Opening on what appears to be the verge of its titular act, Robert Machoian’s “The Killing of Two Lovers” then steadily pulls back from what sounds like a noirish potboiler of marital infidelity and rage. Instead, his , as is so often the case.
Stark as the surrounding Western Utah landscapes its characters seem dwarfed by, the terse narrative may be a bit too stripped down for those seeking more conventional melodrama. Commercial prospects will not be high. But this first solo feature (Machoian co-directed three prior ones with Rodrigo Ojeda-Beck) is an arresting auteurist miniature that should travel far on the festival circuit, perhaps picking up awards that might heighten appeal to niche distributors in various formats.
An odd-jobber in his podunk town — where there appears to be exactly one store — shaggy 30-something David (Clayne Crawford) is first glimpsed in a state of armed emotional extremis standing over the bed of his wife,...
Stark as the surrounding Western Utah landscapes its characters seem dwarfed by, the terse narrative may be a bit too stripped down for those seeking more conventional melodrama. Commercial prospects will not be high. But this first solo feature (Machoian co-directed three prior ones with Rodrigo Ojeda-Beck) is an arresting auteurist miniature that should travel far on the festival circuit, perhaps picking up awards that might heighten appeal to niche distributors in various formats.
An odd-jobber in his podunk town — where there appears to be exactly one store — shaggy 30-something David (Clayne Crawford) is first glimpsed in a state of armed emotional extremis standing over the bed of his wife,...
- 1/30/2020
- by Dennis Harvey
- Variety Film + TV
Twenty years ago, the princess who vanished without a trace made her way to movie theaters.
Anastasia hit theaters Nov. 21, 1997, and faced multiple hurdles on its way to the screen, where it would earn earn $139 million for the short-lived Fox Animation Studios and become its most enduring legacy. The musical loosely based on the life of the ill-fated Russian princess underwent major rewrites in order to lighten the tone for the film, which stars Meg Ryan (Anastasia), John Cusack (Dimitri), Kelsey Grammer (Vlad) and Christopher Lloyd (the villainous Rasputin).
Screenwriter Bruce Graham recalls that while Ryan was always...
Anastasia hit theaters Nov. 21, 1997, and faced multiple hurdles on its way to the screen, where it would earn earn $139 million for the short-lived Fox Animation Studios and become its most enduring legacy. The musical loosely based on the life of the ill-fated Russian princess underwent major rewrites in order to lighten the tone for the film, which stars Meg Ryan (Anastasia), John Cusack (Dimitri), Kelsey Grammer (Vlad) and Christopher Lloyd (the villainous Rasputin).
Screenwriter Bruce Graham recalls that while Ryan was always...
- 11/21/2017
- by Tara Bitran
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The 'Visions' slate at SXSW celebrates "risk-taking artists in the new cinema landscape who demonstrate raw innovation and creativity in documentary and narrative filmmaking," and filmmakers Robert Machoian and Rodrigo Ojeda-Beck are certainly cooking up something out of the ordinary with "God Bless The Child." Today we have an exclusive clip from the movie that will be making its premiere in Austin. Featuring Harper Graham, Elias Graham, Arri Graham, Ezra Graham, Jonah Graham, Bruce Graham, Alex Weinshilboum, and Patrick Ditty, the movie tracks five siblings who are left to their own devices after their depressed and unreliable mother leaves, possibly for good. But while the movie may look and feel like cinéma vérité or documentary, it's actually carefully directed and scripted, aiming to capture the ineffable spirit of childhood. This scene certainly captures a particular authenticity in the playful relationship between...
- 3/10/2015
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
Theater Breaking Through Barriers Tbtb, the critically acclaimed theater company dedicated to advancing artists with disabilities and changing the image of people with disabilities from dependence to independence, presents its fourth annual short play festival, Power Plays - a collection of five world-premiere short plays by celebrated playwrights Bekah Brunstetter, Bruce Graham, John Guare, David Henry Hwang and Neil Labute - with performances to run today, June 12-29 at Theatre Row's Clurman Theatre 410 West 42nd Street. Roberto Cambeiro, Christina Roussos, Artistic Director Ike Schambelan, Russell Treyz, and Associate Director Nicholas Viselli direct.
- 6/12/2014
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Theater Breaking Through Barriers Tbtb, the critically acclaimed theater company dedicated to advancing artists with disabilities and changing the image of people with disabilities from dependence to independence, presents its fourth annual short play festival, Power Plays - a collection of five world-premiere short plays by celebrated playwrights Bekah Brunstetter, Bruce Graham, John Guare, David Henry Hwang and Neil Labute - with performances to run June 12-29 at Theatre Row's Clurman Theatre 410 West 42nd Street. Roberto Cambeiro, Christina Roussos, Artistic Director Ike Schambelan, Russell Treyz, and Associate Director Nicholas Viselli direct.
