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Review: Florence Foster Jenkins. Streep is marvelous, but nearly eclipsed by...
The story of Florence Foster Jenkins is true; it’s strange; it brings up a lot of interesting questions about the intersection of money and the arts; and it is now a movie. In fact, it is the latest...
View ArticleFive film musicals to watch for – some you’ve seen onstage
I love musicals. I prefer my musicals live and in person; however, I will take a good musical wherever I can find it regardless of setting or format. Below is a list in chronological order of five...
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Fox’s glitzy Rocky Horror Picture Show, tame and dull
Let’s do the Time Warp again! Then again, let’s not. The much an-ti-cip-at-ed reboot of the 1975 cult film The Rocky Horror Picture Show, despite its abundant glitz and glitter, is rather dull. Maybe...
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Fritz Lang’s silent movie Metropolis gets new Tom Teasley percussive score...
In Constellation Theatre Company’s screeningof Metropolis, Tom Teasley’s live music breathes new life into the 89-year-old classic. Every production in Constellation’s 10th season will feature live...
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Film Review: Denzel Washington brings Wilson’s powerful Fences to the screen
A great film version of a great play is a rare thing. More often than not, the alchemy that results in success on stage resists translation to the screen, and film history is replete with examples of...
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Human actors get trapped in the Disney techno-spell cast over Beauty and the...
The idea seemed promising: take a classic, well-loved, mega-popular animated Disney film and remake it as a live-action movie; hire an accomplished, imaginative director; cast it with good actors. You...
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Review: Tom Teasely underscoring The Cabinet of Dr Caligari closes this weekend
Looking for something a little… weird? Have I got a show for you. A Zombie. A Mad Doctor. A Carnival. An Insane Asylum. Live Music. Yes, a garden of delights awaits you, courtesy of Constellation...
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From stage to screen: fall recommendations
Thanks to the Washington Post’s This is Your Brain on Art we understand what you and I have known all along – that nothing quite compares to live performaning. But great theatre can still be enjoyable...
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Les Miserables – movie review
Have you heard there’s a film version of “Les Misérables”? Just kidding; of course you have. For the last several months the media bombardment preceding the Christmas day opening of this movie musical...
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How Roy Berkowitz’ Source short became a movie, and where to see it free this...
Sometimes a play seems to have a mind of its own, and like an independent child, leaves its warm nurturing nest, wins awards across the country, and, in this case, gets turned into a film. That’s what...
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In the House, adaptation of Spanish play, comes to FilmfestDC
Movies arriving from overseas are the bread and butter of Filmfest DC, the annual tour of cinematic works Washingtonians would otherwise have little chance to see. The French drama “In the House,” one...
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Netflix renews Slings and Arrows in time for our summer viewing series
Fans of the hilarious Canadian TV series Slings and Arrows will be relieved to know that Netflix, which had planned to sunset it on June 1, has responded to howls of protest – including ours – and...
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Avengers director goes light and jazzy with Much Ado About Nothing
Joss Whedon, a man whose name is synonymous with some of the most feverishly obsessed-over fantasy and science-fiction franchises of the last 20 years, is also a hardcore Shakespeare fan. In-between...
View Article9 reasons I’ll go to the movies
My friends know that I am a theatre nerd who sees an insane amount of live theatre. Unfair. I have interests beyond seeing live works of theatre. I also like to see films based on plays or featuring...
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Into the Woods filming begins
The movie adaptation of the beloved Stephen Sondheim musical Into the Woods began shooting on Wednesday in England. Already promotional stills and footage are appearing on the web to promote what...
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Win tickets to the National Theatre of London’s screening of The Habit of Art
DCTS has partnered with Angelika Mosaic Film Center in Fairfax, Virginia to offer you free tickets to the latest screenings of opera, ballet and theatre from around the world. We have 3 pairs of...
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August: Osage County pulled from Christmas release. Here’s the new date
The release date for the highly anticipated film adaptation of August: Osage County has been changed. The dark comedy about the highly dysfunctional Weston clan assembling in rural Oklahoma was due to...
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August: Osage County – a great play becomes a captivating movie
One of the daughters in Tracy Letts’ August: Osage County thanks God that we can’t see the future because if we could “we’d never get out of bed.” The future of August: Osage County is as clear as an...
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Valentine’s treat: Broadway’s Romeo and Juliet hits area movie houses Feb 13...
The Broadway production of Romeo and Juliet has closed, but not before Screenvision and BroadwayHD recorded the December 8, 2013 performance. The partnership is now bringing that performance to movie...
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First look at the remake of Annie
The first trailer for the hotly-awaited reimagined and remixed version of the musical Annie is now available, revealing details about how screenwriters Will Gluck, Aline Brosh McKenna, and Emma...
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