Teatro Grattacielo announces its 2022-23 Season, featuring Mozart’s Don Giovanni on June 16 & 17, 2023 at Riverside Theater and Spontini’s La Vestale starring Indra Thomas as Giulia and Tahanee Aluwihare as La Gran Vestale on October 28, 2023 at the Gerald Lynch Theater at John Jay College. For more information and to purchase tickets, visit grattacielo.org/season.
“On behalf of the Board of Directors and myself, we are excited to be bringing back to the US the historic Italian version of La Vestale, adding to yearlong celebrations of the 100th birth anniversary of Greek-American soprano Maria Callas,” said Stefanos Koroneos, General and Artistic Director, Teatro Grattacielo. “Maria was born in New York. She took her first steps around our great city. With our season, we are honoring her memory, her artistry, and her love for our great city and community. We are also happy to be presenting our production of Don Giovanni,...
“On behalf of the Board of Directors and myself, we are excited to be bringing back to the US the historic Italian version of La Vestale, adding to yearlong celebrations of the 100th birth anniversary of Greek-American soprano Maria Callas,” said Stefanos Koroneos, General and Artistic Director, Teatro Grattacielo. “Maria was born in New York. She took her first steps around our great city. With our season, we are honoring her memory, her artistry, and her love for our great city and community. We are also happy to be presenting our production of Don Giovanni,...
- 2/3/2023
- by Music Martin Cid Magazine
- Martin Cid Music
Sergio Leone's filmmaking instincts were unerring. Once he got his feet under him with "A Fistful of Dollars," he made masterfully composed widescreen Western epics that were dense with references to their genre predecessors. You don't have to be a movie buff to fall in love with a Leone film, but your enjoyment is certainly enhanced, particularly on multiple viewings, when you realize how deftly he's integrated the works of John Ford, Howard Hawks, Anthony Mann and so on into his mythic vision of the West. And while his Italian perspective, which spawned the label "Spaghetti Western," gave these films a vaguely European sensibility, he largely connected with audiences the world over because he spoke fluently the language of cinema.
Leone might've been an articulate filmmaker, but he was far from loquacious. He only spoke when he had something to say. This is why, after the completion of "Duck, You Sucker...
Leone might've been an articulate filmmaker, but he was far from loquacious. He only spoke when he had something to say. This is why, after the completion of "Duck, You Sucker...
- 8/22/2022
- by Jeremy Smith
- Slash Film
To say that The Flash Season 7 Episode 2 was an emotional rollercoaster full of twists, humor, and emotion would be an understatement.
The episode started strong with a heartfelt scene to remember all the Wells. It only got more interesting as Barry and the rest of Team Flash dealt with his new power of speed thinking.
Everything about "The Speed of Thought" was classic The Flash, dating back to the glories of The Flash Season 1. If this is a picture of how the rest of The Flash Season 7 will play out, we are in for a treat.
Barry's heart has always been at the very core of the show. Barry Allen was not the Paragon of Love on the Crisis of Infinite Earths for nothing.
But with the death of Wells, Barry wondered whether or not his heart was a vulnerability that Team Flash's enemies used to their advantage.
The episode started strong with a heartfelt scene to remember all the Wells. It only got more interesting as Barry and the rest of Team Flash dealt with his new power of speed thinking.
Everything about "The Speed of Thought" was classic The Flash, dating back to the glories of The Flash Season 1. If this is a picture of how the rest of The Flash Season 7 will play out, we are in for a treat.
Barry's heart has always been at the very core of the show. Barry Allen was not the Paragon of Love on the Crisis of Infinite Earths for nothing.
But with the death of Wells, Barry wondered whether or not his heart was a vulnerability that Team Flash's enemies used to their advantage.
- 3/10/2021
- by Sarah Little
- TVfanatic
A bittersweet truth of this pandemic, among many, is that the “quarantine album” has rapidly become its own genre. While the music industry as a whole has had to make do with recording albums remotely during lockdown for the past year, a distinct sonic concept for many of these releases has emerged: emotionally raw, the creation of one or a few people in a home studio, often described as “acoustic,” even as layers of synths and reverb contribute to the feelings of isolation. (Bon Iver’s For Emma, Forever Ago...
