Leo Woodall in Daniel Roher's Tuner. "Tuning a piano is about bringing harmony to chaos. You need to be okay with the imperfection." -Niki White, Tuner Niki White (Leo Woodall) was once a child piano virtuoso before hyperacusis (sensitivity to sound and environmental noise that causes intense physical and/or emotional discomfort), left him unable to tolerate normal every day sounds, including music. We meet Niki as a twenty-something adult working as an apprentice pian

Paul Rudd and Nick Jonas in John Carney's Power Ballad. The "power ballad," that ubiquitous1980s euphemism for slow songs made iconic by hair bands, carries a number of definitions, both lofty and not. For serious musicians, it's been described as "an emotional rock or pop song that starts as a slow, quiet, and introspective tune... progressively builds in intensity, and ultimately explodes into a grandiose, highly emotional climax featuring soaring vocals, heavy drums, and l

Clockwise from left: Anne Hathaway, Meryl Streep, Emily Blunt and Stanley Tucci in The Devil Wears Prada 2. Coco Chanel once famously gave this advice about fashion: "Before you leave the house, you should look in the mirror and remove one item." A minimalist approach to dressing? Maybe, but there's more here than just a flip trick to assess what you are wearing. Chanel's comment suggests something more: taking a moment for self-reflection to refine how you look, to present y

Jaafar Jackson recreates his uncle Michael Jackson's iconic Moonwalk in the biopic, Michael. He loved Peter Pan. And Mickey Mouse. He reveled in the athletic aristry of Gene Kelly and the effortless elegance of Fred Astaire. The Three Stooges made him giggle, and he admired the multi-hyphenate (writer/actor/director/producer/composer) genius that was Charlie Chaplin. He had a profound compassion for human suffering (perhaps related to the abuse he endured at the hands of his