Playing Around

The Metropolitan Opera is regaling us with yet another week of great performances on its homepage, beginning at 7:30 p.m. each evening and [...]

What comes to mind when you hear the word “opera?” I ask this question every time I give a presentation on opera. Those unfamiliar with [...]

Call My Agent (French title Dix pour cent; in French: “Ten Percent”) in French with subtitles. For everyone in show biz and [...]

By now, many of you are up to your eyebrows in long hauls Breaking Bad or Orange Is the New Black. Here are some other intriguing, [...]

Staying home more than ever these days, I am watching a variety of videos: from opera to horror films. By chance, I came [...]

Welcome to the all-Wagner week. If you have not yet seen the entire Ring Cycle, this week of opera at home offers the opportunity to do so [...]

The Fisher King (1991) Directed by Terry Gilliam. Responsible for provoking an unstable caller to mass-murder/suicide, wealthy, [...]

None But the Lonely Heart (1944) adapted and directed by Clifford Odets from the novel by Richard Llewellyn. Cary Grant (playing the [...]