Lewis Black to perform at UPAC
Saturday, Feb. 24: King of the rant comes to Kingston.
Stage & Screen
Two Hudson Valley-produced films win big at Sundance
Now that New York State tax law has been tweaked to give filmmakers a bigger incentive to shoot scenes in the Hudson Valley, we’re beginning to see the results.
Eddie Izzard coming to UPAC in Kingston
Friday, Feb. 16: Stage and screen actor, comedian and now author Eddie Izzard has emerged as one of the most transcendent and unclassifiable comedic talents of his generation.
Daniel Day-Lewis risks being spectacularly unlikable in Phantom Thread
He’s mesmerizing, certainly; but that has mostly to do with the fact that he’s being portrayed by the great Daniel Day-Lewis, who, in his typically compulsive, hands-on approach to tackling a character, actually learned to sew evening gowns in order to portray an elite 1950s English fashion designer.
Film production dollars spent in Hudson Valley up 300%
An increased number of big-budget film productions in the mid-Hudson region in 2017 have resulted in a 300 percent increase in direct spending, according to the Hudson Valley Film Commission.
Analog Dreams: The Art of Brian Dewan at TSL in Hudson
Friday, Jan. 19: A Renaissance man of music, art, performance and design, and a throwback to a time when a single individual could master nearly all the domains of making, Catskill’s Brian Dewan is a worthy and fascinating subject for a documentary.
Jane Goodall doc screens locally
When Jane Goodall went to work for paleoanthropologist Louis Leakey in Tanzania in 1957, her only academic background was secretarial school. She approached her work in Africa with no preconceived notions, and ended up turning the field of primate biology on its head.
Playing the hand we’re dealt in Molly’s Game
It’s based on a memoir written by an Olympic-caliber skier sidelined by a serious injury who makes a shady new career running high-stakes poker games, then refuses to name names once her operation is busted.
A long time longing in Call Me by Your Name
Expect to hear a lot of praise heaped upon this deeply romantic gay coming-of-age tale. Count this reviewer among the few who were not totally ravished by it.
Game attitude: Engaging cast makes Jumanji 2 surprisingly diverting
Sometimes a movie is worth seeing simply because the actors seem to be having such a blast playing off-type; Jumanji 2 is that sort of movie.