"Brainwahsing Your Dad" explores how the conservative media brainwashes its followers. Does your relative listen or watch conservative news? What happens if you disagree with his/her views?
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Theater Review (Off-Broadway NYC): ‘Ideation’ by Aaron Loeb
You are commissioned to a project which by design is macabre, yet life-saving. Do you engage or abort?
Read More »SXSW Movie Review: ‘The Liberators’
The Quedlinberg Treasure was stolen during WWII. When it was discovered, it was not in the hands of Europeans, but of an American citizen.
Read More »NYBG Orchidelirium: Orchid Intrigue And The Deadly Quest For Extraordinary Profits
"Orchidelirium" is a bedazzling, live horticultural spectacular, a sterling exhibition to celebrate the NYBG's 125th Anniversary.
Read More »Theater Review (Off-Broadway NYC): Sam Shepard’s ‘Buried Child’ with Ed Harris and Amy Madigan
This is a magnificent production, prodigiously acted by the ensemble cast and brilliantly conceived, staged, and designed by Scott Elliott and his team. The production throbs with tension. The undercurrents vibrate throughout. Above all the character portrayals balance evenly to create a living portrait of the poignancy of human families.
Read More »2016 Athena Film Festival Review: The Oscar Nominated ‘Mustang’
In a remote Turkish village five girls with playful innocence romp on a beach with some neighborhood boys. They are seen and what they have done is "criminal."
Read More »Theater Review (Off-Broadway NYC): ‘Women Without Men’ by Hazel Ellis
Are women truly the fairer sex without men? Or do they fare better in the company of men?
Read More »Theater Review (Off-Broadway NYC): ‘Dead Dog Park’ by Barry Malawer
A black thirteen-year-old, a white cop, an eyewitness account, a shattering fall. Do the facts matter when all will suffer?
Read More »Theater Review (Off-Broadway NYC): ‘City of Glass’ by Paul Auster, Adapted by Edward Einhorn
A phone call, a question, a proposition, a journey. The power of uncertainty becomes its own destination.
Read More »VINO 2016: The Amazing Tuscan Wines of Pietro Beconcini, and a Wine Mystery Solved
The questions persisted until finally Leonardo and others thought, "Enough!" After 13 years of calling the vine "X" they decided to commission a DNA analysis. With the help of distinguished Professor of Enology at the University of Milan, the erudite Attilio Scienza, the vine was identified as a Spanish interloper.
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