‘Companion,’ ‘Ex-Husbands,’ ‘Bonus Track,’ ‘Brave the Dark’– 4 Films Worth Your Time
January and February are months usually considered a dumping ground for craptacular cinema, but that’s not always the case. Here...
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.
January and February are months usually considered a dumping ground for craptacular cinema, but that’s not always the case. Here...
Since the dawn of the home video market in the 1970s when movie lovers realized they could physically own their...
In Addison Heimann’s deliciously insane second feature, Touch Me, Lou Taylor Pucci plays Brian, a buff, tracksuit wearing extraterrestrial-ish being,...
The 34th annual New York Jewish Film Festival is underway, presented by the Jewish Museum and Film at Lincoln Center....
Stephen Sondheim is my musical theatre god. My top 3 favorite shows of all time are Sunday in the Park...
Diane Warren has penned power ballads, smash hits, and anthems for mega-watt artists like Celine Dion, Barbra Streisand, Cher, Whitney...
Marianne Jean-Baptiste received universal acclaim and an Oscar nomination for one of her first film roles, that of Hortense Cumberbatch,...
Waves, Jiří Mádl’s stirring shortlisted International Feature Oscar submission from Czechia, is set against the tumultuous backdrop of the Prague...
On and Off Broadway, the 2024 productions offered quite a number of surprises, from the terrific to the terrible (Tammy...
2024 has been a topsy-turvy year in cinema with certain unbelievably overrated movies being lauded by critics. Alas, it's all...