Q&A: Legendary Jazz Drummer Andrew Cyrille Speaks On Pleasing a Crowd, His Dream Collaboration, and Playing with Billy Harper

Modern Jazz Masters Play Scottish Rite Theater on Saturday

"...album. We all know what happened that spring, but fortunately Epistrophy Arts has rescheduled. What follows was recorded by..."

May 4, 2022 Music Post by Michael Toland

Offseason

Coastal cosmic horror in the eerie latest from Mickey Keating

"...Fortunately, Keating has Donahue and Swanberg (looking more than ever..."

March 11, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Licorice Pizza

PTA's San Fernando Valley memories are blurrily sentimental

"...Licorice Pizza really depends on Haim and Hoffman who, fortunately, are great enough together and apart to even get..."

Dec. 24, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

No Time to Die

Daniel Craig's last Bond adventure is a misfire

"...so because they were just too wacky and silly. Fortunately, its utter disinterest in a hard and fast continuity..."

Oct. 8, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

All Things Bakelite: The Age of Plastic

One-hour lecture on the father of plastics (with added musical numbers!)

"...it is ("artificial bacon" being the most common answer). Fortunately, there is a succession of chemists who explain what..."

July 16, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Occupation: Rainfall

Part two of the Australian alien invasion epic

"...will leave you absolutely clueless about what's going on. Fortunately, it's dependent on so many alien invasion tropes that,..."

June 11, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Tunnel

Fire in the mountain in the Norwegian disaster flick

"...footage), there's a lot of stumbling through the dark. Fortunately, the humanity more than makes up for that. Norwegian..."

April 9, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Amundsen

Biopic of the polar explorers balances his achievements and his destructiveness

"...There are fortunately no compromises made with the image of Amundsen (Hagen,..."

April 2, 2021 Movie Review by Trace Sauveur

Monster Hunter

The beast-slaying game gets the Paul W.S. Anderson treatment

"...them – and actually doing a pretty good job. Fortunately for Artemis, before she can be turned into a..."

Dec. 18, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Belushi

More than laughs, more than addiction: a charming, tragic portrait of the Blues Brothers star

"...Fortunately, we're well past the hideousness of Wired: The Short..."

Nov. 27, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Checking In: Michael Ramos Signs the Tiarra Girls

“I’m an A&R guy for Lucky Hound Music [and] a staff producer”

"...Fortunately, things slowly started climbing back. I am an A&R..."

Nov. 13, 2020 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

One Hour Outcall

Emotional, rather than physical, consent is tragically probed in this sex work drama

"...between Norrett and Ochoa, none of this would work. Fortunately their dance is by turns awkward, elegant, saddening, even..."

Oct. 2, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Checking In: Ley Line Needs Their Sisterhood

“This has been a curve ball to test our abilities”

"...All four of us have been here in Austin. Fortunately, it was quite a beautiful spring and has been..."

July 7, 2020 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Pandemic Production: Justin Kirchhoff, Director/Director of Photography

“If you're not comfortable wearing a mask, you won't be on set."

"...Fortunately, he had a large commercial shoot in Mississippi that..."

July 2, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Aviva

Dance your way through this genderfluid examination of relationships

"...decision launches a simple romance-and-split from a vertiginous height. Fortunately, nearly every creative decision Yakin makes from that point..."

June 19, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Deerskin

Wrong director goes, well, wrong in this film-making spoof

"...get rid of every other jacket in the world. Fortunately, the coat came with a digital camera, and so..."

April 30, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Extra Ordinary

Irish supernatural comedy is a cracker

"...the upcoming blood moon. Whew! Get all of that? Fortunately, the script reiterates these wacky narrative details, so you..."

March 6, 2020 Movie Review by Steve Davis

VFW

Ultraviolent Fantastic Fest throwback makes its vengeance-filled return

"...– you'll at least have a twinge of loss. Fortunately, the flying limbs will distract you before you can..."

Feb. 14, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

In Fabric

Marianne Jean-Baptiste says yes yes yessss to the dress

"...more on mood and character than straight-ahead narrative, and fortunately Jean-Baptiste doesn't just wear Shelia. She inhabits her depiction..."

Dec. 6, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Cyrano, My Love

The true (possibly) tale behind the writing of the French classic

"...Jeane on Leo’s behalf! Oh, the miscommunications and confusions! Fortunately he has friends like Monsieur Honoré (Martial), a black..."

Nov. 8, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Promare

DayGlo anime explosion makes firefighters cool and kinetic

"...which is so breathless as to often be choking. Fortunately, Imaishi knows to never leave anything unclear, and much..."

Oct. 25, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Angry Birds Movie 2

The birds are back, with an added subversive twist

"...and the sequel has to stand on its own. Fortunately, while the first film was far from fun, it..."

Aug. 16, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Trespassers

Home invasion shocker is best at its most sadistic

"...greatly from a captivating central performance from Rosemary Hochschild. Fortunately Trespassers has Balk, who adds just the right dose..."

July 12, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Spider-Man: Far From Home

Everyone's favorite web-slinger returns for a new era of Marvel

"...world that moved forward half a decade without him. Fortunately for him, it also stayed functionally static for most..."

July 5, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Getting Gleefully Inappropriate in Call Me Brother

Christina Parrish stars in the locally produced, subversive rom-com

"...another to convince people to help you make it. Fortunately for Parrish, her reputation for transgressive comedy about inappropriate..."

Feb. 15, 2019 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Replicas

What hath science wrought? A dull cloning thriller, that's what.

"...2.0 for nefarious ends, only muddies those shallow waters. Fortunately, that's easy to ignore after a mind-numbing scramble of..."

Jan. 18, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Ralph Breaks the Internet

Disney gets a lot of the bugs out of their arcade franchise

"...racer Vanellope (Silverman), two misfits who find friendship together. Unfortunately, it was riddled with so many memes and side..."

Nov. 21, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Lizzie

Lizzie Borden's murders awkwardly rebuilt as a #metoo metaphor

"...(the only sin he doesn't commit is gaslighting, and fortunately O'Hare as family friend and business partner John Morse..."

Sept. 21, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Ballad of Townes & Blaze

The twisted but not-so-tall tale of Van Zandt and Foley, Lonesome Dove meets Barfly

"...find funnier than women. This is one of them. Fortunately, Glyn had another Townes story we both found hilarious...."

Aug. 17, 2018 Features Feature by Sybil Rosen

Fireworks

Teen anime adds parallel timelines to a Romeo and Juliet plot.

"...because she’s drawn like the standard distaff anime heroine. Fortunately, the script eventually reveals that she’s a lot more..."

July 6, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

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