A freshly fired, cash-strapped, ex-NYC-cop insurance salesman is anonymously offered, during his homeward commute, a ton of money to locate on the train a possible witness to a murder. It’s an offer he can’t refuse. He then realizes, considerably later than even the dullest audience member, that he has been set up. And he’s going […]
An expert but spiritually wounded CIA interrogator, or “unlocker” (Noomi Rapace), realizes she’s being set up, and has to run for her life, negotiating a veritable forest of lame plot twists and espionage-flick tropes (digital readouts counting down, etc.) to prevent a biological attack on London. The supporting cast includes a man-bunned Orlando Bloom and […]
Robot spiders to the rescue
Baby formula
Watching someone else play a video game
Weaponizing nostalgia
Win two free tickets to Hamletmachine! The experimental art group OM-2 revives its performance of this postmodernist drama after a decade-long hiatus. Tickets are available for three performances at the Nippori Sunny Hall: March 22 (Thursday) at 7:30pm March 23 (Friday) at 7:30pm March 24 (Saturday) at 3:30pm Enter your name and email address for the chance […]
Squirm
A fresh perspective on the tired superhero genre
Wicked fun beneath the polite surface
Israeli Band “Quarter to Africa” reimagines Japanese Folk Song
Genre-blending without a net