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The cinematic landscape is littered with stories of lawmen returning to troubled hometowns, and Desert Dawn plants its flag firmly in this well-trodden territory. We meet Luke Easton (Kellan Lutz), the newly minted Sheriff of a sun-baked New Mexico town he fled years ago. His return is freighted with the usual baggage: a past stained by the death of his parents, the still-unsolved disappearance of his younger sister, and the specter of alcoholism from which he is recovering.

The narrative engine sputters to life on Luke’s very first day, when a man is discovered dead in his SUV, an apparent suicide that promises to be anything but simple. From these initial beats, the film signals its intent to weave a crime thriller with strands of deep personal drama, setting the stage for a confrontation with both external threats and internal demons.

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Not since Madonna got on her knees in the “Like a Prayer” video in 1989 has anyone been as horny for a saint as the heroine of Mamacruz, a housewife in her 70s who undergoes a sexual reawakening partly inspired by the holy images she, as part of her work as a seamstress, undresses and caresses on a regular basis. No one has Cruz’s (Kiti Mánver) touch when it comes to working with antique lace and fabric, the likes of which she has never worn herself, but mends and polishes so that holy statues in her church continue to dazzle.

I can’t say I blame Cruz! If ghosts can read reviews, I hope my great-grandmother doesn’t haunt me over my blasphemous memory of wanting to touch the statue of Jesus that paraded around our city on Easter Sunday. Covered merely by a small white sheet that concealed his privates,...

Dancers Over 40 celebrates diversity in dance with Can't Stop the Music Can't Stop the Dance Diversity All Around Us - featuring DO40 Advisory Board member Jerry Mitchell's new musical comedy, Gotta Dance - the incredible true story of ten determined dreamers who have three things in common they love to dance, they have something to prove and they are all over 60. They battle pain, prejudice, self-doubt and each other for a chance to bust a move at center court in front of 20,000 screaming fans at a national basketball team's half time show. That panel will be moderated by BroadwayWorld's Richie Ridge. Also featured, a celebration of African-American, Hispanic and Asian artists including DO40 member Gus Solomon jr's dance company Paradigm, and members of his company, Carmen de Lavallade, Sarita Allen, Hope Clarke and Karen Brown Dance Theater of Harlem, Complexions, Ailey, Dunham Companies, as well as Dr. Mel A.