Ang Lee's film focuses not on the 1969 music festival itself, but on one of the people whose lives were changed by it: Elliot Teichberg, a closeted gay man who offered up his parents' decrepit motel ...
Taking Woodstock director Ang Lee (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon) was a teenager living in Taiwan when Woodstock took place a world away in upstate New York. For him, the lunar landing — which ...
Forget celebrating man’s journey to the moon. The fashion flock took a trip back to the happenin’ Sixties on Wednesday evening at a screening of “Taking Woodstock” feting the 40th anniversary of the ...
The movie is not about the music. None of the legendary artists, such as Janis Joplin or Jimi Hendrix, are present. The story is about the wacky impact that the festival had on the little community of ...
“If you remember Woodstock, you probably weren’t there,” the expression goes. And if you were, can you please stop gassing on about it? Aquarian Nostalgia™ is the most oppressively sanctimonious and ...
My birthday, October 14, 1968 is a date that I acknowledge when it happens but it’s also a point of some embarrassment for me. These days, it’s merely because it means I’m old, or at the very least, ...
“Innocence lost is a theme I care about deeply,” said “Taking Woodstock” director Ang Lee at the Bowery Hotel on a wet Wednesday night in Manhattan yesterday. The film, which screened in competition ...
HBO Max is a great platform to stream movies this holiday season. But what if you’re already tired of the usual favorites, like Santa Claus and anything featuring Macaulay Culkin? What With Us has you ...
Ang Lee delivers an entertaining light comedy about a real-life person who somewhat inadvertently helped the whole iconic concert to take place. It's a low-wattage film about a high-wattage event. By ...