Joan Sutherland in 1975: Opera gave her a glamour and status she had never imagined having Her Mad Scene had an escapist quality that I don’t remember anyone else equalling for me - the way she chased ...
Many epic biopics make a messy spread of their protagonist's life (the overrated Oppenheimer is a prime example). Not this ...
A tray of water, a metallic plate piled with salt, a bubble-producing plastic stick. The kind of tat that looks so cheap you ...
There are warnings on every screening-room door at the LFF; Rafael Manuel’s award-winning Filipiñana carries an unnecessary one about sexist language and attitudes. This beautifully shot but mannered ...
There were times when this event felt more like a devotional rite than a concert. Thirteen thousand of us had gathered at the ...
Pastor Manders (Oliver Alvin-Wilson), whom Helene loved and for whom she would have abandoned the respectability of marriage, is on hand to open the new home. During the course of a single day, these ...
How much further Ibragimova and a slightly different team - all women now - have taken that G minor Quartet than on their already superb BIS recording. Haydn wasn't exactly young when he made this ...