Let’s be real: Baz Luhrmann is one of the best things to happen Shakespeare’s iconic tragedy Romeo and Juliet. Starring a young Leonardo DiCaprio just moments before his role in Titanic and Claire Dan…
Interview: Elliott Wheeler (Composer/Executive Music Producer of “The Get Down”)
Somewhere amidst the rubble fields, graffiti-marked trainyards, and disco clubs, was once the flyest, best kept secret of the entire Bronx during that late 70s era of bell-bottoms and punk. The Get Do…
TV Review: The Get Down 1×5-6 “You Have Wings, Learn to Fly” & “Raise Your Words, Not Your Voice”
In the last two episodes of The Get Down‘s first season, “You Have Wings, Learn to Fly” and “Raise Your Words, Not Your Voice,” the Fantastic Four + 1 prepare for an epic…
TV Review: The Get Down 1×03 “Darkness is Your Candle”
In the latest episode of The Get Down, the “Fantastic Four + One” find themselves at a loss when Shaolin Fantastic (Shameik Moore) parts ways with the group, in frustration. Not knowing an…
TV Review:The Get Down 1×02 “Seek Those Who Fan Your Flames”
In the second episode of Netflix’s new period piece drama The Get Down, Shaolin Fantastic (Shameik Moore) has found his “wordsmith” in the form of Ezekiel “Zeke” Figuero …
TV Review: The Get Down 1×01 “Where There is Ruin, There is Hope for Treasure”
From visionary director Baz Luhrmann, responsible for Romeo+Juliet and the 2013 adaptation of The Great Gatsby, comes a new Netflix original series that aims to explore the emerging hip hop scene in 1…
Into the Past: Assessing Baz Luhrmann’s The Great Gatsby
After nearly ten years of production qualms, Baz Luhrmann’s The Get Down is soon to be made available for streaming. With trademark flashy visuals and slightly overblown spectacle, Luhrmann tend…