‘Girl With the Dragon Tattoo’ Review: Uncovering the Vagner Family Secret
When a movie is longer than two and a half hours, it has to be intense to keep the viewers’ attention. As far as the […]
Articles by Ekaterina Lalo
In the Heart of an I-talian Family
A part of the 15th Annual New York International Fringe Festival, “Vignettes of an I-talian American Girl” is pretty successful with minor shortcomings. With a […]
Everlasting Love
When people love each other, there should be no boundaries that prevent them from being together, even if their love is not accepted by the […]
LA Noire Review: Better Than a Movie
After they impressed video game lovers with “Red Dead Redemption” last year, Rockstar wasted no time and jumped into “L.A. Noire,” which is just as […]
Unrealistic But Engaging
A great example of escapist literature, “Amazing Grace†by Danielle Steel can be compared to “Sweet and Low†because it sweetens a reader’s casual life, […]
Worthy of Her Name
What does it feel like to be named after a beautiful actress if you are overweight and lack self-confidence? The topic of “Finding Elizabeth Taylor,” […]
Smile-Inducing
Imposed on us by society and people around us, the necessity to get married before 30 often turns women into predators. As entertaining and unforgettable […]
Forbidden Love
There are old stories that never fail to impress no matter how many times they are told. “Cecile” by Jean Anouilh (which was written in […]
When Poet and ‘Spy’ Kiss
“Anna: Love in the Cold War†by Nancy Moss is a play that proves that sometimes one long conversation can reveal both the history of […]
When the Grimm Brothers Became Funny
Even though it is extremely difficult to make a well-known story any more new, Spencer Leopold-Cohen managed to spice up the fairy-tale, “Magic Table, the […]
Blue Hair, Blue Skirts, Love and Life-Changing Decisions
Written and directed by Steven Carl McCasland for the first annual Midwinter Madness Short Play Festival, “Blue†is a “fable†about a woman whose fragile […]