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Norwich native and author John Cotter, the current writer-in-residence at the Merrill House, has used his work to gain perspective and appreciation against
"Diabolique'' isn't a remake of the classic 1955 French thriller so much as a repudiation of it. It takes the famous original ending--which audiences were urged not to reveal--and discards its elegance and wit in favor of a ludicrous struggle in which one character gets a rake embedded in the skull, and a policewoman gives her blessing to a homicide. Film lovers should study the two "Diaboliques'' side by side, in order to see how the Hollywood assembly line trashed its treasure from the past. "Don't be a devil,'' the 1955 film pleaded in its closing credits. Advertisement "Don't ruin the int...
Theater Here’s what you need to know about the arts in D.C. Our free newsletter gives you daily updates on arts and more. We’ll also recommend things for you to do twice a week. Get the newsletter Success! You're on the list. Whoops! There was an error and we couldn't process your subscription. Please reload the page and try again. Processing… In the D.C. area, more than 62,000 jobs in the fine and performing arts had been lost as of July. Kate Eastwood Norris and her husband Cody Nickell lost all their acting work in March, when the...