The Vargas Blog

Titus Andronicus has not fared well in the modern era. William Shakespeare 's first tragedy (co-written, it is believed with George P...

Spring is the traditional time to present the works of Richard Wagner at the Metropolitan Opera . For many years, for instance, the optio...

One is not sure what Jordan Peele wants to be: a social critic, or a scare meister? Thus far he has been able to blend the two with genui...

Homecomings are dangerous. From ancient Greek tragedy we know that a return home after many years can stir dormant emotions and bring fort...

Here is a ballot for tonight's Oscar ceremony featuring all the categories.

Yesterday the Indie Spirit Awards were presented. Although they are not great prognosticators for tonight's Oscars, there are a lot o...

The creative work of an older artist is usually a very personal statement; the creative work of an older genius carries us to a place we h...

It's that time of the year! After a loopy, confusing pre-Oscar season complete with the postponement of an Oscar category which made l...

Network , the new adaptation of the Paddy Chayefsky screenplay, now playing at the Belasco Theatre , is all about watching. The arriving ...

Shoplifters is Japan's entry at this year's Academy Awards. The film by Hirokasu Kore-eda , a "Lower Depths" look at a ...

When I started going to the opera back when I was a teenager, I heard that Francesco Cilea 's Adriana Lecouvreur was a second rate wo...

The new production of Verdi' s La Traviata at the Metropolitan Opera tries really hard to please New York's Old Guard: the ones ...

Primal elements, fire and water, are the catalysts that erupt into primal desires in Wildlife , Paul Dano 's brilliant directorial deb...

A film about obsession, where one of the main characters follows another in a car through the streets of an exotic city; and where the mai...

Boy Erased is not the first film this year to tackle the thorny subject of conversion therapy. This film, featuring three Hollywood A-list...

Luca Guadagnino , the much-praised director of Call Me By your Name returns to the theme of inter-generational relationships in his rethi...

From London comes last year's West End hit, The Ferryman , Jezz Butterworth 's titanic play about the Troubles in Northern Ireland...

The director of At Eternity's Gate , Julian Schnabel became a sensation during the 1980s with his "plate paintings:" large ...

There’s s great line in Bradley Cooper ’s new film A Star is Born referring to music being just twelve notes, “and the story repeats agai...

We will never know the meaning of everything that's in the new film Roma , Alfonso Cuarón 's loving black-and-white recreation of ...