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Tuesday, January 20, 2015

Represent by Helen Eisenbach

Thursday morning when I learned the Academy's list of nominees, I spent the rest of the day alternating between despair and rage. In fact, I have loved movies unabashedly since I was 18 mont…

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Thursday, December 18, 2014

Ask a Lesbian by Helen Eisenbach

The long-awaited Lesbian ID is now available to American citizens, undocumented residents, and loud if wealthy non-American visitors. To find out whether you are eligible to receive your Les…

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Sunday, November 30, 2014

The Devil You Know by Helen Eisenbach

When we first meet Frannie, the protagonist of writer-director Liz Tuccillo's debut feature, Take Care, she's fresh from the hospital, arm in a sling, leg in a brace, being wrangled from a c…

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Thursday, November 13, 2014

Miraculous by Helen Eisenbach

I first met MB Caschetta more than 20 years ago when she was a student at Vassar College attending a reading I'd been invited to give. In a room filled with bright young lights she stood out…

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Wednesday, October 1, 2014

Pure Abandon by Helen Eisenbach

The lush new production of You Can't Take It With You boasts at least a half-dozen such turns, brimming to near-bursting from a piece that juggles slapstick and drama and somehow manages to …

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Thursday, September 11, 2014

How to Be a Leading Lady by Helen Eisenbach

A surprise casting coup and an insider's glimpse behind the scenes: Dick Scanlan and Beth Malone discuss the road to the Denver Center for the Performing Arts' contemporary reboot of Meredit…

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Wednesday, August 20, 2014

Modern Love by Helen Eisenbach

Love feels almost witnessed rather than created, immersing us in one particular story by reflecting how we all interact daily, the casual intimacies and the deep, frustrations large and smal…

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Friday, August 8, 2014

Time Release by Helen Eisenbach

After opens like a horror story. An ominous undertow pervades its early frames, giving us the feeling we are watching a scary movie that will tighten its screws and escalate our dread until …

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Saturday, August 2, 2014

Twist and Shout by Helen Eisenbach

The baffling pleasures of Piece of My Heart and the problem with today's musicals.

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Thursday, January 16, 2014

Midnight Cowgirls by Helen Eisenbach

"We understand any movie about lesbian hookers to be universal, whether or not you've actually seen one,"...

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Monday, October 28, 2013

8 Things You Should Know About Blue Is the Warmest Color by Helen Eisenbach

So much noise has surrounded the release of Abdellatif Kechiche's controversial Palme D'Or-winning film that several clarifying points may help potential viewers navigate the sound and fury.

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Friday, September 27, 2013

Shimmering Glass by Helen Eisenbach

John Tiffany's revelatory new production gives us a Glass Menagerie unlike any that have preceded it.

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Friday, September 13, 2013

Art and Casual Brutality: Mini-marathon of Thurber plays presents rare challenges and pleasures by Helen Eisenbach

In our binge-watching era, the chance to be immersed in a young playwright's psyche is an idea whose time has come. Lucy Thurber's works are consistently compelling, and intelligently, if un…

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Wednesday, August 7, 2013

Witnesses by Helen Eisenbach

Why watching the movie Fruitvale Station is an experience unlike any other.

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Monday, July 1, 2013

Heavenly Bodies by Helen Eisenbach

Far From Heaven in light of the Supremes; changes for Vanya and Sonia and Natasha and Pierre

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Tuesday, June 25, 2013

Boys and Girls Together by Helen Eisenbach

Once upon a time Joss Whedon wrote a TV show about a teenage girl who was basically Superman. Not a muscle-bound...

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Sunday, May 12, 2013

How to Reboot a Classic by Helen Eisenbach

Adapting or reviving a classic work is fraught with peril. Two shows and two films that got it right, and what rules they obeyed along the way.

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Party of One by Helen Eisenbach

The downside and lure of solo shows, from Holland Taylor's Ann to Megan Hilty's Joe's Pub turn.

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Friday, May 10, 2013

Call Your Mother by Helen Eisenbach

Let's consider, shall we, some of The Guilt Trip's cinematic mother-son precursors, and how their various mammeles stack up on the scale of believability.

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Tuesday, April 16, 2013

The "D" Is Silent by Helen Eisenbach

With a Chinese censorship two-step thrusting it back into the news and a brand-new DVD release, Quentin Tarantino's Django Unchained might seem to be ideal fare for those seeking an evening'…

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Friday, April 5, 2013

Gay Marriage: An Alternative Proposal by Helen Eisenbach

By the power vested in me as the person currently holding the microphone, I now declare the institution of matrimony hereby converted as regards persons of the same gender into the state of …

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