By John ThomasonShock Corridor and The Naked Kiss (Criterion)Release date: Jan. 18Standard list price: $21.99 eachIn all the documentaries and video interviews made about the work of the great director Samuel Fuller, the movie referenced more than any other is not even made by Fuller. It’s a scene from Pierrot le fou, Jean-Luc Godard’s manic farrago … [Read more...]
Archives for January 2011
The View From Home 19: New releases on DVD
Shock Corridor and The Naked Kiss (Criterion) Release date: Jan. 18 Standard list price: $21.99 each In all the documentaries and video interviews made about the work of the great director Samuel Fuller, the movie referenced more than any other is not even made by Fuller. It’s a scene from Pierrot le fou, Jean-Luc Godard’s manic farrago from 1965. Fuller, in at the time in … [Read more...]
Music review: Colossal ‘Requiem’ at PB Opera proves hugely enjoyable
Bruno Aprea leads the Verdi Requiem on Sunday. By Greg StepanichEven if you hear it by playing a YouTube video through the tinny speakers built into your laptop, Giuseppe Verdi’s Messa da Requiem makes an overwhelming impression.So much more overwhelming was it, then, to see the massive chorus and orchestra lined up on stage Sunday afternoon at the Kravis Center … [Read more...]
Colossal Verdi ‘Requiem’ at PB Opera proves hugely enjoyable
Even if you hear it by playing a YouTube video through the tinny speakers built into your laptop, Giuseppe Verdi’s Messa da Requiem makes an overwhelming impression. So much more overwhelming was it, then, to see the massive chorus and orchestra lined up on stage Sunday afternoon at the Kravis Center for a full-on performance of what many experts continue to think of as … [Read more...]
Art feature: Two art fairs bring aesthetics, learning to Palm Beach
Jeune Femme au Chapeau Noir (1895), by Pierre-Auguste Renoir. (Courtesy Hammer Galleries, New York) By Jenifer M. VogtArt fair season is upon us. And, for art lovers in Palm Beach, it’s the most wonderful time of the year because, beginning this week, the Palm Beach County Convention Center will be the home of two fairs that showcase galleries and works of … [Read more...]
Art fairs bring aesthetics, learning to Palm Beach
Art fair season is upon us. And, for art lovers in Palm Beach, it’s the most wonderful time of the year because, beginning this week, the Palm Beach County Convention Center will be the home of two fairs that showcase galleries and works of fine art from around the world. They’ll also provide an unparalleled opportunity to attend lectures by leading artists, experts and … [Read more...]
ArtsBuzz: Pinsky brings message of poetry’s endurance to Delray festival
Robert Pinsky.By Chauncey MabeAs America’s only three-time poet laureate, Robert Pinsky would appear perfectly suited to deliver a “State of the Nation”-style disquisition.Who better to survey the role of poetry in contemporary life -- the challenges (and opportunities) presented by the digital revolution, the rise of spoken-word and hip-hop, the advent of the … [Read more...]
Weekend arts picks: Jan. 14-16
Panel of St. Edmund, early 16th century, English.Art: This is the last weekend to catch Object of Devotion: Medieval English Alabaster Sculpture From the Victoria and Albert Museum, showing through Sunday at the Society of the Four Arts.This national touring collection of 60 alabaster panels and sculpture from the 15th and 16th centuries is the … [Read more...]
Weekend arts picks: Jan. 14-16
Art: This is the last weekend to catch Object of Devotion: Medieval English Alabaster Sculpture From the Victoria and Albert Museum, showing through Sunday at the Society of the Four Arts. This national touring collection of 60 alabaster panels and sculpture from the 15th and 16th centuries is the work of anonymous artisans who created devotional pieces for aristocrats and … [Read more...]