reviews
Film ‘King Richard’ – A father coaches the Williams sisters tennis superstars
March 22, 2022Bop, bop, bop, across the net. Each strike sends the tennis ball over the net, while their father lobs it gently, one of the sisters must run with all her strength, and get it back over...
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A re-radicalized Beethoven ‘Fidelio’ for the Black Lives Matter era
March 1, 2022SANTA MONICA, Calif. — A touring production of Ludwig van Beethoven’s only opera Fidelio has just ended its four-city tour in February, with stops at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, the Mondavi...
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‘Only an Octave Apart’: Celebrating queerness in opera and cabaret mashup CD
February 22, 2022We are dealing here with sophisticated artists of vast professional experience and accomplishment who are sensitive to “the promise of living” in all its complexity.
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‘Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy’: Rediscovering the wheel
February 3, 2022The films of Japanese film director and screenwriter Ryusuke Hamaguchi lodge in your brain and heart like small incendiary devices, ticking from his self-awareness toward yours. What did the character mean by that? How does that...
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‘Drive My Car’: It’s the journey
December 28, 2021Writer-director Ryusuke Hamaguchi has fashioned a brilliant study of relationships and love, need and understanding.
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