A Time for Us-Film Review

West Side Story Redux

Photo by Bertrand Colombo on Unsplash

When I first heard there would be a remake of the 1961 West Side Story my first thought was “Why?” The original film, based on a Broadway musical was exceptional. But the execution of the gang content was outdated then, and it certainly is today. The script for this film was in production in 2014 and it was shot in 2019, prior to a worldwide pandemic and the death of Stephen…