The darkly comic Arden of Faversham is (closely) based on an actual case: the 1551 murder of a wealthy provincial businessman by his wife and her lover.
Tag: 04.20.14
Why Is Hollywood Suddenly Interested In Religion Again?
“Today, if mega-church pastors endorse a movie from their gleaming pulpits, the members of those mega-churches will hand over their money at the cinema.”
Competition Heats Up For Netflix-type Productions
“It’s no coincidence that so many of these shows have complex multi-season plots rather than the more self-contained formats preferred by many of the TV networks.”
Ralph Vaughan Williams Tops Classic FM Annual Top Classical List
“The composition – written in its earliest form exactly a century ago – toppled Rachmaninov’s Piano Concerto No 2, which had reigned for three years in the annual Classic FM Hall Of Fame list. The Lark Ascending last topped the poll in 2010 and three years ago it was named the nation’s favourite Desert Island Discs tune.”
What Happens To Art When It’s Repatriated
“While much attention has focused on the act of repatriation, The New York Times looked at what happened to several objects after they went back. Some works, returned with great fanfare, have taken on greater meaning back on view in the countries or cultures that produced them. Other times, after the triumphalism fades, they fall victim to benign neglect, or are not always easy to reach.”
Top AJBlogs From 04.20.14
Another Director’s Job Is Now Open
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How to get into the Met orchestra
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Classical Music Can Make You Dumb
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Saffron & Sozanski: Philadelphia Inquirer’s Good-News/Bad-News Week
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The Aereo Case Will Determine The Future Of Television
“Aereo would give so-called cord cutters the means to assemble a more affordable package of online streaming options like Amazon Prime, Apple TV or Netflix, and still spend a Sunday afternoon watching the N.F.L. and ’60 Minutes’ immediately afterward. As antenna-driven viewing has dropped and digital consumption has surged, Aereo is a way to put old wine in a new bottle.”
As The Folk Museum Falls, Critics Emerge For MoMA And Its Director
“Critics warn that MoMA’s second expansion in a decade — which will create an ‘art bay’ open to West 53rd Street where ‘spontaneous events’ could be accommodated; free admission for the entire first floor; and a new combination gallery-and-performance space — will move the museum only further in a crowd-pleasing direction, eroding the seriousness and critical distance from popular culture that built its reputation.”
The Vatican Is Digitizing All Of Its Documents, And Here’s How
“If it takes four years for every 3,000 manuscripts, the the entire library may not be online for over 109 years. The documents are expected to consume 43 quadrillion bytes of storage space, and will be backed up in case files are corrupted or accidentally deleted.”
Doris Pilkington Garimara, Author Of Rabbit-Proof Fence, Dies At 76
“Follow the Rabbit-Proof Fence, which helped awaken Australians to the plight of the Aborigines, was translated into 11 languages. The Australian Film Institute named the movie version the year’s best film, and it won prizes at a dozen film festivals around the world.”