“Cinema about ordinary people has become an art-house niche for an elite audience while popular engagement with cinema is summed up by the bored young woman he meets in Havana whose interest in film extends to Leonardo DiCaprio in Titanic.”
Tag: 09.07.10
Leonard Slatkin Signs Up For Three More Years As Pittsburgh Principal Guest Conductor
While Mr. Slatkin signed on as the PSO’s principal guest conductor in September 2008, his tenure with the orchestra stretches back several decades.
How To Improve Wikipedia? Recruit Professors, Students
“Wikimedia’s new alliances with professors stem from its Public Policy Initiative, an effort to improve Wikipedia’s coverage of topics relating to U.S. public policy. On a grant from the Stanton Foundation, Wikimedia started recruiting public policy professors who were willing to have their students create content for Wikipedia.”
Adversity Leads To Rebirth Of Chicago Jazz Festival
“The transformation brought the Chicago Jazz Festival (belatedly) into modern times, reflecting the multi-venue format that has made the Montreal International Jazz Festival and the San Francisco Jazz Festival the leading events of their kind in North America.”
Fear, Criticism, Causing BBC To Program Bland Shows?
“I do know of so many cases where executives would say ‘What we want is something new, something different, something extraordinary! And they’re brought something new, different and extraordinary and immediately the executive gets cold feet, falls back on something else and we end up with something incredibly bland.”
Rock Disappearing From UK Music Charts
“Sales of rock singles have dropped by almost 18% in the first eight months of 2010, compared with last year. Urban single sales are up 33%, with pop rising 30% in the same period.”
Booker Prize Shortlist Announced
“Still in the running for the 2010 prize are Peter Carey’s Parrot and Olivier in America, Emma Donoghue’s Room, Damon Galgut’s In a Strange Room, Howard Jacobson’s The Finkler Question, Andrea Levy’s The Long Song, and Tom McCarthy’s C.”
The Booker Shortlist, Reviewed
Here are reviews of the six books on the Booker Prize shortlist.
The Latest Disaster to Befall Terry Gilliam’s Don Quixote Film
“After a decade of mishaps, in which sets were washed away by flash floods, a leading man was rushed to hospital, and the engines of swooping fighter jets ruined sound recordings, it finally looked as if Gilliam would realise his dream, having signed up Robert Duvall to play the chivalry-obsessed Quixote.” But now the funders have pulled out.
What Cognitive Scientists Are Learning About How We Study
“In recent years, cognitive scientists have shown that a few simple techniques can reliably improve what matters most: how much a student learns from studying. … But they directly contradict much of the common wisdom about good study habits, and they have not caught on.”