- 2/8/2021
- by Claire Shaffer
- Rollingstone.com
Saoirse Ronan and Kate Winslet are both proven academy favorites with multiple nominations to their names. Both are now in another plausible Oscar contender, “Ammonite,” in which Winslet plays Mary Anning, a paleontologist who forms a brief but intense relationship with Ronan’s Charlotte Murchison. If both were to earn a nomination for “Ammonite,” it would be Ronan’s fifth and Winslet’s eighth, continuing their runs as some of the most nominated actresses of the 21st century. While Winslet already won her Oscar for 2008’s “The Reader,” Ronan has yet to take home the little gold man, but she might just be on the same path to victory as her co-star in the end.
Winslet earned Oscar nominations for “Sense and Sensibility” (1995), “Titanic” (1997), “Iris” (2001), “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind” (2004) and “Little Children” (2006) before finally winning for “The Reader” (she was later nominated for 2015’s “Steve Jobs”). During the run-up to Winslet’s victory,...
Winslet earned Oscar nominations for “Sense and Sensibility” (1995), “Titanic” (1997), “Iris” (2001), “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind” (2004) and “Little Children” (2006) before finally winning for “The Reader” (she was later nominated for 2015’s “Steve Jobs”). During the run-up to Winslet’s victory,...
- 12/31/2020
- by Kevin Jacobsen
- Gold Derby
Actors portraying feminist icon Gloria Steinem might be nominated in three categories at the upcoming Golden Globes. If that happens, it will be the first time that three actors are nominated in the same year for playing the same role.
SEEDear Golden Globes: Don’t drive a stake through the heart of ‘What We Do in the Shadows,’ nominate it instead
On the TV side, Rose Byrne plays Steinem in the FX on Hulu limited series “Mrs. America,” which chronicles the struggle for women’s rights between conservative Phyllis Schlafly (Cate Blanchett) and progressive feminists led by Steinem. On the film side, Oscar winners Alicia Vikander and Julianne Moore play Steinem at different stages of her life as she rises to prominence as a leader of the women’s liberation movement in Julie Taymor‘s biopic “The Glorias.”
It is not unprecedented for two actors from the same film to be nominated for one role.
SEEDear Golden Globes: Don’t drive a stake through the heart of ‘What We Do in the Shadows,’ nominate it instead
On the TV side, Rose Byrne plays Steinem in the FX on Hulu limited series “Mrs. America,” which chronicles the struggle for women’s rights between conservative Phyllis Schlafly (Cate Blanchett) and progressive feminists led by Steinem. On the film side, Oscar winners Alicia Vikander and Julianne Moore play Steinem at different stages of her life as she rises to prominence as a leader of the women’s liberation movement in Julie Taymor‘s biopic “The Glorias.”
It is not unprecedented for two actors from the same film to be nominated for one role.
- 12/11/2020
- by Rob Licuria
- Gold Derby
Hayley Williams performed three songs from her solo album Petals for Armor live for the first time for the latest installment of NPR’s Tiny Desk (Home) Concert.
For the mini-set — recorded in Williams’ home — the Paramore singer played “Pure Love,” “Taken,” and “Dead Horse” alongside a band that included Becca Mancari and Julien Baker.
“I’ve never done this without Paramore,” Williams admits during the performance; Petals for Armor, written during a period of self-imposed isolation, arrived amid the coronavirus pandemic, preventing the singer from touring behind the LP.
For the mini-set — recorded in Williams’ home — the Paramore singer played “Pure Love,” “Taken,” and “Dead Horse” alongside a band that included Becca Mancari and Julien Baker.
“I’ve never done this without Paramore,” Williams admits during the performance; Petals for Armor, written during a period of self-imposed isolation, arrived amid the coronavirus pandemic, preventing the singer from touring behind the LP.
- 12/9/2020
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
Phoebe Bridgers and Phoebe Waller-Bridge have finally collaborated, with the Fleabag star directing the video for Bridgers’ “Savior Complex.”
Shot in black-and-white and released on Facebook, the clip stars Normal People actor Paul Mescal, who previously starred in the Rolling Stones’ video for “Scarlet.” A bruised Mescal and a dog are seen on a beach, as Bridgers appears in several scenes as the “savior complex,” driving by, appearing as a hotel clerk, and more.
In an interview with Rolling Stone last summer, Bridgers spoke of Waller-Bridge and their name similarity.
