The company has plans for more reality TV, a martial arts series on Netflix, some BBC offerings, British crime dramas, Italian mob dramas – and way more.
Author: ArtsJournal2
Berlin’s City Center Is Full Of Land Stolen From German Jews
Almost a fifth of the buildings in Berlin’s city center belonged to Jews before Hitler’s rise to power. Should their heirs seek more money for restitution?
Why Can’t Hollywood Just Celebrate The Ordinary In Life?
Director Alexander Payne: “We see the hegemony of commercial U.S. cinema trying to crush that around the world, at least in terms of distribution. … I want to see American films about Americans like we used to have, not American films which are all cartoons intended to be digested easily the world over.”
Gandalf And Captain Picard … Um, We Mean Ian McKellen And Patrick Stewart … On Broadway
“‘We have fun with both plays — so much fun, because Ian and myself are alone on stage for huge amounts of time,’ Stewart says. ‘And we share things that the audience doesn’t always know about, and that’s fine.'”
Dallas Symphony Extends Conductor’s Contract Through 2019
“Van Zweden was almost unknown in the U.S. when he became the DSO’s music director in 2008. Since then, the Dutch conductor has presided over dramatic improvements in the orchestra.”
Watching Ballet From The Gods (Or, In American, The Nosebleed Seats)
“It’s astonishing how distinct — to my eyes, certainly — necks, feet, waists, thighs prove. Phrasing and dynamics grow in significance. And footwork beams out, like reflective glass catching sunlight from an opposite hillside.”
The 21st Century Is Pretty Amazing: Using E-books To Fix Gaps In Art History
“Each text, to be written by an academic or expert, will run to 15,000 words and include as many as 60 illustrations. And they’re all going to be free, readable online or downloadable as e-books.”
Time For Artists To Give Up And Found Their Own Political Party?
“I think the government’s ideas about the arts are absolutely appalling and need to be rebutted. And if you don’t rebut it then you can’t complain when things go wrong.”
Oh, No Big Deal At The Field Museum – Just An Entirely New Dinosaur
The best part? The scientists were demoralized and about to go home depressed when they found the bones in Utah.
The Problem With Book Awards
“Some of the best of our writers, even those with international reputations are unknown to the general reader as a result of what we feel is the narrow focus of our reviewers and awards cultures. “