In 2023, Alexander Payne redefined and reinvigorated the modern Christmas movie by taking us back to the 1970s with his Oscar-winning dramedy “The Holdovers.” With the humorous and poignant “The Baltimorons” (IFC), director and co-writer Jay Duplass (Josh from “Transparent”) does something very similar.

A Little League's game is what inspired Leigh Dunlap to write "Bless Your Heart."

Island City Stage caps off its season with a new show. “At the Wedding” by Bryna Turner is a pleasant comedy about Carlo attending her ex’s wedding (to a man!) and along the way we get to meet all sorts of characters from the wedding; the bridesmaid who always hated Carlo, a slightly tipsy guest who plans on asking his beloved to marry him at the reception, another wedding guest who keeps hitting on Carlo, and the mother of the bride, who wishes her daughter was marrying Carlo.

There’s nothing quite like finding a story that sweeps you away.

Emma Hamm has a fascination with old school magic, and hence wrote "The Deathless One."

Just a few years after Austin Butler became a household name in Baz Luhrmann’s meh “Elvis,” he’s finally been given a lead role in a movie worthy of his gifts. Darren Aronofsky’s “Caught Stealing” (Sony/Columbia), with its double-meaning title (baseball and theft), flashbacks, ultra-violence, and tangled twists, appears to be the one.