'Kozo' from Winning Moves Games adds a further dimension to the block-stacking genre of games.
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Music Reviews: Kansas City Symphony, ‘Holst: The Planets’ and Richmond Symphony, ‘Children of Adam’ and ‘Dona Nobis Pacem’ Inspired by Walt Whitman
Reference Recordings releases fine new renditions of Gustav Holst's 'The Planets,' Ralph Vaughan Williams' 'Dona Nobis Pacem, and Mason Bates' 'Children of Adam'.
Read More »Theater Review (Washington, DC): ‘Amadeus’ at Folger Theatre
Director Richard Clifford brings a riveting interpretation of Peter Shaffer's 'Amadeus' to the Folger's 2019-2020 season.
Read More »Wizard World Austin: ‘Gotham’ and Dancing with Greg Brady
Austin’s Wizard World Comic-Con brought three days of sci-fi, fantasy, cosplay, and generally uninhibited nerdiness to the Austin Convention Center, November 8-10. What did I geek out about? Two things. I went looking for Gotham co-star Sean Pertwee, who played Alfred, the Wayne family butler. Then a bunch of laughing …
Read More »Interview: Robot Teammate, Whose Hollywood Fringe Winner ‘Pockets’ Comes to NYC Next Month
The award-winning musical by Robot Teammate will be performed at the SoHo Playhouse as part of a festival celebrating Fringe theater from around the world.
Read More »Austin Film Festival: Work in Progress – Story to Structure in Screenwriting
Screenwriters Ed Solomon and Max Borenstein took writers through the process, from coming up with ideas for films to writing and rewriting. For this session they were joined by guest panelist Meg LeFauve ('Inside Out,' 'The Good Dinosaur').
Read More »Movie Review: ‘Terminator: Dark Fate’ – The Reboot This Franchise Needed
Tim Miller’s 'Terminator: Dark Fate' is a welcome addition to the Terminator franchise – in fact, you can say it pretty much saves it.
Read More »Board Game Review: Precious Cargo from Winning Moves
'Precious Cargo' from Winning Moves Games works perfectly as an introduction to multi-level strategy for young gamers as well as a great lighter strategy game for experienced gamers.
Read More »Music Review: Bob Dylan – ‘Travelin’ Thru, 1967–1969, Bootleg Series, Vol. 15,’ Plus Kinky Friedman, Moody Little Sister, Steve Goodman
The latest volume of Bob Dylan's bootleg series features must-hear collaborations with Johnny Cash. Also in today's column: new albums from Kinky Friedman and Moody Little Sister, and a Steve Goodman reissue.
Read More »Austin Film Festival: Making Indie Films Takes a Team
It takes a team to make a movie, but you need to know more than how to assemble a team. You need to know how to help them work together and stay happy.
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