Shot in black-and-white and released on Facebook, the clip stars Normal People actor Paul Mescal, who previously starred in the Rolling Stones’ video for “Scarlet.” A bruised Mescal and a dog are seen on a beach, as Bridgers appears in several scenes as the “savior complex,” driving by, appearing as a hotel clerk, and more.
In an interview with Rolling Stone last summer, Bridgers spoke of Waller-Bridge and their name similarity.
- 12/1/2020
- by Angie Martoccio
- Rollingstone.com
Warning: The following contains spoilers for The Boys Season 2, Episode 2. Proceed at your own risk!
“I don’t want the world to see me, ’cause I don’t think that they’d understand…”
More from TVLineThe Boys' Karen Fukuhara on Kimiko's Big Loss and Her 'Rift' With FrenchieThe Boys Season 2 Premiere Recap: Who's the Boss? — Plus, Grade It!Performer of the Week: Jurnee Smollett
Who knew the Goo Goo Dolls’ “Iris” was an anthem for The Deep’s deep shame over his gills?
In the second episode of The Boys‘ new season, the supe is urged by his new friend...
“I don’t want the world to see me, ’cause I don’t think that they’d understand…”
More from TVLineThe Boys' Karen Fukuhara on Kimiko's Big Loss and Her 'Rift' With FrenchieThe Boys Season 2 Premiere Recap: Who's the Boss? — Plus, Grade It!Performer of the Week: Jurnee Smollett
Who knew the Goo Goo Dolls’ “Iris” was an anthem for The Deep’s deep shame over his gills?
In the second episode of The Boys‘ new season, the supe is urged by his new friend...
- 9/5/2020
- by Vlada Gelman
- TVLine.com
Netflix has given a platform to various voices in the Hollywood industry such as Alfonso Cuarón (“Roma”), Dee Rees (“Mudbound”), and most recently Martin Scorsese (“The Irishman”), in which filmmakers get to bring their distinct visions to life with the autonomy they wouldn’t be afforded at a traditional studio. As Oscars voters have become more accepting of the streaming giant’s offerings (see Laura Dern’s best supporting actress win for “Marriage Story”), it’s encouraging to see Netflix roll out the red carpet for Charlie Kaufman’s “I’m Thinking of Ending Things.” With critics weighing in with mostly positive reviews, Kaufman — who serves as the film’s writer, director and producer — along with his below-the-line team, could be an underdog contender in this year’s unusual awards race.
The film tells the story of an unnamed woman (Jessie Buckley) traveling with her new boyfriend (Jesse Plemons) to meet...
The film tells the story of an unnamed woman (Jessie Buckley) traveling with her new boyfriend (Jesse Plemons) to meet...
- 9/3/2020
- by Clayton Davis
- Variety Film + TV
Since early promotion for Wonder Woman 1984, one look has captured everyone’s attention: Diana’s golden suit of armor, with its fantastical set of wings. The Gal Gadot incarnation of Wonder Woman has broken the grimdark doom-and-gloom black leather superhero look from her very first appearance in Batman v. Supermam: Dawn of Justice, and she’s only become more colorful and bright with each successive movie, including Wonder Woman 1984’s rainbow poster aesthetic that showed off the wing-less version of the armor.
Dubbed her Golden Eagle Armor, this look originated in the comics and it’s exciting to see it come to life on the big screen, especially the way Diana sheds the wings so fluidly. It’s the kind of move we often see depicted on the page but is hard to imagine translated to a grounded live-action depiction, but director Patty Jenkins and her team found a way that’s mysterious,...
Dubbed her Golden Eagle Armor, this look originated in the comics and it’s exciting to see it come to life on the big screen, especially the way Diana sheds the wings so fluidly. It’s the kind of move we often see depicted on the page but is hard to imagine translated to a grounded live-action depiction, but director Patty Jenkins and her team found a way that’s mysterious,...
- 8/23/2020
- by Delia Harrington
- Den of Geek
After much speculation, tweeting, trolling, and gnashing of teeth, HBO Max’s version of Justice League, which may or may not have the title of Zack Snyder’s Justice League, got an official trailer. There’s plenty to deconstruct in it (see our analysis here), but one bright spot is the inclusion of Kiersey Clemons as Iris West.
In the trailer, Ezra Miller’s barefoot Barry Allen comes to the rescue Clemons’s Iris West as she lies in the street, presumably about to be hit by a car. Fans of the The Flash know the character Iris West as a reporter and Barry Allen’s love interest and eventual wife.
