By Joseph Rossi for Curtains Up Lincoln Steven Spielberg’s Lincoln is one of the finest, if not the finest, screen biographies ever put on film. Hollywood’s most famous director’s take on Lincoln’s battle for the 13th amendment and his plan to abolish slavery is his freshest and leanest film […]
Film/TV
In conversation with Malcom McDowell
CurtainsUP’s Sharman Yarnell had the opportunity to chat with Macolm McDowell. You can have a listen to their conversation here:
Curtains up on Weekend Viewing
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey By Joseph Rossi for Curtains Up Bilbo Baggins is a hobbit who would rather read a book in his living room then go out on an adventure. That is until the wizard Gandalf and 13 Dwarves take him on one to fight a fire-breathing dragon. And so begins The Hobbit…. […]
AUDITIONS
Casting Call! Seeking actors from Montreal, Ottawa and Toronto! LOGRUSS PRODUCTIONS and DIGGERFILMS are working on a new web series set in a sciencefiction/superhero universe and are looking for actors!
Moneywood by William Stadiem (St. Martin’s Press, $31)
By Andreas Kessaris for Curtains Up Hollywood has long been divided into different “eras” or “ages” often referred to as “Golden” or “Great.” It is probably Hollywood itself that created those names in order to sell movie tickets and create interest in and increase the value of film their vast film vaults. I came of […]
JACQUES BREL IS ALIVE AND LOOKING GOOD AT MAINLINE
By Sharman Yarnell for Curtains Up Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris is not a piece often performed here in Montreal. A revue, with songs in french and english, it debuted in the late sixties off-Broadway, with 26 songs. A film version saw the addition of five more songs including ‘Ne […]
Curtains Up on Movie Love
by Joseph Rossi My love for movies began when I was 6 years old. My father did something radical and for me, well, quite magical. He opened a video store. VHS was booming so he decided to get in on the action. It was, for me, my film school. Not that I knew what a […]
Hopper by Tom Folsom (it Books, $28.99)
By Andreas Kessaris for Curtains Up In the annals of Hollywood history Dennis Hopper was and will remain an enigmatic figure. Actor, writer, director, photographer, artist; he had it all, lost it all, and got some of it back in a place renowned for being cold and unforgiving; from character actor, to toast of the […]
Oklahoma – HVT
By Sharman Yarnell for Curtains Up Mounting a full blown musical production under professional circumstances is a difficult feat. For an amateur group, even more so. Once again, the Hudson Music Club has proven that almost anything is possible.Oklahoma (the first musical to be written by the team, Rodgers and Hammerstein) is the group’s newest […]
HALLELUJAH MAHALIA
By Sharman Yarnell The Mahalia Jackson Musical has hit the stage at The Segal Theatre with a story of perseverance, faith…and joyous song. It is no less than a celebration of the courage and tenacity of a people, their survival, their history and the music that came out of those trying times – Gospel. If […]