The Scene of the Scene

Adam, Beth, and Chris watched the original Godzilla (Ishirō Honda, 1954). A giant monster is attacking Tokyo: Why? And how can its destruction be stopped?

Chris and Lochin saw Becoming Who I Was (Moon Chang-Yong, 2017), a documentary about a young boy in India who is a reincarnation of a Tibetan monk.

Chris and Michael saw Anna Bolena, an opera by Donizetti about Anne Boleyn.

Michael and Suzanne saw Matangi/Maya/M.I.A. (Stephen Loveridge, 2018), a documentary about musician/activist/provocateur M.I.A.

Chris and Michael see The Nightingale and Other Short Fables, a collection of short operatic and concert pieces by Igor Stravinsky.

Chris and Lochin see The Return (Malene Choi, 2018), a hybrid documentary about Danish-Korean adoptees who return to Korea seeking their biological parents.

Chris and Angelo saw Cielo (Alison McAlpine, 2017), a documentary that has big questions about our relationship with the night sky.

Chris and Lochin saw People’s Republic of Desire (Hao Wu, 2018), about the world of Chinese live-stream fame.

Chris and Nadia saw Shirkers (Sandi Tan, 2018), a documentary about three teen zinester girls in Singapore who make a feature-length film—which is stolen just after filming wraps.

Chris and Nadia went to see the documentary Beuys (Andres Veiel, 2017), about the experimental artist, provocateur, and sometime politician Joseph Beuys.

Chris, Michael, and Daniel went to see the musical Fun Home, based on Alison Bechdel’s autobiographical graphic novel.