Mika Kares

Classical CD Review: A Vibrantly Harrowing “Bluebeard’s Castle”

If this is your first Bluebeard’s Castle, Susanna Mälkki’s recording makes for a fine, occasionally inspired, introduction.

Mike Brusini May 18, 2022 at 2:47 pm on Arts Remembrance: Homage to Gilbert Gottfried — One of America’s Most Original Stand-upsGreat article you captured Gilbert to a tee
Paul May 18, 2022 at 12:39 pm on Music Commentary: The Gershwin Prize and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame — Selling Out Quality for ProfitLionel Richie started with the Commodores performing pop and rock music before he went solo. I remember the days.
R. Mars May 18, 2022 at 9:31 am on Film Review: “The Automat” — A Documentary Love-In to the Restaurant ChainIt seems pretty obvious that the director heard episode 356 of the great 99 Percent Invisible podcast in June 2019,...
Leanne May 17, 2022 at 9:30 am on Film Review: “The Nightingale” — The Horrors of ImperialismThis film is not based on Kristen Hannah's book The Nightingale.
Philip Gerstein May 17, 2022 at 2:00 am on Visual Arts Commentary: Philip Guston and the Impossibility of Art CriticismIt is valuable, even vital to point out the gaping contradictions behind the labels and official commentary that accompany Guston's...