Come From Away at Red Tree Theatre from March 7-23, 2025, explores themes of compassion and community through the story of Gander’s hospitality post-9/11. This poignant musical, directed by Daniel Craig, showcases an ensemble cast that balances humor and tragedy, highlighting shared humanity amidst adversity. It’s a must-see production.
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We need to talk about Kevin: Cinematic quality in a sea of ambiguity.
posted by lisathatcher
It’s been a bit of a film week for me. I saw We Need To Talk About Kevin, and I need to fess up right away that I haven’t read Lionel Shriver’s book. Nor do I intend to. I have nothing against Ms Shriver, but I read Room by Emma Donoghue and I will confess […]
Midnight in Paris – Woody’s letter to himself.
posted by lisathatcher
Woody Allen likes to make films for himself and if other people like them too, well, that’s just darling. If he wants to copy a Bergman, he does it. If he wants to bash on endlessly about his neurosis, he does it. if He wants to be asking the same questions about the invisible pathways between men […]
Norwegian Wood: Death, grief and sex.
posted by lisathatcher
Ok – so I am now reading this because the film is so alluring, I decided to take on my first Haruki Mirukami novel. (The great love recommended it to me as well, and who can resist that combination?) This novel has been called impossible to adapt for film. It is the fifth of Mirukami’s […]
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Francois Ozon: Film as art, art as film.
posted by lisathatcher
“I think cinema has to deal with desire. In the cinema, you are with a big screen, it is dark, and you watch some images, like a fantasy, so I think it is important for you to feel desire for what you see.” So, I did write in my post Top ten films blog-a-thon, that […]