National Ballet of Canada founder and artistic director Celia Franca strides into London for the company's 1965 winter "season" here. Franca's troupe made the Grand Theatre a regular stop on its national tours in the 1950s, '60s and into the '70s. Perhap

You might remember the 1980 film "Roadie," a party-hearty comedy featuring Meat Loaf as a lowly gear-humper trying to bed a groupie before she beds Alice Cooper. The film's leering tagline read like a bumper sticker: "Bands make it rock. Roadies m

Magnet Releasing CROSSROADS Ron Eldard, left, and Bobby Cannavale in a scene from “Roadie,” Michael Cuesta's new film. “I FINALLY am doing my least dark film,” Michael Cuesta said recently in the living room of his spacious home here. Of course, “least d

Magnet Releasing CROSSROADS Ron Eldard, near right, and Bobby Cannavale in a scene from “Roadie,” Michael Cuesta's new film. “I FINALLY am doing my least dark film,” Michael Cuesta said recently in the living room of his spacious home here. Of course, “l

January is leftovers season, and not just for those of us who are trying to empty the last of the holiday ham and the sweet potato surprise from the refrigerator. Barely reheated and making its way to the big screen (and video-on-demand) is “Roadie,” an

Blue Öyster Cult, as some might not recall, was a big band a long time ago, and is still ghosting the classic-rock airwaves with its 1976 hit, “(Don’t Fear) The Reaper.” The group soldiers on, in some vague form, but its high-life days are long-gone. Now