David Mamet’s searing 1975 masterpiece about a botched robbery by three Chicago low-lifes fizzled rather than sizzled through its opening…
Emily S. Mendel
Emily S. Mendel, a writer, and photographer, has been a regular contributor to culturevulture.net since 2006, where she concentrates her reviews on San Francisco theater and art. As a native New Yorker (although now a long-time San Francisco Bay Area resident), Emily grew up loving and studying theater, from Off to On Broadway, as her multi-volume Playbill collection attests. Ending her 30-year law practice has given Ms. Mendel the time to indulge in her love of travel and the arts.
While the East Wing of the National Gallery of Art in Washington. D. C. is being renovated, the de Young…
“The Double,” an ambitious, artistic, and psychologically unsettling film based on a novel by Fyodor Dostoevsky, explores the life of…
“Intimate Impressionism from the National Gallery of Art” is an engaging exhibition of 68 pieces of excellent, small-scale Impressionist and…
In the well-written, well-acted second season of “Mr. Selfridge,” five years have passed since season 1 began with brash and…
Like the Broadway doyen herself, the documentary, “Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me,” is brilliant, funny caustic, critical and…
“Napoli!,” a robust entertaining World War II comedy/drama by the great Italian playwright Eduardo De Filippo (1900-1984),…
Georgia O’Keeffe (1887-1986) has a unique place in American art, not simply because she was an early female artist, or…
“Gidion’s Knot,” Johnna Adams’ astonishing two-character play, rivets the audience as it explores vital societal issues — children’s free expression…
I understand why George Clooney would have been intrigued with filming “The Monuments Men.”…
In case you haven’t watched “Sherlock” Season 1 or 2, the protagonist of this exciting television crime drama, acted by…
A strong, carefully directed period film with an excellent cast, “The Invisible Woman,” lets us into Charles…
With the new year comes “Downton Abbey, Season 4,” the continuation of the spellbinding costume drama created and written by…
Swedish master Anders Zorn (1860-1920) may be the world’s finest under-appreciated artist. Unlike many renowned artists, Zorn’s heyday occurred during…