Clemons had previously been announced to play female lead Iris West in the Dceu’s The Flash solo movie, which has long been delayed but is finally(!) coming in June of 2022, now with two Batmen! Fans may know Clemons from Transparent,...
In the trailer, Ezra Miller’s barefoot Barry Allen comes to the rescue Clemons’s Iris West as she lies in the street, presumably about to be hit by a car. Fans of the The Flash know the character Iris West as a reporter and Barry Allen’s love interest and eventual wife.
Clemons had previously been announced to play female lead Iris West in the Dceu’s The Flash solo movie, which has long been delayed but is finally(!) coming in June of 2022, now with two Batmen! Fans may know Clemons from Transparent,...
- 8/23/2020
- by Delia Harrington
- Den of Geek
We now can see how The Flash‘s faux Iris covered her very early tracks, in a deleted scene from Season 6 of the CW series.
At the close of Season 6, Episode 10, the real Iris (played by Candice Patton) had a late-night epiphany — McCulloch Technologies’ room AV3 is Eva spelled backwards! As in the name of the company’s long-vanished founder! — so she dashed out to investigate, leaving a sleeping Barry a note that she went to chase a lead.
More from TVLineArrowverse Big Bads, Ranked (2020): Who Are the Best at Being the Worst?DC FanDome Event: Batwoman, Flash, Black...
At the close of Season 6, Episode 10, the real Iris (played by Candice Patton) had a late-night epiphany — McCulloch Technologies’ room AV3 is Eva spelled backwards! As in the name of the company’s long-vanished founder! — so she dashed out to investigate, leaving a sleeping Barry a note that she went to chase a lead.
More from TVLineArrowverse Big Bads, Ranked (2020): Who Are the Best at Being the Worst?DC FanDome Event: Batwoman, Flash, Black...
- 8/21/2020
- by Matt Webb Mitovich
- TVLine.com
Mubi's series Shooting the Hip: The Cinematography of Sean Price Williams is showing June and July in many countries.Above: The Color WheelThe work of cinematographer Sean Price Williams has become synonymous with contemporary American independent cinema. What separates his filmography from his peers is his ability to shape shift with his various collaborators whether in different film frameworks of fiction and non-fiction, different genres, or just different aesthetics altogether. He is perhaps best known for his collaborations with Josh and Ben Safdie (Heaven Knows What and Good Time), but his credits include over ninety feature-length films and shorts— a body of work that when investigating further yields some of the most impressive images in the medium. With his versatile camera Williams brings an electric personal energy to wildly different films, making his name in the credits an enticement to any project.Often the stories about Williams start with...
- 7/22/2020
- MUBI
While the coronavirus has upended the Oscar season by reducing the importance of fall film festivals that will likely do more virtual screening rather than physical and causing studios to push some major titles into next year, the delayed 93rd Academy Awards will take place on April 23, 2021.
Matters might be up in the air about what films will be eligible and how many will actually be seen on a big screen. More and more, the options are more likely to be drive-ins, streaming sites, protected links for voters and VOD titles.
But on the side of optimism, we asked our readers to pick which likely Best Actress Oscar winner from the past might be able to join the two-fer club of leading ladies who possess two lead honors in the 2021 race. The 13 are Meryl Streep, Bette Davis, Ingrid Bergman, Jane Fonda, Elizabeth Taylor, Olivia de Havilland, Glenda Jackson, Jodie Foster,...
Matters might be up in the air about what films will be eligible and how many will actually be seen on a big screen. More and more, the options are more likely to be drive-ins, streaming sites, protected links for voters and VOD titles.
But on the side of optimism, we asked our readers to pick which likely Best Actress Oscar winner from the past might be able to join the two-fer club of leading ladies who possess two lead honors in the 2021 race. The 13 are Meryl Streep, Bette Davis, Ingrid Bergman, Jane Fonda, Elizabeth Taylor, Olivia de Havilland, Glenda Jackson, Jodie Foster,...
- 7/15/2020
- by Susan Wloszczyna
- Gold Derby
Iris, a Chinese online film review magazine well known among cinephiles, recently published a full translation of IndieWire’s exclusive interview with documentarian Stanley Nelson on the George Floyd protests. The Chinese version, with a drastically different headline and multiple translation errors, is one of many examples of how social justice — especially racial justice — movements are misconstrued among the Chinese audience.
