Surviving Desire, Possible Films: Vol. 2 (Microcinema) Release date: April 27 Standard list price: $22.49 each It’s not hyperbole to suggest that my cinephilia in general and my specific interest in writing about films are the result of one director’s work: Hal Hartley. Known for his insightful, quirky movies about hyper-literate drifters and outcasts who converge on Long … [Read more...]
Chorale’s Mozart Requiem solid, but too cautious
One of the more tantalizing aspects of the career of Mozart is his work in sacred music, and that’s primarily because it feels somewhat unfulfilled. There is much great music in the Coronation Mass and even in the epistle sonatas, and choral ensembles across the land would be lost without the motet Ave verum corpus, but the finest of his sacred music was unfinished: The Mass … [Read more...]