‘Sunset Blvd:’ The Most Galvanizing, Exhilarating, Invigorating, Triumphant Theatre Of the Season
“I am big! It’s the pictures that got small.” This is just one of the many oft-quoted Norma Desmond lines...
Frank J. Avella is a proud staff writer for The Contending and an Edge Media Network contributor. He serves as the GALECA Industry Liaison (Home of the Dorian Awards) 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 and won numerous awards. Recently produced stage plays include LURED & VATICAN FALLS, both O'Neill semifinalists. His latest play FROCI, is about the queer Italian-American experience. Frank is a proud member of the Dramatists Guild.
“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...
In Blitz, Steve McQueen reinvents war-time-survival cinema by channeling past films —49th Parallel, among other Powell/Pressburger work, The Railway Children, Empire...
I’ve found this film season to be most fascinating. I’ve been so excited to see certain releases only to be...
Italian-born, award-winning playwright Marco Calvani has fashioned an exquisite first narrative feature, High Tide, which screens as the U.S. Centerpiece film...
Robinson Devor’s strangely engrossing doc, Suburban Fury, centers on Sara Jane Moore, notorious for attempting to assassinate U.S. President Gerald Ford...
Is it me or is the category ‘Outstanding Actress in a Supporting Role’ — both in terms of nominations and...
Canadian helmer Philippe Lesange’s disturbing yet transfixing new work Who by Fire (Comme le feu) explores toxic masculinity and the consequences...
The first few scenes of Pia Marais’ haunting fourth feature, Transamazonia, plays out like a silent film. A young white girl...
There are many people in this world who are angry, bitter and resentful. We often tend to dismiss these humans...