Puzzle is a quietly engrossing coming-of-age story
During our era of big budget spectacles and artificially heightened Oscar-bait biopics, Puzzle is a rare and reassuring specimen: a simple tale, told with grace.
Stage & Screen
American premiere of John Cleese comedy shines at Shadowland
Runs weekends through September 9: Bang Bang! is feisty and fun and will make your face hurt from laughing.
Regal Cinemas at Hudson Valley Mall closes
Thursday, Aug. 16 was the last showing; mall owners mum on possible replacement.
Arm-of-the-Sea performs Esopus Creek Puppet Suite in Saugerties
Friday-Sunday, August 17-19: Each year at the Tina Chorvas Waterfront Park in Saugerties, Arm-of-the-Sea Theater presents an Esopus Creek Puppet Suite, which illuminates some aspect of local history. It features giant puppets in a series of tall tales inspired by Saugerties’ colorful past.
Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival takes on difficult Richard II
August 19, 22 and 26: The unusual casting serves to highlight the play’s themes of identity: Who or what is a person born to be king, when kingship is taken away?
Christopher Robin is sweet and utterly predictable
The film gets the job done — transporting kids to the lovely Hundred Acre Wood and taking their parents along for a pleasant nostalgia trip. There are worse ways to spend a rainy afternoon.
Comic Gilbert Gottfried to perform in Woodstock
Saturday, August 11: Colony presents an iconic giant of the old school: New York City comedian and film actor Gilbert Gottfried, a veteran of Saturday Night Live and many film roles.
Gabriel “Fluffy” Iglesias to perform in Kingston
One of America’s most popular stand-up comedians, Gabriel “Fluffy” Iglesias, will be coming to the Ulster Perfuming Arts Center in Kingston on Sunday, November 25 at 7 p.m.
Mission: Impossible – Fallout understands exactly what an action movie starring Tom Cruise should be
What is this strange creature called Tom Cruise? Who can explain why a 56-year-old man with a half-billion-dollar net worth insists on putting himself through hell doing outlandish stunts to amuse the masses every few years? Why are the results so entertaining?
Charming Disaster at Kingston’s Rough Draft
Wednesday, August 8: The Brooklyn-based duo present the odd and offbeat in storytelling and music. “We read a lot, and our music is as influenced by books as it is by other music. We’re working on a song cycle around Marie Curie and her work.”