RIP Tom Blanton, Antiwar Artist

How artist-turned-gallerist Paul Kroner is impacting Cincinnati and beyond

For artist Paul Kroner, it began with Pablo Picasso’s Guernica. Witnessing the artist’s Cubist depiction of the horrors of the Spanish Civil War at age 19, the painting became Kroner’s “north star.” “ If I can ever create anything that has that kind of impact on anybody, I’ll feel like I succeeded,” Kroner said. Now, Kroner [] The post How artist-turned-gallerist Paul Kroner is impacting Cincinnati and beyond appeared first on Cincinnati CityBeat.

In a golden eye

I’m traveling home from Washington, D.C. and thought I would draw on something I wrote last year to kick things off on an apolitical note this morning. Over the weekend TCM played Reflections In a Golden Eye (1967) with an unilluminating introduction by Dave Karger. The movie stars Elizabeth Taylor and Marlon Brando perhaps somewhere past the peak of their powers but close enough for enjoyable viewing. Relatively faithful to

Fort Wayne, IN man tries to impress ghost of Jerry Lee Lewis with his own version of "Great Balls of Fire" [Repeat]

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Rachel Zegler-Led Psychological Thriller ‘NDA’ Acquired by Bleecker Street

Bleecker Street has acquired U.S. rights to the psychological thriller, “NDA,” starring Golden Globe winner Rachel Zegler (“West Side Story,” “Evita”), Penn Badgley (“You”) and Academy Award nominee Amy Ryan (“Gone Baby Gone,” “The Wire”). The film, which is currently in production in New York, is Audrey Ellis Fox’s debut feature. Zegler stars as Dana, []

The painter who captured the soul of L.A.

David Hockney was known for his colorful paintings of ordinary scenes