by Joseph Rossi How can a director like Sam Raimi make a boring film? The director of the Evil Dead movies, Darkman and the underrated Drag me to Hell? Please, someone tell me because I sat there for two hours as Oz the Great and Powerful played before me and all I could think about […]
Film/TV
Curtains up on The World Before Her at The Hudson Film Society DocFest
by Joseph Rossi for Curtains Up Hudson, Quebec is home to the Hudson Village Theatre, a charming venue housed within an old-fashioned train station. It is here that the Hudson Film Society screens films for its members as well as for the public. It sports a brand new lobby complete with a coffee and refreshment […]
Ranee Lee Is Mahalia Jackson – spirit and soul!
What do Edith Piaf, Billie Holliday, Sophie Tucker, Judy Garland and Mahalia Jackson all have in common?Peace.That’s Roger Peace, playwright, choreographer, director and producer. His latest creative endeavour as a writer and director, The Mahalia Jackson Musical, is about to open at The Segal Theatre in March.Since his arrival in Canada from England, he has […]
Curtains Up on Weekend Viewing
by Joseph Rossi BIG NIGHT Does anyone remember BIG NIGHT? I was rooting through my DVD collection and came across Stanley Tucci and Campbell Scott’s 1996 film. It’s about two Italian brothers who own a failing restaurant in 1950’s New Jersey and have to prepare a dinner for jazz singer Louis Prima in order to […]
TOAST TO IRELAND – CINE GAEL FUNDRAISER
Cine Gael is recognizing one of the creators of the group that has, over the years, brought some thought provoking dramas, side splitting comedies and wonderful docudramas for us, Irish or not, to enjoy.
Working The Red Carpet
Me and actress Tracey Hoyt from “The Tournament“ By: Richard Jutras for Curtains Up Working the red carpet is not all it`s cracked up to be. It`s alot of hard work. I remember thinking “who are you wearing“? So, with my made-to-measure Yves St. Laurent tuxedo, I, along with the rest of the cast […]
Unforgettable Oscars Performances
Today we are shifting our focus from the stages of Broadway and beyond to the stages of the previous 84 Academy Awards telecasts that have transpired to date, in anticipation of Sunday night’s big, big, big show – Hollywood’s hugest night. After all, this year’s Academy Awards is of particular interest and excitement to […]
LES MISERABLES Hit Status Leading To WICKED At Universal?
The worldwide $380+ gross of the feature film adaptation of the international stage hit LES MISERABLES at the box office has put a movie musical take on the hit Oz-themed WICKED closer to becoming a reality. In a recent interview, Universal chairman Adam Fogelson stated that the success of one has influenced the expediancy by […]
‘Truffling’ her feathers…one woman’s adventures in a macho culinary world
By Tracey Hill for Curtains Up PARIS, France “Find a woman from the countryside to cook for me!” lamented French President François Mitterrand in 1988, after his first 7-year term. The aging head of state had just fired his personal chef and he’d grown weary of the fussy, urban-chic cuisine that arose daily from his […]
Curtains up on….Weekend Viewing. Overlooked by the Oscars. By Joseph Rossi
On February 24th Hollywood will vote for who they think gives the best performances of the year. But every so often there are a few that never even make it to the ceremony. They give amazing performances that somehow never register. Here are three movies that are available for home viewing that contain three amazing […]