Film: You can choose this weekend between two Marie Antoinettes, one historical and the other contemporary. Benoît Jacquot’s Farewell, My Queen is period-authentic, depicting Marie’s endgame from the storming of the Bastille to her date with the guillotine. It is an impressive film, but if you are looking for something more contemporary, see The Queen of Versailles, the tale of … [Read more...]
Weekend arts picks: Aug. 12-14
Film: As Andy Warhol once said, we will all be famous for 15 minutes, and the corollary to that seems to be that most of us will become the subject of a documentary. At the moment, it is late night comic Conan O’Brien’s turn, featured in a breezy bio-flick called Conan O’Brien Can’t Stop, which understandably focuses on the shabby way he was treated by impatient NBC executives … [Read more...]
Pianist Baczewska enlightens in Bach-Chopin recital
FORT LAUDERDALE -- One of the great ironies of the reception that has been given to the work of Frederic Chopin is that it often is founded on the belief that here was a composer who was content to sing out pretty melodies and leave the density of counterpoint to other people. But Chopin's great idol was J.S. Bach (he also idolized Mozart and admired Bellini), and there are … [Read more...]