Curse of the Starving Class Sam Shepard’s popular Curse of the Starving Class in a New Group revival thematically resonates with hunger, spiritually, psychically, emotionally. First appearing at the Public Theater, the play won an Obie for Best New American Play during the 1976-1977 season. Since then, Shepard’s sardonic comedy …
Read More »Mr. Robot stars Rami Malek and Christian Slater joined series creator Sam Esmail at SXSW film panel “Coding on Camera: MR. ROBOT and Authenticity on TV.” SXSW was the site of the show’s premiere last year. This year, participants in the Golden Globe Award-winning series came back to celebrate and discuss the show’s success.
Read More »An uncertain cross between Edward Norton's The Narrator in 'Fight Club' and a more cynical Donnie Darko, Elliot seems desperately lost in his search for cracking the establishment's encrypted code.
Read More »Christian Slater and Lucy Lawless were on hand at SXSW 2015 to explain just why they are so creepy. Not, personally, of course, but in their new roles. Slater in the new sci-fi series Mr. Robot (SXSW Audience Award Winner – Episodic) premiering on USA Network. Lucy Lawless (Xena, Spartacus) joins the cast of WGN America's Salem for its second season.
Read More »"Ask Me Anything" qualifies as “serious,” funny, and touching cinema, so when it opens on December 19, you should watch it. Then, blog about it.
Read More »Archer actually feels a little bit like a typical sitcom in its big, splashy climax, ending in the status quo being reset, but is as funny as ever.
Read More »A bad direct-to-video flick from the '90s that happened to be made in 2011 instead.
Read More »Soldiers of Fortune is loud and stupid. It doesn't work as a brainless action thriller. It just doesn't work.
Read More »Watchable but generic murder mystery starring Ray Liotta.
Read More »Life goes on in a village without men
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