Movement or philosophy? Budget or an aesthetic? Digital or analog? Very small room or an expanded state of mind? The micro-cinema movement has grown into a national trend. Baltimore Sun
Tag: 11.03.99
MOVIES FOR THOSE WHO CAN’T SEE/HEAR
New technology in theaters allows closed captioning in your seat, descriptions in your ear. Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel
BETWEEN SELF-REFERENCE AND IRRELEVANCE
The cultural world is mired in itself – how to escape? Feed
READER RESPONDS, taking on Kenneth Baker –
– and “pretentious” art reviews in the newspaper. “Just because we disagree, doesn’t mean we’re Velvet Elvis lovers.” San Francisco Chronicle
DEFENDING THE BROOKLYN
Judge’s ruling in favor of museum Monday wasn’t a surprise, but museums gave a sigh of relief anyway. Museum went too far with private collectors, but that’s just the way things are. New York Times
AND: New York mayor attacks judge on ruling NYT 11/3/99
THE TROUBLE AT TALK
Turmoil at new magazine has staffers coming and going. Insiders dish the dirt. – Village Voice
WHY IS IT THE SERIOUS NOVELS THAT ALWAYS WIN?
Dissecting the thinking behind this year’s Booker Prize for literature. – London Telegraph
RECORD PRICE FOR A VIOLIN
Reports that Yehudi Menuhin’s Guarneri sold at a Zurich auction this week for $3 million. – CBC
A “COCKTAIL LOUNGE PARODY OF HERSELF”
After a limp Halloween performance, critic wonders if Diamanda Galas – “among the most searingly direct and original artists of our day” – has lost it. – San Francisco Chronicle
POINT OF NO RETURN
Opera houses were the last bastion of unamplified sound. No longer. In recent years more theaters have turned to amplification – subtly yes, but some critics hear a difference. – New York Times