Everybody Is Nothing Until You Love Them: Our Critics Watch The Rose Tattoo (for Parterre Box)
It would be impossible to overpraise Anna Magnani’s performance.
Learning to Fly: Myths and Hymns, Part I from MasterVoices (for Parterre Box)
MasterVoices’ epic project may be the best showcase Guettel’s work has yet received.
The Gang’s All Queer: Our Critics Discuss Ryan Murphy’s film of The Prom (for Parterre Box)
If the original version of The Prom had zazz—Ryan Murphy’s adaptation barely achieves fizz.
I Soil Easily: Our Critics Discuss I Want to Live! (for Parterre Box)
The camp elements here–including Susan Hayward’s performance–are undeniable, yet I WANT TO LIVE is a sincere and important movie.
“There’s a Speed Limit in this State:” DF and CK discuss Double Indemnity (for Parterre Box)
Featuring Barbara Stanwyck’s blood-chilling performance, this may be the greatest Film Noir ever.
‘Morning’ Has Broken: Our Critics Consider Stage Struck (for Parterre Box)
In this rarely seen 1958 remake of Morning Glory, Susan Strasberg does not prove herself the next Katharine Hepburn.
Bel canto, from a distance: The Giargiari competition at AVA (for Parterre Box)
Our critics had three top picks, as did the judges… and they were different.
Friend Me a Tenor: Lawrence Brownlee & Friends on the Opera Philadelphia Channel
Opera Philadelphia’s new channel kicks off with a virtual program that embodies their best ideals.
Where the Boys Are: DF and CK on Ryan Murphy’s The Boys in the Band (for Parterre Box)
BOYS could be seen as the gay equivalent of SHOW BOAT—hugely important, and now extremely problematic.
Do You Ever Dream of Vienna?— Cameron and David Discuss Johnny Guitar (for Parterre Box)
The delightfully subversive Western features one of Joan Crawford’s most iconic performances.
