Propwatch: the blender in Julie
The talk around us was all about the dishwashers. ‘Look, there’s two of them,’ murmured the woman in front of us. ‘Three dishwashers,’ gasped a guy in the row behind. By the end, … read more
AJBlog: Performance Monkey Published 2018-06-18
Visconti’s Four-Hour Ludwig — A Momentous Wagnerian Film
The Film Society of Lincoln Center’s current Luchino Visconti retrospective climaxes with more than a week of screenings (June 16 and 22-28) featuring the restored, four-hour version of Ludwig (1973) — a rare opportunity to properly encounter a magnificent Wagnerian film. … read more
AJBlog: Unanswered Question Published 2018-06-16
Monday Surprise: Seeing Bix
For many aficionados of Bix Beiderbecke the surprise is not that there is so little film of the great cornetist, but that there is any. … read more
AJBlog: RiffTides Published 2018-06-18