Tag: Absurdism

2024, Theatre

Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are Dead Live at the CAA Theatre Toronto March 27, 2024

Something like 20 years ago, I watched the film version of this with Gary Oldman and Tim Roth. I enjoyed at the time but was told by a friend, and many movie critics, that the play was better. I guess I sort of always wished to see it. Jenn saw that it was playing downtown …

1930, Movies

L’age d’or (1930, Luis Bunel)

I am an optimistic guy – albeit with a realistic streak, I like to think. I tend to believe that, more often than not a (slim) majority of people will do “the right thing” (as I see it, anyway) and humanity will persist despite our flaws. But every so often I counter behaviour or historical …