Gezim Myshekta as the title character in Palm Beach Opera's Don Giovanni.Music: Palm Beach Opera’s production of Mozart’s Don Giovanni opens tonight, and it could mark a real departure for the company. That’s because it’s secured the services of Stefano Poda, an up-and-coming Italian director who’s created major buzz with his recent productions, including a Thaïs for Turin that … [Read more...]
Film review: Personal angle lifts moving ‘Messenger’
Woody Harrelson and Ben Foster in The Messenger.By John ThomasonIt continues to appear as if The Hurt Locker is 2009’s sleeper candidate for top awards stardom, and I couldn’t be happier for director Kathryn Bigelow – not just because she made such a great, deserving film but because she helped reorient the war drama into more intensely personal, less ideologically pandering … [Read more...]