Tag Archives: Samson and Delilah

Powerhouse Leah Purcell revisits Australia’s white, macho history with a saga of epoch proportions.

Joyce Glasser reviews The Drover’s Wife: The Legend of Molly Johnson (May 13, 2022) Cert 15, 108 mins. Australia boasts this year’s Academy Award winning director Jane Campion, Academy Award winning a ...

andrew 605 views 0 likes May 13, 2022

Robert Tanitch reviews The Metropolitan New York’s Samson et Dalila on line

Camille Saint-Saens had intended to use the Biblical story for an oratorio but his librettist, Ferdinand Lemaire, persuaded him to turn it into an opera and it premiered after a long delay (due to the ...

andrew 1106 views 0 likes Jun 29, 2020

The re-release of Frederick Wiseman’s National Gallery is a timely treat for art lovers

National Gallery (now streaming on MUBI) Cert 12, 174 minutes With museums closed, and no opening dates in sight, there is nothing quite like a re-release of National Gallery [reviewed January 9, 2015 ...

andrew 1121 views 0 likes May 18, 2020