We Few, We Happy Few: Kenneth Branagh’s The Magic Flute in Teeny Tiny US Theatrical Release

We saw one of only eightNYC screenings of Kenneth Branagh’s film of The Magic Flute this week.  Emerging pictures has arranged an ultra limited 2 day single showing run at four locations in NYC and elsewhere around the country (including Des Moines, IA amazingly) and it will be available via various video on demand providers on Tuesday, June… [Read More]

How Hollywood Films Are Killing Opera?!?

I very seldom do this but I find that I must speak out against a specific article.   The NYT recently published an article entitled “How Hollywood Films Are Killing Opera.”  The piece is ostensibly a review of a movie named Margaret, but in it the author makes some very grand and sweeping claims about movies… [Read More]