By Peg Aloi The Lesson is well-crafted, infused with nervy suspense and an almost Gothic sense of unease. The Lesson , directed by Alice Troughton. Screening AMC Boston Common 19 and Kendall Square Cinema. Julie Delpy and Daryl McCormack in The Lesson. Photo: Anna Patarakina Films about famous writers tend to imbue their subject with […]
There’s no one quite like Cyndi Lauper , that’s for sure. The pop icon turned the eighties on its head with her anthems of feminine empowerment, one of the first pillars of an MTV generation that would come to be defined by bright colors, loud music, and a “we’re not gonna take it” attitude, Twisted […]
Arthur Miller Writing Studio board members Sarah Griswold, left, Davyne Verstandig, center, and Marc Olivieri chat in the late playwright’s former studio in Roxbury, Connecticut. (Susan Haigh/The Associated Press) By Susan Haigh The Associated Press ROXBURY, Conn. — After breakfast each morning, renowned playwright Arthur Miller would walk up a grassy slope to his creative […]
Credit…Angie Wang RIPE , by Sarah Rose Etter In Rachel Aviv’s “ Strangers to Ourselves ,” a woman describes mental health as “like your darkness is still there, but it’s almost like it’s next to you as opposed to your totality of being.” That darkness — which could be labeled depression, anxiety or any number […]
