The cacophonies that seemed so arbitrary when “Salome” was a novelty now sound only like appropriate theatrical dissonances in a predominantly euphonious score. Granting that the Metropolitan stage ...

There's a whole world under the surface and only Ron has any idea about it. And sometimes the two worlds collide, and sometimes they don't. Ron holds them at arm's length from each other. Watch every ...

In dark-drama "Seven Veils" Amanda Seyfried (as strong as ever) directs a remounting of the opera 'Salome' that her now deceased mentor & lover originally directed. In rhythm with the production ...

Atom Egoyan‘s “Seven Veils” is an ambitious film. Set in Toronto, it follows Jeanine, a theater director doing a revival of “Salome” at the Canadian Opera Company. As she digs deeper into the ...

“Seven Veils” takes a different approach to an oft-told story, becoming a defiant model for a forward-thinking world where great art can exist by acknowledging suffering rather than enduring it. Of ...

This film is a testament to Amanda Seyfried’s astonishing talent. She’s at its centre, delivering a passionate, emotionally grounded performance. It’s also the one thing keeping this ill-advised ...

It's an opera-based (Salomé) drama set in Toronto in 2023. Jeanine (Elizabeth Reeve/Amanda Seyfried) is usually a play director who has agreed to remount "Salomé" at the request of her deceased mentor ...

Here are a few observations after having watched Atom Egoyan’s new movie, “Seven Veils.” Let’s begin with the leading actress, Amanda Seyfried. With that streaming abundance of hair, resplendent set ...

In “Seven Veils,” Amanda Seyfried puts her wide, unblinking eyes to good use as a woman staring at the present and unable to see anything but the past. The actress plays Jeanine, a theater director ...

L. Kent Wolgamott Mar 7, 2025 Mar 7, 2025 0 Atom Egoyan first directed the opera “Salome” in 1999 and remounted it two years ago with the Canadian Opera Company, a production that he uses as the ...