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Ben Parman

Ben studied theatre at Wisconsin Lutheran College and graduated from the film program at Full Sail University in Orlando. Moving to NYC, he worked in casting for television and wrote film reviews for Relevant Magazine. For 9 years, Ben served in various roles on staff at Acacia Theatre Company in Milwaukee; currently he continues as their media contact. Soulstice Theater produced his second play, Starlings, which the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel described as "a conversation making as smart and moving a contribution to the halting dialogue between homosexuality and Christianity as I’ve seen on stage." Recently, Ben relocated to Chicago and is trying to write the second act of his life.

DVD/Blu-Ray, ReviewsDecember 9, 2016

The Last of Sheila

By Ben Parman

“Showing off,” writes Steve Martin in L.A. Story, “is the idiot’s version of being interesting.” The Last of Sheila is populated with L.A. idiots who show off, show people in…

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DVD/Blu-Ray, ReviewsNovember 7, 2016

Black Narcissus

By Ben Parman

Telling someone about a dream is akin to telling them about a physical ailment — no one actually cares — so I’ll keep it short. I had a dream, during…

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DVD/Blu-Ray, ReviewsSeptember 15, 2016

The Country Girl

By Ben Parman

“We would rather be ruined than changed,” wrote W.H. Auden. “We would rather die in our dread than climb the cross of the present and let our illusions die.”* As…

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DVD/Blu-Ray, ReviewsAugust 8, 2016

Stevie

By Ben Parman

If a play were to be written based on my life – baseless idea as that is – but if the thing were to be done, I’d probably ask for…

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DVD/Blu-Ray, ReviewsJuly 5, 2016

A Child Is Waiting

By Ben Parman

The opening title sequence of A Child Is Waiting is a series of striking children’s drawings, primal and observant, done with the pencil pressed hard. At the end of it,…

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DVD/Blu-Ray, ReviewsMay 30, 2016

Seven Days in May

By Ben Parman

“The writer’s role is to menace the public’s conscience,” Rod Serling, the adaptor of Seven Days in May, addressed the Congress in 1968. “He must have a position, a point…

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DVD/Blu-Ray, ReviewsMay 16, 2016

Paris Is Burning

By Ben Parman

Paris is Burning struck its match when director Jennie Livingston was walking through Washington Square and stopped to watch a group of young men voguing. They invited her to a…

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DVD/Blu-Ray, ReviewsApril 18, 2016

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

By Ben Parman

From the start, I must acknowledge the Ben in the review. Not me. Though I am here. Hi there. No, I must acknowledge the other Ben. Ben Stiller. If you…

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DVD/Blu-Ray, ReviewsMarch 14, 2016

Watch on the Rhine

By Ben Parman

“In the first week of April 1940 there were few men in the world who could have believed that, in less than three months, Denmark, Norway, Belgium, Holland and France…

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DVD/Blu-Ray, ReviewsNovember 17, 2015

Far From Heaven

By Ben Parman

For me, the most wonderful time of year is not the end of November to the end of December, but the end of September to the end of October. The…

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