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Stellar performance by Naomi Watts, balance of anguish, triumph elevate ‘Penguin Bloom’

It’s incredible how many good and great movies Naomi Watts has made: “The Impossible,” “While We’re Young,” “Birdman,” “St. Vincent,” “King Kong,” “Mulholland Drive,” “Eastern Promises,” “The Glass Castle” — among many others. To this impressive list we can add “Penguin Bloom,” a sensational 2020 feature that is currently streaming on Netflix. In this true-life story, the accomplished actress plays a woman grappling with paralysis from the chest down. Active wife, surfer and mother of three busy boys, Sam cannot resign herself to lying in ...

“Not a Breath of Wind” is the latest online exhibit being offered by The Gallery at Penn College. The virtual display of kinetic sculptures and carved objects runs through April 26 on the gallery’s website, a news release from Pennsylvania College of Technology said. Featuring images ...

With 2nd Grammy in hand, WAHS grad to speak

Dashon Burton, a Williamsport Area High School alumnus fresh off his second Grammy win, will join Michael Mwenso in the next “Meeting the Moment” live webisode. Mwenso will host the bass-baritone in a free online discussion starting at 7:30 p.m., March 24, according to a news release. It will be broadcast via the Zoom conference app, and questions will be taken in real time from audience members via the chat function. Visit “Meeting the Moment” at cpa.psu.edu/events/meetingthemoment6 for more information. Burton, a Bronx, New York, native, moved to Williamsport at the ...

A look at a collection of time-loop tales

Last week, I reviewed the new sci-fi feature “Boss Level.” Starring Frank Grillo, Naomi Watts and Mel Gibson, the entertaining Hulu thriller is a time-loop tale — that is, one in which the protagonist keeps experiencing the same time period over and over. There are dozens of these — including, for instance, the horror flick “Happy Death Day” and the lesser-known teen drama “Before I Fall.” If you missed “Boss Level” or need more of the same, here are five others: GROUNDHOG DAY (1993; rated PG) One of the earliest examples — and perhaps the most famous ...

Company to open season with 1-woman show

Studio 570 has selected a play to kick off the 5th anniversary season. Studio 570’s Jared Whitford announced that “Helen” will be the local theatre group’s opening production. The one-woman show “Helen” by performer and playwright Emma Joy Hill, “inspired by Helen of Troy, the everywoman” will be presented at 8 p.m. on March 25, 26 and 27, and April 1, 2 and 3 at 140 W. Fourth St., downtown Williamsport. A recent recipient of a playwrighting grant from the Dramatists Guild, Hill, who is currently based out of Connecticut, is an advocate and chief creative officer of ...

Artists wanted for show in park

The Bald Eagle Art League is looking for artists to participate in the Way’s Garden Art Show. The show, according to a news release, will be between 11 a.m. and 4 p.m., June 13, at Way’s Garden, West Fourth and Maynard streets. The event will be moved to the YWCA if weather does not cooperate. For applications or more information, contact Deb Trate at tdtrate1719@gmail.com or Gretchen Mangiardi at gretchen.mangiardi@gmail.com.