The 2016 season at Santa Cruz Shakespeare offers a terrific production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream and a thought-provoking gender-swapped Hamlet.
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Ira Sachs’ Little Men tracks the human drama in real estate
Ira Sachs’ Little Men is a slight but affecting drama about two boys whose friendship gets sacrificed by their parents at the altar of New York real estate prices.
Alice Winocour on Disorder, directing Matthias Schoenaerts
An interview with writer-director Alice Winocour on the genesis of Disorder, directing Matthias Schoenaerts, and the highly effective subjective sound mix. Read our review of the film here.
Fantasy and identity collide in Zoom
You haven’t seen everything until you’ve seen a tiny lady stuffing dime bags into a RealDoll. This is Zoom, Pedro Morelli’s absurdist narrative ouroboros.
Disorder is a smart, heartpounding thriller
Although Alice Winocour’s “Maryland” works as a heartpounding home invasion thriller, it’s also a meditation on trauma, paranoia, class, and unfulfilled desire.
Gleason tells a cliched story of disability
Disability isn’t so bad — if you happen to be rich and famous. Such is the message of Clay Tweel’s documentary Gleason, which documents retired NFL linebacker Steve Gleason’s diagnosis with ALS and the ensuing decline in his physical health.