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Film Review: LOONEY TUNES: THE DAY THE EARTH BLEW UP (Directed by Peter Browngardt)
DUCK, COVER, AND TRY NOT TO THINK TOO HARD A loving homage to Bob Clampett that never quite matches the originals When I first heard about Looney Tunes: The Day the Earth Blew Up, my immediate reaction was, “Oh no, why would they make a Porky and Daffy feature for today’s audiences? There is no…
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Film Review: SNOW BEAR (Aaron Blaise, Director)
A HAND-DRAWN MIRACLE IN ELEVEN MINUTES Aaron Blaise’s polar bear short is funny, heartbreaking, and impossibly beautiful I have a gift for you today: an animated short called Snow Bear. And I have to tell you, this is something pretty special. I’d call it… WOW!!! You will laugh. I did. You will cry. I did…
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Film Review: THIS ORDINARY THING (Directed by Nick Davis)
LIGHT IN A WORLD GONE DARK This Ordinary Thing — a documentary that doesn’t feel like one ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ “Whoever saves one life, saves the entire world.” This quote from the Talmud — the book of Jewish wisdom — underpins This Ordinary Thing. Going in, I knew…
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Film Review: BAU: ARTIST AT WAR (Directed by Sean McNamara)
Amidst the terror of the Holocaust, could Bau: Artist at War actually be the feel-good movie of the year? I attended the world-premiere screening of Bau: Artist at War on Sunday—and I feel compelled to share it with you. Directed by Sean McNamara and written by Deborah Smerecnik, Ron Bass, and Sonia Kifferstein (with Joseph…
Theater Review: I AM THE WIND (Theatre Y)
by Croydon Fernandes | October 6, 2026
in Chicago, TheaterTheater Review: ALL MY SONS (Lyric Stage, Boston)
by Carmen Barsomian-Dietrich | October 5, 2026
in Boston, TheaterTheater Review: PETER PAN GOES WRONG (San Francisco Playhouse)
by Chuck Louden | October 5, 2026
in San Francisco
(Bay Area), TheaterTheater Review: THIS IS GOVERNMENT (Moxie Theatre / San Diego)
by Milo Shapiro | October 5, 2026
in San Diego, TheaterTheater Review: TOPDOG/UNDERDOG (The Old Globe / San Diego)
by Jason Mannino | October 5, 2026
in San Diego, TheaterOff-Broadway Review: SLAM FRANK (Orpheum)
by Gregory Fletcher | October 4, 2026
in New York, TheaterTheater Review: OPERATION MINCEMEAT (National Tour / CIBC Theatre / Chicago)
by Croydon Fernandes | October 4, 2026
in Chicago, Theater, ToursTheater Review: A BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO (La Jolla Playhouse / San Diego)
by Jason Mannino | October 4, 2026
in San Diego, TheaterTheater Review: COVENANT (SpeakEasy Stage Company / Boston)
by Lynne Weiss | October 4, 2026
in Boston, TheaterTheater Review: KAIJU (The Road & BroadStage / North Hollywood)
by Nick McCall | October 3, 2026
in Los Angeles, Theater



