In Yaron Zilberman’s film A Late Quartet, which came out in 2012, the soundtrack recording of the Beethoven Op. 131 quartet was played by the Brentano String Quartet, and there were appearances in the film by the actual Brentano cellist, Nina Lee. Newly named the quartet in residence at the Yale School of Music, the Brentanos — violinists Mark Steinberg and Serena Canin, … [Read more...]
Frank tale of elder love stumbles on routine plot
Even as statistic after statistic shows that senior citizens fornicate just about as much as the rest of us, showing sex among elders remains taboo in American film and TV. If not found under the “educational” auspices of HBO’s Real Sex, senior citizen flesh is usually only depicted in sophomoric comedies for cheap laughs (recall the hospital scene in The Hangover or Andy … [Read more...]