Review: Stalin’s Master Class
Dive into the haunting satire of “Stalin’s Master Class” where power, fear, and art collide in a gripping 2024 restaging. By Amanda L. Andrei.
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Review: Trio. For the beauty of it
Captivating review of Trio. For the beauty of it, a multicultural dance performance celebrating heritage styles & creative expression. By Amanda L. Andrei.
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Review: The Ratcatcher
Explore ‘The Ratcatcher,’ a riveting adaptation of the Pied Piper at Radost Theatre, Brno. A must-read review by Amanda L. Andrei.
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Review: MyLifeandMyLife
A review by Amanda L. Andrei of MyLifeandMyLife by Melinda Mátyus, experimental novella from the perspective of a nameless woman in a fraught relationship.
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Review: Sevdah: Elegy for a South Imagined
Dubravka Ugrešić’s Lend Me Your Character is a kaleidoscopic amalgamation featuring one novella, seven short stories, and several sections of author’s notes. In classic Ugrešić form, fairy tale elements abound–magic, crass humor, textile allusions to sewing, grotesque imagery, repetition, and warnings fill the pages.
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The SEEfest Review is now accepting pitches on a rolling basis for essays and critiques covering film, literature, art, history, and music. Please review our guidelines before sending us your pitch. We look forward to hearing from you. Due to the volume of pitches we receive, we may be unable to reply to each pitch, […]
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Review – Romeo & Juliet: Love is a Fire
“I can’t remember seeing so much humor in a production of Romeo & Juliet ever before – which was a delight.” A Review of Romeo & Juliet: Love is a FireSanta Monica PlayhouseBy Catharine Dada, PhD. This revisioned dynamic production Romeo & Juliet: Love is a Fire blends dance and a paired down, and sometimes […]
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Review: Lend Me Your Character
Dubravka Ugrešić’s Lend Me Your Character is a kaleidoscopic amalgamation featuring one novella, seven short stories, and several sections of author’s notes. In classic Ugrešić form, fairy tale elements abound–magic, crass humor, textile allusions to sewing, grotesque imagery, repetition, and warnings fill the pages.
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Review – Glass Onion
Set in Greece, Rian Johnson’s slick whodunnit is a repudiation of the tech craze, influencer culture, class privilege, and American hegemony abroad. Warning: Contains Spoilers for Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery By Vanessa Bloom “I like the glass onion, as a metaphor. An object that seems densely layered, but in reality, the center is […]
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Review – Živa (The Death of the Goddess Živa)
Liquid Eco-Aisthēsis: Elemental Sensorium and Femininity in Živa Essay by Maja Manojlovic Živa (2022), a short experimental film by Nataša Prosenc Stearns, unfolds in nine scenes, each characterized by the prominence of one of the natural elements. However, just as our planet and bodies are primarily composed of water, so does its liquid, wavy fluidity […]
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