“Kornél Mundruczó’s White God begins with a surrealist canine nightmare that unfolds against the backdrop of abandoned urbanity: a young girl pedals through empty streets of Budapest on her bike, her trumpet poking out of the backpack slung over her shoulder. Suddenly, a horde of dogs, led by one especially determined mutt, comes barreling around … Continue reading
““When I found out Billy Crystal wanted to work with me, nobody was more excited than my grandparents.” If you’ve seen any kind of advertising for FX’s new “inside baseball” comedy series,The Comedians, you’ve almost certainly heard this particular line spoken from the mouth of Josh Gad, one of its leads. The joke appears to … Continue reading
“Making a romantic comedy in New York without referencing the works of Woody Allen or Neil Simon is a tall order. For decades, television, movies and music have extolled the Big Apple as a place where dreams come true, as a burg of endless amorous possibility. We’re well past the point where stories of young … Continue reading
Throughout most of his career, Glenn Morshower has been cast as a hard-nosed authority type more times than we can shake a stick at; from early roles in movies like Under Siege, In the Army Now, and Air Force One, to his appearances in Black Hawk Down, Pearl Harbor, the Transformers series (where he plays a military general named for him). And … Continue reading
A Constant Visual Feast 