Tag: My Own Private Idaho

YOUNG, DUMB, FULL OF WHAT’S TO COME: Keanu Reeves’s Transformative Summer 1991

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|Ben Tuthill| In late 1994, high off the box office fumes of Speed, Keanu Reeves took a break from movies to play Hamlet in a two-month run for the Manitoba Theatre Centre in Winnipeg. Opening night was by all accounts a disaster, but Reeves found his nerve in the coming weeks… Continue reading

In My Own Private Idaho, Being Gay Is a Choice

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|Abraham Tueber| Though it embarrasses me to admit it, I own just a single DVD. At one time, I had many more I could proudly hold in my hands. Now, sheaves of plastic collect dust in my parents’ basement, entombing masterpieces like Spy Kids, Ice Age, and Akeelah and the Bee… Continue reading