- 5/15/2014
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Northlight Theatre, under the direction of Artistic Director Bj Jones and Executive Director Timothy J. Evans, continues its 2012-2013 season with the world premiere of Stella amp Lou, featuring Emmy Award-winner Rhea Perlman, Francis Guinan and Ed Flynn. Bruce Graham, the Jeff Award-winning playwright of The Outgoing Tide, returns to Northlight with his latest play, to be directed by Bj Jones. Stella amp Lou will run at Northlight Theatre, 9501 Skokie Blvd in Skokie, May 3 - June 9, 2013. BroadwayWorld has a first look at highlights of the show below...
- 5/15/2013
- by BroadwayWorld TV
- BroadwayWorld.com
The Delaware Theatre Company presents The Outgoing Tide www.OutgoingTidePlay.com a new American play by Bruce Graham nominee of two Drama Desk Awards and The Rosenthal Prize for Coyote on a Fence at Urban Stages, Something Intangible, Any Given Monday and directed by Bud Martin Any Given Monday, Respect. The Outgoing Tide begins performances on November 7th and plays a limited engagement through December 16th at 59E59 Theaters, Theater A. Opening was last night, November 20th and you can check out photos from the big event below...
- 11/21/2012
- by Walter McBride
- BroadwayWorld.com
The Delaware Theatre Company presents The Outgoing Tide www.OutgoingTidePlay.com a new American play by Bruce Graham nominee of two Drama Desk Awards and The Rosenthal Prize for Coyote on a Fence at Urban Stages, Something Intangible, Any Given Monday and directed by Bud Martin Any Given Monday, Respect. The Outgoing Tide begins performances on November 7th and plays a limited engagement through December 16th at 59E59 Theaters, Theater A. Opening night is set for November 20th. Get a first look at the production in the photos below...
- 11/5/2012
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Hallmark Channel today announced that it has given green light to its first primetime series Cedar Cove starring Andie MacDowell. Stargate veteran Carl Binder will serve as showrunner on the series, which will film in Vancouver. Cedar Cove is based on Debbie Macomber’s novels and stars MacDowell as Judge Olivia Lockhart whose Cedar Cove Municipal Court is the professional milieu and social microcosm of issues the judge will face in her own day-to-day life with family and friends. Dylan Neal plays Jack Griffith, the new editor of the Cedar Cove Chronicle, and budding love interest for Judge Lockhart. Hallmark made two-hour pilot orders to Cedar Cover and When Calls the Heart in March. Then in May, when it tapped MacDowell for Cedar Cove, it announced that the project has been given a series order for a debut in early 2013. At the time, MacDowell was tied to ABC Family’s Jane By Design,...
- 10/17/2012
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
Andie MacDowell is set to star in Hallmark Channel’s two-hour pilot, Cedar Cove. Hallmark Channel in March announced its foray into primetime series with two two-hour pilots, Cedar Cove and When Calls The Heart, which both will air as movies on the network. Cedar Cove is the first to begin production in mid-June for a premiere in late 2012. With MacDowell on board, Hallmark Channel has also committed to a series order to Cedar Cove for an early 2013 debut. Based on the bestselling book series by Debbie Macomber, Cedar Cove centers on the residents of the small town of Cedar Cove. MacDowell will play Judge Olivia Lockhart whose Cedar Cove Municipal Court is the professional milieu and social microcosm of issues the judge will face in her own day-to-day life with family and friends. Michael Scott is directing the pilot from a script by Bruce Graham. MacDowell currently co-stars in another series on basic cable,...
- 5/30/2012
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
The 16th annual Barrymore Awards, which recognize excellence in Philadelphia-area theater, were presented Monday at the city's Walnut Street Theatre by the Theatre Alliance of Greater Philadelphia.Women were prominent among winners of the 27 awards, including Sarah Sanford, who took home the F. Otto Haas Award for an emerging Philadelphia theater artist, which comes with a $10,000 prize. The Philadelphia Theatre Company's production of "The Light in the Piazza" took seven awards, the most of any nominated musical. "Becky Shaw" won five awards for the Wilma Theater, making it the biggest-winning play.The recipients are as follows:Outstanding overall production of a play"Becky Shaw," The Wilma TheaterOutstanding overall production of a musical "The Light in the Piazza," Philadelphia Theatre CompanyOutstanding direction of a playAnne Kauffman, "Becky Shaw," The Wilma TheaterOutstanding direction of a musicalJoe Calarco, "The Light in the Piazza," Philadelphia Theatre CompanyOutstanding music directionEric Ebbenga, "The Light in the Piazza,...
- 10/5/2010
- backstage.com
Their concrete-and-carbon Nested Skyscraper is no place for arachnophobes.
