While Broadway remains dark after more than nine months, with the help of a little movie magic and an impressively detailed set (production design by Jamie Walker McCall), The Prom, lights up 42nd street once more and delivers a joyous, thoroughly uplifting movie musical where the dialogue scenes pop just as much as the song... Continue Reading →
With director Ryan Murphy's joyous queer romantic comedy musical, The Prom, landing on Netflix this Friday December 11th The Queer Review caught up—virtually of course—with the film's stellar ensemble cast and Murphy himself at the recent global press conference. Based on Chad Beguelin, Bob Martin and Matthew Sklar's Tony-nominated Broadway production, the screen adaptation sees... Continue Reading →
Greta Gerwig understands how to convey a sweeping, swooning movement in her directorial style. She proved it with her solo directing debut, Lady Bird, which captured the woozy spirit of a young person’s life, and she does it again with her unexpected adaptation of Louisa May Alcott’s classic novel, Little Women. By comparison, prior versions,... Continue Reading →
