F Hediyeh Tehrani in Fireworks Wednesday. An interesting thing has happened to the career of Iran’s Asghar Farhadi: It is moving forward by moving backward, at least for Western audiences. Ever since his 2011 drama A Separation scored Oscar and Golden Globe gold, his previous features have been unearthed from dust heap of film history, feeding an international art-house … [Read more...]
Alabama Shakes outshines the fireworks at SunFest
SunFest 2016 offered an unpredictable mix of something old (Duran Duran on the Ford main stage) and something new (Meghan Trainor on the Tire Kingdom stage at the Meyer Ampitheater) with its April 27 opening night’s national acts, and continued the trend throughout its five days. Gifted area singer/songwriter Mike Mineo rocked the main stage before Train eventually closed it … [Read more...]