How do you make a modern film noir that’s worldly enough to tackle the strange shape of today’s undulating economics? We checked in with producer Bill Horberg, a Woodstock resident, who’ll be screening his latest work, The Burnt Orange Heresy, at Upstate Films Woodstock as a benefit for the Woodstock Film Festival at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, February 29 at Upstate Films Woodstock, 132 Tinker Street.
Thursday-Sunday, Feb. 27-Mar. 1, Mar. 5-8: As Agnes is packing up the contents of the family home, she finds a module Tilly had written for D&D, transmuting her high school friends into allies on her Hero’s Journey and her tormentors into monsters. Agnes decides to seek out the help of a Dungeon Master to play the game as her sister designed.
Saturday/Sunday, Feb. 29/Mar. 1: “The repertory is varied and engaging – a spectacular celebration of dance in all of its forms,” says VRDT director John Meehan, professor of Dance who holds the Frances D. Fergusson Chair at Vassar. “We are very excited to bring back Larry Keigwin’s Caffeinated, which The New York Times described as ‘a hilarious, jittery mix of aerobics, cheerleading, ballet and boxing that seems to use every note of Philip Glass’ Glasspiece No. 3.’”
Saturday, Feb. 29: The Ancient Law is a landmark in Weimar cinema. It is the story of a rabbi’s son who leaves his shtetl home in Galicia and makes his way to Vienna, where an archduchess at the imperial court falls in love with him. The movie draws a complex portrait of the tension between tradition and modernity. Alicia Svigals is founder of the Grammy-winning Klezmatics. Donald Sosin has performed his silent film music at Lincoln Center, the Museum of Modern Art and the Kennedy Center.
Portrait of a Lady on Fire is a true work of art.
Friday-Sunday, Feb. 28-Mar. 1: Recipient of Billboard’s inaugural Comedian of the Year award, comedian, actor and best-selling author Sebastian Maniscalco performs no fewer than six times at the Nesheiwat Convention Center in Poughkeepsie.
Saturday, Feb. 22: Cave Dogs features live shadow performances with an original musical soundtrack that conjures a dreamlike and nostalgic feeling for adults and children alike.
Sunday, Feb. 23: For many, the big draw here will be the casting of the splendidly regal and funny Gwendoline Christie – who memorably played Brienne of Tarth, the formidable woman warrior (and only genuinely honorable knight, though she couldn’t claim that title) in Game of Thrones – in the dual role of Titania and Hippolyta.
Saturday, Feb. 22: Widely regarded as the king of the intemperate rant, Black’s trademark style involves yelling and animated finger-pointing, skewering anything and anyone that gets under his skin. While his segments on The Daily Show may have sparked his fame, Black has been a respected industry insider as a writer and a performer for decades.
The Birds of Prey story picks up right after the most problematic aspect of the Harley Quinn narrative: her toxic co-dependent relationship with the Joker.