‘Maybe Happy Ending’ May Be Broadway’s Best New Musical
The entrancing new musical—not based on any film or book or series or album or—well you get me—Maybe Happy Ending,...
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.
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...
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...