Tuesday, September 27, 2011

Roman Polanski's CARNAGE at the NY Film Festival

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God of Carnage , Yasmina Reza 's international smash hit play has been brought to the screen by director Roman Polanski , featuring an ...
Saturday, September 24, 2011

NY Film Festival: Tahrir: Liberation Square

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At the press screening of Tahrir: Liberation Square the new documentary that chronicles the Egyptian revolution that toppled Hosni Mubarak...
Thursday, August 18, 2011

The Main Slate for the NY Film Festival is Set

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The Main Slate for the 49th New York Film Festival is set. Twenty-seven films are in the main section of the festival, including Roman Pol...
Friday, July 29, 2011

Roman Polanski Film to Open New York Film Festival

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I just received the following Press Release from the New York Film Festival : New York, NY, July 29, 2011 - The Film Society of Lincoln Cent...
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Tuesday, July 26, 2011

Biogas at Bayreuth: The new Tannhäuser production

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A pregnant Venus, a Wartburg transformed into a biogas plant breaking down organic matter, a Venusberg filled with caged subhumans right out...
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Monday, July 25, 2011

First video of Sebastian Baumgarten's Tannhäuser

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Here is a news report, in German, about Sebastian Baumgarten 's new controversial production of Tannhäuser , with actual video clips fro...
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Israeli Musicians to play at the Bayreuth Festival

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The following article appears through the courtesy of AFP News Agency : Germany's 100th Richard Wagner opera festival kicked off here M...
Friday, July 22, 2011

The Bayreuth Festival Begins

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The 2011 Bayreuth Festival opens this Monday with a performance of Richard Wagner 's Tannhäuser , in a new production by avant-garde d...
Sunday, July 17, 2011

Alexander McQueen - Savage Beauty

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York is enjoying more than a palpable hit this summer. The show Alexander McQueen - Savage Beauty h...
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Sunday, June 12, 2011

Mark Rylance Does it Again!

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Mark Rylance won the Tony in the Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play category for his monumental performance in the play Jerusale...
Monday, May 30, 2011

The Tree of Life

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The Tree of Life , the fifth film in the nearly four decade career of director Terrence Malick , gives back to cinema, and in particular to...
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Saturday, May 21, 2011

Is Lars von Trier a Nazi?

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Lars von Trier has been declared "persona non grata" at this year's Cannes Film Festival . During a press conference to promo...
Sunday, April 24, 2011

Die Walküre at the MET -- Been There, Done That

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The title of this review does not refer to me having made the trip to Richard Wagner 's Valhalla and having successfully returned, but r...
Tuesday, March 29, 2011

FRANKENSTEIN at the National Theatre

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Last week I went to see Danny Boyle 's production of Nick Dear 's sold-out new play, Frankenstein , from the National Theatre in L...