kate Arrington, I found Craig Wright’s dramedy to be “glibly funny and flawed” in...
- 10/6/2012
- by Thom Geier
- EW.com - PopWatch
Manhattan Theatre Club will present the American premiere of Rebecca Lenkiewiczs new version of An Enemy Of The People by Henrik Ibsen, directed by Tony Award winner Doug Hughes Doubt, The Royal Family, The Whipping Man, Defiance on Broadway this fall. Starring four-time Tony Award winner Boyd Gaines and Emmy Award winner Richard Thomas, An Enemy Of The People will play the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre, with previews beginning Tuesday, September 4, 2012 and opening on Thursday, September 27, 2012.The cast and creative team met the press today, and BroadwayWorld's Richie Ridge was there to bring you interviews with them below...
- 8/8/2012
- by BroadwayWorld TV
- BroadwayWorld.com
Manhattan Theatre Club will present the American premiere of Rebecca Lenkiewiczs new version of An Enemy Of The People by Henrik Ibsen, directed by Tony Award winner Doug Hughes Doubt, The Royal Family, The Whipping Man, Defiance on Broadway this fall. Starring four-time Tony Award winner Boyd Gaines and Emmy Award winner Richard Thomas, An Enemy Of The People will play the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre, with previews beginning Tuesday, September 4, 2012 and opening on Thursday, September 27, 2012.The cast and creative team met the press today, and BroadwayWorld brings you full coverage from the event below...
- 8/8/2012
- by Jennifer Broski
- BroadwayWorld.com
Manhattan Theatre Club has announced new productions for its 2012-13 seasons both on and Off-Broadway. For its Main Stem opener at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre, Tony-winner Doug Hughes ("Doubt") will direct Rebecca Lenkiewicz's adaptation of Henrik Ibsen's "An Enemy of the People" starring four-time Tony-winner Boyd Gaines as a heroic doctor who stands against popular opinion to save his town. Richard Thomas will star as his brother, the conciliating mayor. Previews begin Sept. 4 for a Sept. 27 opening. This is a rare instance of a Broadway nonmusical with a large cast. Nancy Piccione is the casting director. Equity principal auditions will be held June 14.Also coming to Broadway during the 2012-13 season is "Hands on a Hard Body," one of very few Broadway musicals based on a documentary film. ("Grey Gardens" is another one.) The 1997 feature that inspired the show depicts a group of Texans competing in...
- 6/1/2012
- by help@backstage.com (David Sheward)
- backstage.com
Manhattan Theatre Club has announced that they will present the American premiere of Rebecca Lenkiewiczs new version of An Enemy Of The People by Henrik Ibsen, directed by Tony Award winner Doug Hughes Doubt, The Royal Family, The Whipping Man, Defiance on Broadway this fall. Starring four-time Tony Award winner Boyd Gaines and Emmy Award winner Richard Thomas, An Enemy Of The People will play the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre, with previews beginning Tuesday, September 4, 2012 and opening on Thursday, September 27, 2012.
- 5/30/2012
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
"Nice Work If You Can Get It," the new musical using the Gershwin songbook, received the most nominations from the Outer Critics Circle for its annual awards. The tuner is up for nine Occ awards, but ironically, it's not in the running for best Broadway musical. The nominated productions in that category are "Bonnie & Clyde," "Newsies," "Once," and "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark." "Newsies" and "Once" tied for second place in the nomination sweepstakes with seven each. The announcement was made by actors Lily Rabe and Richard Thomas on Monday, April 23 in a press conference at the Friars Club in Manhattan. Also present were Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara, who presented a special award to the Public Theater in honor of its 50th anniversary of presenting free theater at the Delacorte in Central Park. In addition to their long joint career as comedy performers, Stiller and Meara are alumni...
- 4/23/2012
- by help@backstage.com (David Sheward)
- backstage.com
Don't you just love it when life sort of imitates art?
Jon Hamm, who plays the chain smoking Don Draper on TV's 'Mad Men,' has been hired by Mercedes Benz as a pitchman for their car commercials, which will premiere during the Academy Awards.
This means, of course, that Mr. Hamm will replace actor Richard Thomas who has done the voiceover for Mercedes' car commercials for the last four years. Good night Jon-Boy.
The company's marketing VP Stephen Cannon called Hamm "a hot actor." That must have been one awkward audition.
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Jon Hamm, who plays the chain smoking Don Draper on TV's 'Mad Men,' has been hired by Mercedes Benz as a pitchman for their car commercials, which will premiere during the Academy Awards.
This means, of course, that Mr. Hamm will replace actor Richard Thomas who has done the voiceover for Mercedes' car commercials for the last four years. Good night Jon-Boy.
The company's marketing VP Stephen Cannon called Hamm "a hot actor." That must have been one awkward audition.
Filed under: Commercials, Celebrities, Casting, Reality-Free, Mad Men
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- 3/4/2010
- by Danny Gallagher
- Aol TV.
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