‘Death’ TRULY ‘Becomes’ Hilty and Simard in Fabulously Funny Musical Take on the Classic Film
Robert Zemeckis’s Death Becomes Her was always a guilty pleasure for me. Watching Meryl Streep and Goldie Hawn search for...
Frank J. Avella is a proud member of The Contending and Edge Media Network. He serves as the GALECA Industry Liaison (Home of the Dorian Awards for Film, TV & Theater) and is a Member of the New York Film Critics Online. As screenwriter/director, his award-winning short film, FIG JAM, has shown in Festivals worldwide (figjamfilm.com) and won numerous awards, as has many of his screenplays. Recently produced stage plays include LURED & VATICAN FALLS, both O'Neill semifinalists. He is currently working on a highly personal project, FROCI, about the queer Italian-American experience. Frank is a proud member of the Dramatists Guild.
Robert Zemeckis’s Death Becomes Her was always a guilty pleasure for me. Watching Meryl Streep and Goldie Hawn search for...
Iranian indie writer-director-producer Mohammad Rasoulof risked his freedom to secretly shoot the powerful new film, The Seed of the Sacred Fig in...
Romania’s 40th International Feature Oscar submission is Emanuel Pârvu’s exceptional Three Kilometres to the End of the World, winner of the...
Full disclosure: I like my musicals to lean dark, intelligent and biting. Sure, the sweetness of something like Maybe Happy Ending left...
The entrancing new musical—not based on any film or book or series or album or—well you get me—Maybe Happy Ending,...
For over a decade, Cory Michael Smith has shown his tremendous range and versatility in all mediums. He is currently...
Set against the backdrop of the student rebellions of 1968 (specifically the Prague Spring) as well as the Warsaw Pact...
Israel’s International Feature Oscar entry is twentysomething Tom Nesher’s feature film debut, Come Closer, a heartfelt and deep meditation on love, grief,...
“I am big! It’s the pictures that got small.” This is just one of the many oft-quoted Norma Desmond lines...
As is the norm, NewFest36—the 36th Annual New York LGBTQ+ Film Festival— boasted a varied, diverse and eclectic array of...