A.J. Goldmann
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Venice Film Festival: How It Became an ‘Oscar Launchpad’
For the past decade, not a year has gone by without major awards-season contenders bowing at the festival.
At the Salzburg Festival, Revivals Take Center Stage
The festival’s chief loves inviting productions back, giving attendees another shot at seeing a beloved show, and allowing directors a chance to nail it on...
Nathan Silver’s Movie, “Between the Temples,” Shows at Tribeca
Nathan Silver’s ninth feature film, “Between the Temples,” continues his work as someone who is unafraid of emotional and narrative complexity.
At Cannes, Un Certain Regard Offers a Different Perspective
While not receiving the same attention as the main competition, the sidebar is where you often glimpse the future of cinema.
Peter Eotvos, Hungarian Modernist Composer and Conductor, Dies at 80
A tireless advocate of contemporary music, he adapted literary sources both modern and classic, instilling his work with “inimitable character and pathos.”
Aribert Reimann, Masterful German Opera Composer, Is Dead at 88
His works, which were radically individual, were among the most celebrated of the late 20th and early 21st century.
The American Tenor Jonathan Tetelman, a Puccini Specialist, Arrives at the Met
Jonathan Tetelman will sing in “La Rondine” and “Madama Butterfly” in New York. He trained as a baritone and worked as a D.J. before finding...
“Poor Things,” the Weird Movie, Was “Poor Things” the Weird Novel, First
The Oscar-nominated film is based on a 1992 book by the prolific Scotsman Alasdair Gray. Beloved by writers, “that’s not the same as being widely...
‘Poor Things’ Choreographer Uses Dance to Tell the Story
Constanza Macras, founder of the Berlin dance company DorkyPark, uses “dance as a function, as a language,” in her work, be it for the stage...
‘Poor Things’ Choreographer Uses Dance to Tell the Story
Constanza Macras, founder of the Berlin dance company DorkyPark, uses “dance as a function, as a language,” in her work, be it for the stage...