The IndieWire interview, in which Nelson discussed the nuances and complexity of African American movements as well as the importance of black filmmakers telling their own stories, was placed under a Chinese headline: “The African American Director Who Knows Black People The Most, Does Not Approve This Movement” (最懂黑人的非裔导演,却不支持这场运动).
The title is both misleading and dangerous. Nelson, who built his career capturing African American experience, exposing and challenging structural racism, later went on PBS commending protestors’ efforts. The misinterpretation of Nelson’s reflection on the protests goes beyond the headlines.
The IndieWire interview, in which Nelson discussed the nuances and complexity of African American movements as well as the importance of black filmmakers telling their own stories, was placed under a Chinese headline: “The African American Director Who Knows Black People The Most, Does Not Approve This Movement” (最懂黑人的非裔导演,却不支持这场运动).
The title is both misleading and dangerous. Nelson, who built his career capturing African American experience, exposing and challenging structural racism, later went on PBS commending protestors’ efforts. The misinterpretation of Nelson’s reflection on the protests goes beyond the headlines.
- 6/16/2020
- by Tony Lin
- Thompson on Hollywood
Iris, a Chinese online film review magazine well known among cinephiles, recently published a full translation of IndieWire’s exclusive interview with documentarian Stanley Nelson on the George Floyd protests. The Chinese version, with a drastically different headline and multiple translation errors, is one of many examples of how social justice — especially racial justice — movements are misconstrued among the Chinese audience.
The IndieWire interview, in which Nelson discussed the nuances and complexity of African American movements as well as the importance of black filmmakers telling their own stories, was placed under a Chinese headline: “The African American Director Who Knows Black People The Most, Does Not Approve This Movement” (最懂黑人的非裔导演,却不支持这场运动).
The title is both misleading and dangerous. Nelson, who built his career capturing African American experience, exposing and challenging structural racism, later went on PBS commending protestors’ efforts. The misinterpretation of Nelson’s reflection on the protests goes beyond the headlines.
The IndieWire interview, in which Nelson discussed the nuances and complexity of African American movements as well as the importance of black filmmakers telling their own stories, was placed under a Chinese headline: “The African American Director Who Knows Black People The Most, Does Not Approve This Movement” (最懂黑人的非裔导演,却不支持这场运动).
The title is both misleading and dangerous. Nelson, who built his career capturing African American experience, exposing and challenging structural racism, later went on PBS commending protestors’ efforts. The misinterpretation of Nelson’s reflection on the protests goes beyond the headlines.
- 6/16/2020
- by Tony Lin
- Indiewire
Music has never been more diverse or more accessible, and that extends to the way we listen to music too. Massive home audio systems have been replaced by sleek, streamlined sets that combine analog and digital listening with the latest streaming technology. Snag one of these as the centerpiece of your living room or office, or combine it with other speakers to create an immersive multi-room setup.
Best In Class: Andover Model-One Record Player
Andover’s Model-One combines a classic turntable with an audio system that packs a surprisingly wide soundstage for its size.
Best In Class: Andover Model-One Record Player
Andover’s Model-One combines a classic turntable with an audio system that packs a surprisingly wide soundstage for its size.
- 6/10/2020
- by Tim Chan
- Rollingstone.com
Just as Saoirse Ronan so emphatically says in Little Women, “Women!” And in honor of women and the best female-centric documentaries in their library, Magnolia Pictures is hosting a giveaway of digital download codes with /Film. If you would like a free digital download code to films like Rbg, the ultra-cool deep dive into Supreme Court Justice Ruth […]
The post Magnolia “Influential Women” Giveaway: Win Digital Download Codes for ‘Rbg,’ Iris,’ ‘Kusama: Infinity,’ and More appeared first on /Film.
The post Magnolia “Influential Women” Giveaway: Win Digital Download Codes for ‘Rbg,’ Iris,’ ‘Kusama: Infinity,’ and More appeared first on /Film.
- 5/25/2020
- by Hoai-Tran Bui
- Slash Film
IMDb.com, Inc. takes no responsibility for the content or accuracy of the above news articles, Tweets, or blog posts. This content is published for the entertainment of our users only. The news articles, Tweets, and blog posts do not represent IMDb's opinions nor can we guarantee that the reporting therein is completely factual. Please visit the source responsible for the item in question to report any concerns you may have regarding content or accuracy.