A Noise Within: Actors shine in August Wilson's 'King Hedley II'
Gregg T. Daniel directs a muscular revival of 'King Hedley II," a difficult play done well. Veralyn Jones' performance is extraordinary.
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Gregg T. Daniel directs a muscular revival of 'King Hedley II," a difficult play done well. Veralyn Jones' performance is extraordinary.
Record-setting sales are almost as much an annual Sundance ritual as complaints about freezing in long lines, but the $25 million–plus Apple spent to secure one of the festival’s opening night movies was jaw-dropping even in an era when streaming services regularly shell out huge sums for otherwise low-key projects. The price tag for CODA, a confident tear-jerker about a hearing daughter of deaf parents, doesn’t seem categorically different from the $30 million Netflix spent on Malcolm & Marie, a pandemic-shot chamber drama that is basically two hours of black-and-white footage of mov...