Newsletter 4/7/22

Dear Readers,

Here in downtown New York, Spring has sprung, and the street graffiti has been painted over with the same white of blooming Callery pears. Here at the Greene Street Review, we have taken to new beginnings by frolicking like in a Fragonard. Though ever deadline-less, we still have something to say! 

    Have you been watching the dreams of the silver screen lately? So have we. Our team has been keeping up with the latest and greatest in filmmaking: Alice will see Vivienne Dick’s retrospective at Anthology, while Sean has taken the hike uptown to Jonas Meekas’ ongoing exhibition at the Jewish museum. Penelope cautions the Ferrante-inspired The Lost Daughter, while Ella suggests the Bill Murray-led melodramatic St. Vincent. Allegra recommends Yellowjackets,  while Jonathan begs you to view the Taika Waititi-backed Our Flag Means Death. And alas, our writers suggest The Righteous Gemstones and continue to remind us that there are still things worth watching while the Earth Dies Streaming.

    In other reel-related news, the new film from Apichatpong Weerasethakul starring Tilda Swinton, Memoria “unfold[s] in ghostly, liminal spaces,” no doubt thanks to the accompanying sound design, which you can read all about here. The New Yorker recommends the much-appreciated Giger show, or “A retrospective for the artist known for designing the creature in Ridley Scott’s “Alien” pairs a metal concert with tentacle-porn adjacent works” (read more here). And alas – something to look forward to – the rights of Dorothy Backer’s novel Cassandra at the Wedding have been picked up by Neon and will hit Hollywood, and theaters, soon. 

    Additionally, in the realm of the written-turned-film: Jane Campion’s The Power of the Dog, adapted from Thomas Savage’s 1967 novel of the same name, took home the win for Best Director at last week’s Oscar’s ceremony. This award makes history as Jane Campion became the third female director to win the high-declining honor, marking a noteworthy moment in a night full of pandemonium (consider Stephanie Zacharek’s apt plea to Let the Oscars Be Boring — Please!). Moreover, A Delia Owens’ hit novel Where the Crawdads Sing has unveiled its first trailer. The film, directed by Olivia Newman and produced by Reese Witherspoon (with an original song by Taylor Swift), is set to be released on July 15th. Speaking of Swift, the singer-songwriter has been revealed as a speaker for NYU’s Class of 2022 Commencement, held at Yankee Stadium on May 18th. What will the cowgirl turned pop-princess say? What will she sing? We’re hanging at the edge of our plastic chewing gum-coated Herman Miller chairs.

    We hope you are well and stay that way — at least until our following newsletter. Remember to forward this to your friends, family, partners, and Xenomorphs… and tell them to subscribe here. At the humble Greene Street Review, we appreciate your unwavering support and unbridled fellowship as we breeze through our content-ridden age and provide you, dear readers, with heart-felt affliction. 

Sincerely Signed,

    The Greene Street Review