Film: David Gordon Green came on the cinema scene with such methodical, observant art films as George Washington, Undertow and Snow Angels. Lately, though, he has made broad, raucous comedies like Pineapple Express and Your Highness. He now returns to his earlier mode with Prince Avalanche, the saga of two men who paint traffic lines on remote country roads. The older guy (Paul … [Read more...]
At Tanglewood, a sublime ‘Orlando’
LENOX, Mass. -- Conductor Nicholas McGegan brought San Francisco’s Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra to Tanglewood about two weeks ago to perform Handel’s rarely given opera Orlando in Ozawa Hall. Home of the Boston Symphony in the summer, Tanglewood is where James Levine, as music director, dazzled opera lovers in last year’s mounting of Strauss’ Ariadne auf Naxos. Alas, he left … [Read more...]