“Last night, I dreamt I went to Manderley again…” As someone once said: you can’t go home again—but with a new adaptation of Rebecca, now streaming on Netflix, it seems that once again finds itself within our cinematic purview in the form of Manderley. And if the walls of this modern take on the grandContinue reading “Netflix’s ‘Rebecca’ Resurrects the Gothic Romance for a New Generation”
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Just Press Play: Hulu’s ‘High Fidelity’ (2020) is One Infinitely Good Playlist
“Making a playlist is a delicate art. It’s like writing a love letter, but better, in a way. You get to say what you wanna say without actually saying it. You get to use someone else’s poetry to express how you feel. And then there are the rules: It’s gotta be entertaining. You gotta tellContinue reading “Just Press Play: Hulu’s ‘High Fidelity’ (2020) is One Infinitely Good Playlist”
On the Rise: Jessie Buckley’s Star-Making Turn in ‘Wild Rose’
There are star-making turns, and then there are star-making turns. And as much as I loved Lady Gaga in that other movie, nothing beats Jessie Buckley’s unforgettable, BAFTA Scotland-winning performance as Rose-Lynn Harlan in the Tom Harper-helmed Wild Rose (2018). A decade into a post-Millennial boom in movie-musicals (one which arguably started with Baz Luhrmann’sContinue reading “On the Rise: Jessie Buckley’s Star-Making Turn in ‘Wild Rose’”
Twee and Twang: Stuart Murdoch’s ‘God Help the Girl’ is a Delightful Burst of Quirk
Some of you already know how much I love my movie-musicals — and recently, I’ve become very much obsessed with one in particular that I’ve been meaning to see for a while now: God Help the Girl (2014). The brainchild of Belle & Sebastian musician Stuart Murdoch, the film also happens to be the offshootContinue reading “Twee and Twang: Stuart Murdoch’s ‘God Help the Girl’ is a Delightful Burst of Quirk”
Stranger Than Fiction: Director-Auteurs Brian Klugman and Lee Sternthal Pay Tribute to the Written Word by Weaving Their Own Tale of Intrigue and Ambition
One of the many reasons I write about drama — or write at all, period — is not just because of the films and Broadway shows that I was lucky enough to be exposed to as a young girl living in New York. Yes, I live for costume dramas and shows with spectacle, but it’sContinue reading “Stranger Than Fiction: Director-Auteurs Brian Klugman and Lee Sternthal Pay Tribute to the Written Word by Weaving Their Own Tale of Intrigue and Ambition”
Spotlight: In Conversation with Lenny Banovez and Laura Frye of TITAN Theatre Company
Over the past year and a half I’ve spent writing for OffOffOnline, I’ve had the pleasure of reviewing some of the best (and worst) that off- and off-off-Broadway theatre has had to offer. From the thrilling to just plain disappointing, it’s safe to say the future of theatre pretty much runs the gamut. Fortunately, there’sContinue reading “Spotlight: In Conversation with Lenny Banovez and Laura Frye of TITAN Theatre Company”
A Conversation with…THE ORANGE HATS’ Benjamin Lundberg
Ben Lundberg talks about wearing that famous hat._____________________________ I first met Ben Lundberg and his colleague (and Culture Future blogger) Guy Yedwab at the Theater Tweetup back in March, which some of you may remember reading about. It was there they first told me about their project called The Orange Hats, which archived audience response toContinue reading “A Conversation with…THE ORANGE HATS’ Benjamin Lundberg”
Jessica Taghap 