For the week of Saturday, November 7 through Friday, November 13. 1) At Classical Notes , Peter Gutmann discusses Schumann's 4th Symph...

via Reason.tv Also, J.D. "Illiad" Frazer, author of the wonderful web comic User Friendly , always has something especially poi...

Directed by Milos Forman. 1984. Amadeus is about emotions, swirling, fiery, and consuming emotions. Amadeus is about how one man fused ...

Directed by Ingmar Bergman. 1957. I must confess a great gratitude toward Bergman for making The Seventh Seal . What a deeply personal mov...

For the week of Saturday, October 31 through Friday, November 6. 1) Reflections on the fall of the Berlin Wall at The New Criterion , with...

I had planned a little political essay for today, as it is once again election time. Despite that it is finished, instead of sharing it with...

Directed by Robert Wiene. 1920. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari is a frightening movie. I just wanted to get that out quickly and clearly, as...

For the week of Saturday, October 24 through Friday, October, 30. 1) In the WSJ, Tunku Varadarajan reviews "The Great Cities in Histo...

  A recitation of a selection from Homer's Iliad. [YouTube]

222 years ago today Don Giovanni premiered at the Estates Theater in Prague. We will come to a discussion of the opera in due time here, but...