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AWFJ Presents: Julie Taymor’s A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM – Review by Joan Amenn

November 18, 2022November 18, 2022 Joan Amenn A Midsummer Night’s Dream, awfj presents, David Harewood, Film Movement, jake horowitz, julie taymor, Kathryn Hunter, Lilly Englert, Mandi Masden, Zach Appelman

Anyone who found themselves uninspired by their high school English classes might remember that there was a small spark of fun to look forward to, if they were lucky. Should your instructor assign you to read, or better yet, watch a performance of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, you could anticipate some magical entertainment. Julie Taymor staged her own version of the classic in 2014 and fortunately, it was captured on film because it is astonishing.

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AWFJ Presents: Julie Taymor’s A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM – Review by Joan Amenn

June 3, 2022June 3, 2022 Joan Amenn A Midsummer Night’s Dream, awfj presents, David Harewood, Film Movement, jake horowitz, julie taymor, Kathryn Hunter, Lilly Englert, Mandi Masden, Zach Appelman

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THE VAST OF NIGHT – Review by Susan Granger

June 3, 2020June 7, 2020 Susan Granger 0 Comments amazon prime, andrew patterson, jake horowitz, Sierra McCormick, the vast of night

If you enjoyed The Twilight Zone, The Outer Limits and other 1950s sci-fi anthologies, you’ll respond to this ‘episode’ of the fictional Paradox Theater TV show, beginning as a Rod Serling-like announcer intones: “You are entering a realm between clandestine and forgotten…”

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THE VAST OF NIGHT – Review by Diane Carson

May 19, 2020May 23, 2020 Diane Carson 0 Comments amazon prime, andrew patterson, jake horowitz, scifi, Sierra McCormick, the vast of night

Finding inspiration in early television science fiction, this satisfying little film zips through 89 minutes with confidence and style. What a delight it is to be swept up in 1950s small town New Mexico as switchboard operator Fay hears an indecipherable audio frequency and transmits it to friend Everett, hosting a radio call in.

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THE VAST OF NIGHT – Review by Alexandra Heller-Nicholas

April 28, 2020April 28, 2020 Alexandra Heller-Nicholas 0 Comments andrew patterson, jake horowitz, james montague, scifi, Sierra McCormick, the vast of night

The Vast of Night is a confident, subtle and deeply intelligent reflection of how history and myth take shape through technologies, and yet the film never slides into pompous soap-boxing or smug editorializing. It’s that rare gift of a film where all the elements combine in perfect harmony, a timely reminder that a great genre film doesn’t need to transcend genre as much as it needs to deeply love, respect and understand it.