I understand that Sam Peckinpah’s Straw Dogs has been remade, with the Rod Lurie-directed film set to bloody cinema screens everywhere Sept. 16. It was only inevitable that a film whose shocking, graphic depictions of violence and sexuality, which were well ahead of their time in mainstream cinemas in 1971, would be mined and possibly exploited by a generation of moviemakers … [Read more...]
Miami City Ballet’s ‘Romeo’ to open at Kravis
Following impressive performances at the Arsht Center, the Miami City Ballet’s production of Romeo and Juliet, which opens tomorrow at the Kravis Center, is quickly establishing itself as the company’s newest, and biggest, hit. The company is mounting legendary South African choreographer John Cranko’s setting of the story, to the 1940 score by Sergei Prokofiev. Part of the … [Read more...]
‘Doll’s House’ effective, but play has outlived its moment
Ah, to have been in Copenhagen’s Royal Theatre that night in late December 1879, when Henrik Ibsen elicited shock and outrage with his new play, A Doll’s House, and particularly the final door-slamming, convention-flaunting exit of its heroine, Nora Helmer. Watching what she endures through 21st century eyes, however, the only conceivable response is a hearty, “You go, girl,” … [Read more...]