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Thinking About The Impact Of The Sound Of Music As The Classic Turns Sixty

The film, especially its opening, combines “many types of beauty fused into one: photographic, geographic, choreographic, high kitsch and high camp. I’d distrust anyone who professes themselves unmoved by it in any way.” - The Guardian (UK)

Why These Oscars Mean So Much To Brazil

Even though it’s unlikely (as of this writing) that Estou Ainda Aqui, or I’m Still Here, will win best pic or Fernanda Torres Best Actress, Torres imitators line the streets at Carnival, “drink beer, clutch plastic Oscars and deliver the impromptu acceptance speeches.” - The New York Times

Is British Columbia Doing Enough To Help Musicians – And Music Venues – Survive?

Musicians say they and their venues are being priced out of Vancouver, and Victoria as well. - CBC

Spotify Is Expanding Its Audiobook Offerings In New Countries

“We should see Spotify rapidly expand its market presence not just in the USA, UK, Canada, Australia, Germany, France, Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg, but shortly in Sweden and across Europe” - and, it’s predicted, using AI to expand in India as well. - The New Publishing Standard

Only Some Celebrity Book Clubs Truly Change The Authors’ Lives

No surprise: Oprah is still on top. Then there are the other three. Sorry, Natalie Portman: Your fans think you’re hot, but they don’t buy the books you pick. - The Cut

How To Solve The Problem Of The Kimmel Center’s Plaza?

The glass-domed plaza between the Philadelphia arts center's venues was intended to be a welcoming public space. Yet it tends to be desolate during the day, despite years of efforts to liven it up. The design of the new café there doesn't help, but the space still has potential. - The Philadelphia Inquirer (MSN)

How Has Manhattan’s Congestion Pricing For Cars Affected Broadway?

“Broadway has seen more foot traffic and bigger audiences in the first month since the curtain went up on the congestion pricing era — though it’s too early for some to say whether the Manhattan tolls played a starring or a cameo role in such success.“ - amNY

Metropolitan Opera To Change Some Scheduling And Casting Practices

Next season the company will experiment with scheduling consecutive performances of the same opera with different casts, this to save money by not moving sets in and out of the theater. There will be more performances of the most popular repertory staples and fewer performances of contemporary works on weekends. - AP

Bridget Jones 4 Breaks Box Office Records In Britain, Where It’s Not Streaming

Who knew the fourth entry in what seemed a played-out story would prove both so well reviewed and so well attended? The film “accounted for 45% of the UK box office take over the weekend.” - The Guardian (UK)

The New Musical About Frederick Douglass And Abraham Lincoln Isn’t Meant To Be A History Lesson

“The adversaries-turned-allies famously shaped the course of American history, even though the two leaders met in person only three times .” - Los Angeles Times

Why Hollywood Now Releases Almost All Romcoms Directly To Streaming

"'The bloom is off the rose of rom-coms,' says Paul Dergarabedian, Comscore’s senior media analyst. 'There was a period in which they couldn’t miss. But then there were a number that were absolutely awful, and streaming changed things. Now you need spectacle to get audiences into theaters.'" - Variety

How We All Became Both Fans And Creators Of Documentaries

“All of our feeds are at their core tremendously banal: They’re just windows into what people do with themselves all day, repeated over and over again. And we watch, because, for some reason, we love watching humans be humans.” - The New York Times

BBC Asked Minority-Group Members What The Network Could Do Better. Their Answers Were Quite Frank.

"(Researchers) gathered a group of 15 to 20 people monthly for six months to talk about how they viewed news in general and the BBC in particular. They were starting from a low point: 'about 90% of the participants said they don’t trust the BBC to tell the truth.'" - Nieman Lab

As The Film Festival Ends, Here Are The Best Movies Of Sundance

In its second to last year in Park City, Utah, “it was hard to escape the specter of those difficult times,” including - of course - the fires in Los Angeles. - Washington Post

Is Mark Wahlberg Trying To Capitalize On The Rise Of Conservative Hollywood?

He’s simply quite Christian now. “The supposed edginess of the Christian Actor stems from the idea that in godless Hollywood it’s somehow taboo to be religious, and that an openly Christian actor will face some kind of retaliation.” - Slate

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