FOLLOW MY VOICE : WITH THE MUSIC OF HEDWIG
Back in 2003 Chris Slusarenko a record producer had the idea of getting some cutting-edge musicians to record a tribute album consisting of all the songs from ‘Hedwig and The Angry Inch’. And all the proceeds from the sales of the album would go towards helping fund the Harvey Milk School for gay, bisexual and … Continue reading
FOOTNOTE
The opening scene of this film is a ceremony where Uriel Shkolnik is being honored as a new member of the prestigious Israeli Academy, and the camera stays completely focused on Eliezer his father who sits in the audience totally stony-faced even when Uriel is lavishly praising him. It neatly sets the whole timbre of … Continue reading
Footnotes
Footnotes is a charming French musical about a group of striking female workers who want to save their livelihoods when the powers-that-be threaten to close the factory which makes expensive couture women’s shoes. It’s the story that makes it a delight and the characters who are the core of the plot, but it’s just that … Continue reading
FOR 80 DAYS
Axun’s ex son-in-law Mikel is rushed to hospital after a tragic car accident and as he is completely alone , she feels obliged to visit him. Whilst there she meets Maite who’s visiting her brother, also in a coma, and suddenly realizes that this is her best friend from high school. In fact the two … Continue reading
FOR COLORED GIRLS
This is a melodrama about 14 different African-American women loosely connected who are united by their color and all the bad things men have done to them. Based on an award winning Play from the 1970’s (full title For Colored Girls who have Considered Suicide When The Rainbow is Enuf), which was technically a choreo-poem, … Continue reading