“His grander salon paintings are embarrassing in their attempt to emulate his idol Claude Lorrain, but they were always striving to portray in paint the emotions he felt in gazing at a storm-swept sea or a tumbling mountain waterfall or a Venetian lagoon at twilight.”
Author: ArtsJournal2
Basically, Nothing Separates A PG-13 From An R
“Our findings raise serious concerns about the effectiveness of the MPAA rating system.”
Commander Chris Hadfield Takes On The Nutcracker
“The National says it’s the first time in its 63-year-history that an astronaut has appeared on-stage as a Cannon Doll.”
Want More Perseverance? Stimulate Your Brain
“The salience network is thought to be central in prepping the brain for action, such as when a driver must respond to someone darting across the road or a student readies herself for a pop quiz.”
Is Anything In The Arts More Painful Than Terrible Theatre?
“After the first half-hour, it felt like someone was sticking needles in my arms and legs.”
Stop Saying ‘Love, Actually’ Is Romantic – It’s The Opposite
“What does Love Actually tell us about love, actually? Well, I think it tells us a number of things, most of them wrong and a few of them appalling.”
Almodovar Tackles Spanish Government (Again)
“The 64-year-old filmmaker called it ‘deaf and insensitive’ to the country’s problems and railed against its ‘awful cultural policy.’ Spanish state funding to the arts, including film, has been drastically reduced in recent years.”
When The Movie Is So Much More Fun Than The Book
“The moment I unwrapped my present I knew something had gone horribly wrong.”
How Did A Furniture Factory In Wisconsin Turn Out So Many Classic Records?
“Their very cheapness and interest in getting stuff out as quickly as possible ended up unwittingly providing this platform with this incredible breadth to it — just in the diversity of sounds that were captured.”
Years After 9/11, The Flea Theatre Finds A Permanent Home
“The smallest of its spaces, at 44 seats, will be called the Siggy in [Sigourney] Weaver’s honor.”