Jersey Boys is a musical biography of the Four Seasons-the rise, the tough times and personal clashes, and the ultimate triumph of a group of friends whose music became symbolic of a generation. Far from a mere tribute concert (though it does include numbers from the popular Four Seasons songbook), Jersey Boys gets to the […]
Archives for July 2014
Happy
Happy, the latest award-winning film from Academy Award nominated director, Roko Belic, takes us on a journey from the swamps of Louisiana to the slums of Kolkata in search of what really makes people happy. Combining real life stories of people from around the world and powerful interviews with the leading scientists in happiness research, […]
Top of the Lake: The Series
Director: Jane Campion Year of Release: 2013 Top of the Lake begins with a mystery as Tui, a 12 year-old girl, walks chest deep into the freezing waters of a South Island lake in New Zealand. She is five months pregnant and won’t say who the father is. The girl’s family are an unsavory bunch. […]
Life Itself
Those of you have followed my Cinema Therapy blog over the years know how deeply I respected Roger Ebert. This is partly because I was born in Chicago, and because I find it to be one of the most beautiful cities, with the downtown bridges arching high over the river running into Lake Michigan. But […]