It came as a delightful shock (or with loving horror), to receive a text yesterday asking whether I knew that the Rich Man’s Frug was quickly becoming the latest TikTok dance trend.
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No thoughts this week, just Gwen Verdon.
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While this column is usually a site of diva worship, “John Cullum: An Accidental Star” got me thinking about Broadway’s leading men and the curiously small place they occupy in our cultural awareness.
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And...Scene! is Juan A. Ramirez's weekly column with his hot takes, musings, and all that jazz.
And...Scene! is Juan A. Ramirez's weekly column with his hot takes, musings, and all that jazz.
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Let’s learn to respect brevity as a valid artistic virtue and let good things go once they conclude. If not, well I’ll still be interested in who gets cast in “2 Big 2 Little: Lies Reloaded.”
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Movie magic should not be as imperiled as it currently is, and with no excuse.
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“Moonlight,” with its sensuous humidity, chopped-and-screwed score and melancholy pace, has haunted and halted me from figuring out just what it is that makes it a movie for the ages. Perhaps that’s the point.
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It’s sink or swim time and people have already started to swim away. Grammys, try to stay afloat.
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A simple look at “Girls” proves it is as nimble and essential a work of art as we have ever needed, yet the series’ success is often undermined by a hyper-politicized world where you either stand with or against its creator.
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American films mine the wisdom and artistry found in film’s rich history for contemporary audiences, connecting us to past generations and reminding us that art’s ultimate purpose is to visually bridge the gap between reality and fantasy through expressive reflection.
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Presented in collaboration with the French Consulate in Boston, the festival, which runs from July 7 through to July 24, showcases 19 feature films from the past two years in French cinema.
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