It's been a rough few days for traditional skyscrapers: two masters of the modernist glass tower died last week, the Trump Tower's Der Scutt and the Sears (now Willis) Tower's Bruce Graham. But imaginary architecture is alive and well. Just check out the winners of eVolo Magazine's 2010 Skyscraper Competition.
The winner was a floating prison designed by Chow Khoon Toong, Ong Tien Yee, and Beh Ssi Cze, architecture students from Malaysia. It's a prison-city, complete with farms, factories, and recycling plants that convicts live and work in until their sentences are up and they take the elevator back to earth.
The most interesting entry, though, came in third: Ryohei Koike and Jarod Poenisch's Nested Skyscraper, proposed for Tokyo. It's built kind of like a spider Web, with fabric-and-concrete netting wrapped (by, uh, robots, apparently) around a carbon-fiber internal frame. The nets are porous,...
It's been a rough few days for traditional skyscrapers: two masters of the modernist glass tower died last week, the Trump Tower's Der Scutt and the Sears (now Willis) Tower's Bruce Graham. But imaginary architecture is alive and well. Just check out the winners of eVolo Magazine's 2010 Skyscraper Competition.
The winner was a floating prison designed by Chow Khoon Toong, Ong Tien Yee, and Beh Ssi Cze, architecture students from Malaysia. It's a prison-city, complete with farms, factories, and recycling plants that convicts live and work in until their sentences are up and they take the elevator back to earth.
The most interesting entry, though, came in third: Ryohei Koike and Jarod Poenisch's Nested Skyscraper, proposed for Tokyo. It's built kind of like a spider Web, with fabric-and-concrete netting wrapped (by, uh, robots, apparently) around a carbon-fiber internal frame. The nets are porous,...
- 3/19/2010
- by William Bostwick
- Fast Company
Act II Playhouse is proud to announce its 2009-10 season. The four-show lineup kicks off with the laugh-out-loud 2008 Tony winner for Best Revival, Boeing-Boeing by Marc Camoletti, followed by Ernest Thompson's beloved classic, On Golden Pond. Act II is also proud to present the world premiere of Philadelphia playwright Bruce Graham's newest play, Any Given Monday, a co-production with Theatre Exile; followed by Neil Bartram and Brian Hill's new musical about friendship, The Story of My Life.
- 6/3/2009
- BroadwayWorld.com
The Alliance Theatre Lab returns to the South Florida theatre scene with the announcement of its 2009/2010 season. The Alliance, 'dedicated to producing contemporary dramatic works which give voice to the outsider,' is preparing to bring its vision to the Miami area with four works: Swimming in the Shallows by Adam Bock (Fall 2009), Orphans by Lyle Kessler (Winter 2010), Coyote on a Fence by Bruce Graham (Spring 2010), and Martin McDonagh's A Skull in Connemara (Summer 2010).
- 6/2/2009
- BroadwayWorld.com
Due to high demand, the comedy "Moon Over the Brewery," by Bruce Graham is being held over for an additional performance on Sunday, May 3rd at 2:30 pm, at Chicago Street Theatre in Valparaiso. Tickets are currently on sale for this matinee performance at a special encore price of $10. To purchase tickets, call the Chicago Street Theatre box office at 219-464-1636 x2, Monday-Friday, 10 am - 2 pm; this special offer is not available online.
- 4/27/2009
- BroadwayWorld.com
Henry Winkler, Brooke Burns and Warren Christie have been tapped to star in Hallmark Channel's "The Most Wonderful Time of the Year," a holiday-themed original movie airing in December.
The telefilm, in production in Vancouver, centers on busy single mom Jennifer (Burns), who no longer enjoys the holidays thanks to the overwhelming tasks that go along with them. Then her Uncle Ralph (Winkler) arrives with the young, handsome Morgan (Christie, "October Road"), who causes Jennifer to question her feelings for her stable yet boring boyfriend.
Michael Scott is directing from a script by Bruce Graham.
"Wonderful" is a Hallmark Channel presentation in association with Wonder Road Prods., Dan Wigutow Prods., Kz Prods. and Front Street Pictures. Scott also is exec producing with Dan Wigutow. Harvey Kahn is producing, and Caroline Moore is co-producing.
The telefilm, in production in Vancouver, centers on busy single mom Jennifer (Burns), who no longer enjoys the holidays thanks to the overwhelming tasks that go along with them. Then her Uncle Ralph (Winkler) arrives with the young, handsome Morgan (Christie, "October Road"), who causes Jennifer to question her feelings for her stable yet boring boyfriend.
Michael Scott is directing from a script by Bruce Graham.
"Wonderful" is a Hallmark Channel presentation in association with Wonder Road Prods., Dan Wigutow Prods., Kz Prods. and Front Street Pictures. Scott also is exec producing with Dan Wigutow. Harvey Kahn is producing, and Caroline Moore is co-producing.
- 10/3/2008
- by By Kimberly Nordyke
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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