The Interested Bystander

"New York is my Personal Property and I'm gonna split it with you." I review mostly movies and New York theater shows. I am also an awards prognosticator. And a playwright.

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Wednesday, November 5, 2025

Theater Reviews: Reunions Abound With the Amusing Musical Adaptation of “Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion,” a Charming Two One-Act Musicals Called “Reunions” and the Immigrant Women of the Gripping “Queens” Who Dream of Family Reunions

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Queens (c) Valerie Tarranova Theater: Queens  At Manhattan Theater Club  Martyna Majok’s follow-up to her Pulitzer Prize winning Cost of Li...
Friday, October 31, 2025

Theater Reviews: “Liberation” Moves to Broadway With Timely Messages About Woman Rights; “Did You Eat? (밥 먹었니?)” Is a Harrowing Tale of a Korean Daughter; “Not Ready for Prime Time” Focuses on the First Set of SNL Players

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Did You Eat? (밥 먹었니?) (c) Emma Zordan Theater: Did You Eat? (밥 먹었니?)  Ma-Yi Theater Company at the Public Theater  Every new generation of...
Friday, October 24, 2025

Film: Award Season Continues (With One of the Best Films of the Year), Including the Winning Adaptations of the Novella “Train Dreams” and the Ibsen Play, “Hedda,” as Well as Another Yorgos Lanthimos Visionary Joint, “Bugonia”

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Train Dream (c) Netflix Film: Train Dreams  In Cinemas on November 7,                                                  streaming on Netflix...
Friday, October 17, 2025

The Interested Bystander’s Oscar Predictions: October 2025

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Sinners (c) Warner Bros. Pictures After the nailbiter of a year in 2024, the 2025 Oscar forecast and outlook seem to have some more sure thi...
Thursday, October 9, 2025

Theater: “Crooked Cross” Is a Dire Warning of the Creeping Rise of Fascism by Looking to the Past in Germany, While “Prince Faggot” is a Raucous Look to the Future of a Possible Queer Royal

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Crooked Cross (c) Todd Cerveris Photography Theater: Crooked Cross  Presented by the Mint Theater at Theatre Row  Courtesy of the venerab...
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Interested Bystander
My name is Cary Wong, and I am a reviewer and columnist for Film Score Monthly, which is behind a paywall, so here are some free thoughts just for you. You're Welcome.
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