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The Monuments Men

February 7, 2014 by admin Leave a Comment

Damon and Blanchette in The Monuments Men

Film (2014)
Directed by George Clooney
With George Clooney, Matt Damon, Bill Murray, Cate Blanchett, John Goodman, Jean Dujardin, Hugh Bonneville, Bob Balaban

Near the end of World War II, a group of experts try to save great works of art from destruction: intentional, by the Nazis, and inadvertent, from Allied bombings.

Philip Seymour Hoffman (1967-2014)

February 7, 2014 by admin Leave a Comment

Philip Seymour Hoffman

In Memoriam
The noted film and stage actor died in New York on February 2nd at the age of 46 from an apparent drug overdose.

The Whipping Man

January 27, 2014 by admin Leave a Comment

Davenport Hinson

Play (2006)
by Matthew Lopez
Directed by Benny Sato Ambush
New Repertory Theatre
Arsenal Center for the Arts
Watertown, MA
January 25 – February 15, 2014

A play about a Jewish Confederate soldier who returns home after the Civil War to encounter two former slaves of his family.

Dallas Buyers Club

January 26, 2014 by admin Leave a Comment

Yamata Woodruff

Film (2013)
Directed by Jean-Marc Vallée
With Matthew McConaughey,
Jennifer Garner, Jared Leto

A roughly textured, but beautifully constructed, account of a rodeo rider’s attempt to survive AIDS in the 1980s by bucking the medical system. Matthew McConaughey’s performance is a tour de force.

We Are Proud To Present A Presentation…

January 23, 2014 by admin Leave a Comment

We Are Proud To Present a Presentation Title Image

Play (2012)
by Jackie Sibblies Drury
Directed by Summer L. Williams
Performed by CompanyOne
Through ArtsEmerson
Boston, MA
January 10 – February 1, 2014

A stirring production about the production of a play about a tribal genocide by German imperialists in Namibia in 1915.

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