Never in a million years did I expect that composer/musician Prem Murti and I would cross paths. The Indian-based composer/performer produced the song “Love and Peace”...
Preview/Review by Brad Balfour & Bruce Alexander Photo Above: Bruce Alexander Lincoln Center Presents Summer for the City Social Dance The Stax Academy Rhythm Section Plus...
At CraicFest 2023, director Sean Claffey debuted his powerful doc “Americonned.” It offers commentary by various political and sociological experts and an examination of ordinary citizens’ lives...
Actor, teacher and now director Thomas G. Waites doesn’t shy away from taking chances or courting controversy. For his first directorial outing, he pushed the envelope...
So far this summer, I’ve put in my time superhero-fied watching Taika Waititi’s “Thor: Love & Thunder” and secured my dose of sci-fi horror by seeing...
I’ll admit it. It wasn’t until the 82-year-old Leonard Cohen had died in 2016 (November 7th) did I really start paying attention to the fantastic quality...
Sometimes, a musician comes across the computer screen which produces a profile not just because of the music but the backstory, too. That was certainly the...
With a name like Mike White one might assume he’s a pretty bland character — one who might blend into the background. But like so many...
While Iceland might have inspired “The Northman,” Ireland provided much of the actual landscape pictured in director Robert Eggers’ decidedly eccentric third release. There was a...
After a two-year covid-created hiatus, the New York Auto Show returns to the fully-expanded Javits Center starting This Friday, April 15 to the 24th, 2022. The...
With the Grammy Awards freshly in mind, the state of the music world in general is also worth considering. The show presented that recent Sunday was...
The Society of Illustrators welcomes back audiences to the 2022 MoCCA Arts Festival in celebration of top comic, cartoon and illustration artists from around the world....
All the brouhaha about actor Will Smith slapping presenter Chris Rock at the 94th annual Academy Awards ceremony has overshadowed other aspects and wins from that...
More than a decade ago, a trip to Austin, Texas, for the now-defunct Film Festival yielded a visit to a local Alamo Drafthouse. Impressed with its...
Director: Maggie Gyllenhaal Cast: Dagmara Dominczyk, Paul Mescal, Peter Sarsgaard, Ed Harris, Dakota Johnson, Olivia Colman, Jessie Buckley, Oliver Jackson-Cohen Written and directed by veteran actor...
Known for his raft of successful left-leaning satires such as “Vice” and “The Big Short,” Director Adam McKay once again tries to find the balance between serious...
Indie Collaborative co-founder Eileen Bluestone Sherman likes having her hands full. She’s a playwright, lyricist, young adult novelist, television writer, theater/music producer — and producer of...
Coda’s Writer/director: Sian Heder Cast: Emilia Jones, Troy Kotsur, Daniel Durant, Marlee Matlin, Eugenio Derbez, Ferdia Walsh-Peelo, Amy Forsyth, Kevin Chapman In a major triumph for...
Though the British gangster series “Peaky Blinders” has been airing In the U.K. since Feb. 27 on the BBC, Season 6 is finally heading to Netflix....
Rendez-Vous with French Cinema 2022 March 3 – 13, 2022Film at Lincoln Center 70 Lincoln Center Plaza #4 New York, NY 10023 Presented in partnership with Unifrance, the...
From March 15 to the 20th, the Trinity Irish Dance Company comes to New York’s Joyce Theater (175 Eighth Avenue) to perform its blend of Irish...
Even while electronic media gushes over the impact of… Electronic Media, millions of people over the world still love an antiquated notion called books. And though...
Q&A by Brad Balfour with author Michael Gingold“Ad Nauseam: Newsprint Nightmares from the 1980s” (fall 2018)“Ad Astra: 20 Years of Newspaper Ads For Sci-fi & Fantasy...
During this December, noted deejay Tony Smith would have celebrated his latest birthday. Unfortunately, lung cancer took his life earlier in 2021. Though the Sirius XM...
Eight albums in, multi-talented musician/actress Patricia Vonne is back with a new recording. This time it’s her holiday celebration, “My Favorite Holiday (on her label Bandolera...
