Directed and produced by Tia Lessin and Carl Deal, TROUBLE THE WATER follows Kimberly Rivers Roberts and her husband Scott on a two-year odyssey – from the devastation of the storm to their escape from the city, to resettlement in Memphis, to an eventual return to a decimated New Orleans – telling a story of transformation, heroism and love.
Grey Gardens: HBO's Movie Based on Famous Feature
March 25, 2009 by
In 1973, filmmakers Albert and David Maysles entered the strange world of “Big Edie” and “Little Edie” Bouvier Beale, two charming eccentrics who were relatives of Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy. Writer-Director Michael Sucsy’s original story for GREY GARDENS offers a wry, behind-the-scenes look at the Beale family and their unique mother-daughter bond. Told over the span of four decades, the film focuses on their glamorous and well-heeled lives long before the making of the documentary and on the circumstances behind their riches-to-rags story.
The Toxic Avenger is Back!
March 20, 2009 by
March 19, 2009–Coinciding with the 25th Anniversary of feature length motion picture, The Toxic Avenger, New York City’s New World Stages will be home to the musical version of the cult hit which spawned three sequels, a Saturday morning cartoon show, novel and countless themed merchandise.
Hollywood 2009: 1970s Remakes of Family and Horror Score at Box-Office
March 14, 2009 by
March 14, 2009–Two remakes of the 1970s easily dragged down “Watchmen” in its second Friday as Disney’s Dwayne Johnson adventure “Race to Witch Mountain” was first with $6.7 million followed by Universal/Rogue’s “The Last House on the Left,” which made $5.6 million.
Chorus Line, A: Basic Facts
March 9, 2009 by
The musical was created more than three decades ago, and it was seen on Broadway for 6,137 performances. Yet A Chorus Line is no ordinary musical; as one of its songs tells us, it's, like the song says, “a singular sensation.” A look back at how it all began may help explain why the show continues to be such an electrifying experience for audiences. In the beginning, there were the “gypsies,” highly-skilled dancers who travel from musical to musical, chorus to chorus, to be found in the background behind the stars. One cold midnight, on January 18, 1974, of these gypsies gathered in an empty exercise center in Manhattan.
