Commentary: Redemption, writ large, in L.A. Opera’s divine ‘Omar’

A woman in a head wrap and dramatic blue costume printed with Arabic lettering on the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion stage.

“Omar,” the new opera by composers Rhiannon Giddens and Michael Abels, finds its strength in the simplicity of prayer. The work, which is too fluid to be classified in discrete musical or dramatic genres, is […]

THE RAID: REDEMPTION [2012] – Official Trailer (HD)

30 floors of hell – 10 years of glory. Get THE RAID: REDEMPTION now on Disc and Digital. https://bit.ly/Raid10th Subscribe to Sony Pictures for exclusive content: http://bit.ly/SonyPicsSubscribe Follow Us On Social: https://www.facebook.com/SonyPicturesHomeEntertainment https://www.instagram.com/SonyPicturesHomeEntertainment Tweets by […]

‘A giant grey cube floating above the landscape’: exploring the forbidden reaches of Red Dead Redemption 2 | Red Dead Redemption

Still from The Grannies film

Shared from www.theguardian.com. The story of online cowboy posse the Grannies starts, as video games so often do, in a character creation menu. Having played through the single-player story of Rockstar’s Red Dead Redemption 2, […]

‘Minamata’ review: Johnny Depp stars in a redemption tale – Movies

'Minamata' review: Johnny Depp stars in a redemption tale

Shared from www.latimes.com In the biographical drama “Minamata,” Johnny Depp plays W. Eugene Smith, an acclaimed and innovative photojournalist who by the early 1970s — according to the movie, anyway — had developed a reputation […]