Idiosyncratic. Quirky. Off-beat. Those adjectives best describe Wes Anderson's new movie The Phoenician Scheme, and those characteristics explain why critics and movie-goers either love the film or hate it, resulting in unpromising reviews online. I had been on the fence about whether or not to see it, based on the reviews, yet the trailer looked... Continue Reading →
I first saw Rossini's Il Barbiere di Siviglia when Lyrical Opera Theater staged it in February of 2024. I thoroughly enjoyed that performance and looked forward to having an opportunity to see a professional company produce it. Consequently, I was thrilled to learn that it was in the Metropolitan Opera's lineup to be livestreamed in movie... Continue Reading →
I had been excited to see Thelma since it arrived in theaters a few weeks ago, so I asked my friend Ruth if she would be interested in seeing it with me last weekend. The trailer presents it as a bit of a spoof on action-adventure, car chase movies, but in this case, senior citizens... Continue Reading →
Women of my generation and younger have many rights and opportunities available to us that previous generations of women simply did not have. We risk taking for granted the relative ease with which we move in the world, and we might forget that trailblazers before us had to push against the current to attain the... Continue Reading →
I went to The Met: Live in HD broadcast of Bizet's Carmen at a local Cinemark theater recently. The Metropolitan Opera transmits select live performances in high definition via satellite from its opera house in New York City to movie theaters in the United States and around the world. Promotional photos and video clips for... Continue Reading →
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