Monthly Archive: March 2020
Dennis Dermody
March 31, 2020
Personal
Getting stir-crazy in your apartments from self-isolation? The NY Times theater critic suggested reading aloud plays at home if you are a theater buff. But if you are a movie lover like me, why not re-enact your favorite scenes from…
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Dennis Dermody
March 23, 2020
Cult
The irony is not lost on me. I’ve been under “house arrest” with a fractured ankle for over 5 months, and the minute I can get out the door the whole city shuts down and I have to scurry back…
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Dennis Dermody
March 17, 2020
Movies
Paramount Pictures’ planned a 25th anniversary big-screen return of the 1995 film Braveheart, but with theaters closing across the country it’s doubtful that is going to happen. Maybe that is the bright spot in all this crisis- at least you don’t…
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Dennis Dermody
March 10, 2020
Blu-Rays
Any month that offers Blu-rays of such indescribable strangeness as Leave Her To Heaven and The Passion Of Darkly Noon is a reason to rejoice. There is also James Whale’s wonderful version of Show Boat, offbeat Universal Horror films from…
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Dennis Dermody
March 4, 2020
Movies
Opening at IFC Center on March 6th is a fabulously bizarre feminist horror fable by Carlo Mirabella-Davis with a remarkable and heartbreaking performance by Haley Bennett. Haley plays Hunter, the trophy wife of successful businessman Richie (Austin Stowell). They live…
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