CEDAR CITY, Utah—We’re often repulsed by the laughter of those we believe to be mad. In the Utah Shakespeare Festival’s performance of “King Lear,” which eschews gimmicky revisions in favor of a more traditional approach, Lear’s laughter reveals his humanity, even if we don’t understand why he laughs. “The great challenge of this role is…
Utah Shakespeare Festival’s ‘King Lear’: Timely While Honoring History
July 14, 2022
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Film Review: ‘Persuasion’: Rookie Director Carrie Cracknel’s Hit-or-Miss Take on Jane Austen
PG | 1h 49min | Drama, Comedy, Romance | 15 July 2022 (USA) Although there have been close to 90 non-stage adaptations of Jane Austen’s seven novels, only 11 of them are feature films. After watching rookie director Carrie Cracknel’s “Persuasion,” it’s easy to see why filmmakers have largely shied away from tackling the works of one of the most respected and…
Finding Peace and Life Lessons in the Japanese Tea Ceremony
July 14, 2022
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SARATOGA, Calif.—Neat and clean tatami mats line the floor of a small room. A scroll with calligraphy hangs on a wall, and below it are a carefully arranged flower basket and a 700-year-old wooden incense container. The setting, though simple, creates a pleasant environment to have tea. Ryosuke Ueda is a tea ceremony student at…
The Villa Medici and the French Art Academy
Under the soaring ceilings of his room and studio at the Villa Medici in Rome, Léon Pallière rested casually. He was a student of fine art, who had studied painting at the Parisian Academy before arriving in Rome for his education—as a “pensioner” of the French Academy. By 1817, when the intimate portrait was painted,…
‘On Gold Mountain:’ A New Opera in a Unique Performance
July 13, 2022
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Commentary Opera is a very Western art form. Born in Italy in the 1500s, it would flourish in the royal courts and palatial theaters of Western Europe for the next few centuries. In the 20th century, some of the foremost opera companies in the world grew out of the United States, which continued European traditions…
‘Quo Vadis’: Rome Burns Under Nero, While Early Christians Teach Love
“Quō vādis” is Latin for “Where are you going?” and a question posed in the apocryphal Acts of Peter. It forms the centerpiece of MGM’s 1951 epic, inspired by the 1896 eponymous novel by Polish Nobel Laureate Henryk Sienkiewicz. The film “Quo Vadis” (QV), directed by Mervyn LeRoy, centers around the love of Cmdr. Marcus Vinicius (Robert Taylor) for…
Cinema TV Series Review: ‘The Chosen’
TV Series | 2017– | TV-PG | 54m | Drama, History “The Chosen.” (Angel Studios) We live in some truly tumultuous times—a world full of depravity and pessimism. This is reflected in all sorts of media, particularly in cinema, where degenerate woke/Marxist social programming has been slipped into films in order to sow division and…
Raphael’s Cartoons: Beautiful Designs for Beautiful Tapestries
July 13, 2022
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While cartoons in the United States generally refer to humorous or satirical drawings, during the Renaissance era cartoons meant something entirely different: preliminary sketches that served as studies for future work, or perhaps work to be transferred to another medium. The Raphael cartoons, in this case, preparatory sketches for tapestries, are some of the greatest…
One Woman’s Quest to Restore American Values Through Classic Movies
“I believe that God made us story-telling creatures,” says Onalee McGraw, a passionate fan of Hollywood’s Golden Age and co-founder of a classic film studies program called the Educational Guidance Institute (EGI). McGraw’s remark seems beyond dispute. Our distant ancestors gathered around fires at night and in the throne rooms of kings to tell of…
Pageant of the Masters Takes Audiences on a Trip Around the World
July 12, 2022
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LAGUNA BEACH, Calif.—Pageant of the Masters, a world-famous theatrical celebration of art through the magic of tableaux vivants—living pictures—brings another year of iconic art to life using people dressed and posed identically to the originals. This summer’s show, themed “Wonderful World,” includes live re-creations of art from all over the world including works by Swedish…
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