Gene Kelly

Book Review: Astaire, Balanchine, and Kelly — The Foundations of Film Dance

While Beth Genné proffers a terrific take on dance and its social context, she exhibits a shaky grasp of musical-theater history.

The heart of this theatrical reboot is what it means to go for broke and bet on love, or art, or both.

The reason these films are in this series is because of their color, and they do not disappoint.

Joby Gee May 24, 2020 at 1:25 pm on Film Review: “The Ghost of Peter Sellers” — A Riveting PostmortemHi Betsy. Great review! I was the editor of Ghost and I think that this is the best written one...
N Williams May 22, 2020 at 4:42 pm on Jazz CD Review: “The Jerry Granelli Trio Plays Vince Guaraldi and Mose Allison” — Paying Exciting HomageGreat tribute, got to work with both on bass back in the day. Thx,Nick
Clea Simon May 21, 2020 at 2:49 pm on Music Documentary Review: “Up From the Streets” — New Orleans’ History of Oppression and CreativityCan't wait till we can return. In the meantime, did you catch WWOZ's "Festing in Place" broadcasts? I swear that...
Mary Paula Hunter May 21, 2020 at 9:56 am on Film Reviews: More Movies to Watch While Sheltering in Place — Stir-Crazy 4Thank you— plan on watching some of these and wouldn’t have have done so without this excellent curated list!
Tim Keenan May 21, 2020 at 6:36 am on Rethinking the Repertoire #14 – Sir Edward Elgar’s “Sea Pictures”Excellent article. Listening to Janet Baker singing it as I write. Haven't played this for ages but can't get the...